Your heart is shooting stars, you're holding heaven in your arms

OMG EMERGENCY CPR!

2008-02-26T21:38:00.002+08:00

Ok shit this is bad. More than a month since I blogged. Lots has happened since then, some of which I don't want to blog about.

But lots has happened which i DO want to blog about too!

Haha so there was CNY and I went to Yi-Lin's house for a small (as in, REALLY small lol) class gathering.

Been training really hard recently. Got lots of comps coming up. One this Sunday. Interschool in April. One or two in May I think. That should be all la. I need to start hardcore mugging soon lol.

Life's been.....interesting. Alot of ups and downs again. Been working really hard on just having ups, but sometimes you can't help it. And I want, I really really want to be a better person, the person that I know I used to be, especially to those few people in my life who really matter. Well, I'm trying. Hope it works. :D

And finally, here's to the 2 birthday boys this last week - Nick and Funx! Haha happy 18th dudes! Now can help the rest sneak in and buy movie tickets to violent M18 movies lol! These 2 months of being same age as you has been fun haha. Dam but I kinda regret not taking my cam along. Could have taken photos when we celebrated their birthdays. Just for memories' sake, if nothing else.

Ok that's all for now. Ciao! :D

YAY I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-01-22T00:02:00.001+08:00

YAY BACK FROM THAILAND!!

OK so Thailand was daaaaaaaaam cool and nice, for the most part at least.

Guestotel, comp, shooting, people, tuk tuk, Operation Desertstorm, more shopping, The Mall, camwhoring, even more shopping. Omg daaam fun. Definitely gonna be one of the highlights of my JC life.

But too tired to upload photos or go into details now. That's for tomorrow then.

And in these flashes of brilliance and moments of brightness, the enemy called darkness and emo lingers teeteringly close, threatening to invade anytime.

"sometimes you just think tt you've really messed up with the ppl around you. you've missed out on so much. so you turn to that one person but you know you cant truly depend on just one person cos Man just isnt made like that. and after all, isnt it always 'bros before hos'?, to quote tt dude from Transformers, though perhaps it's not quite as suitable in this context. right anw, point is, friends are important, dam important even, but what if you're just not important to them anymore? what if you feel left behind cos You've chosen to be left behind. and now perhaps it's just too late."

read this on a friend's blog. I'm an only child, so mebbe it's not my fault that some of my best friends are like family to me. But I've done so daaaaaaaaaaaaam stupid things, especially last year. And whenever I reflect, be it through Civics or what, they inevitably come back to haunt me. And it sucks. Big time. Ok shall not emo. Shall not emo. But yea la, basically the importance point also haunts me sometimes. Like, for example, when's the last time someone visited this blog? I'm like talking to myself here. And u know, sometimes that realisation really hurts.

"there are times...
when you feel down and out,
and all you need is a sincere smile;

when you feel sick and tired,
and all you need is a helping hand;

when you feel sad and lonely,
and all you need is a true confidante.

these are the times...
when you should know your limits,
and know when not to cross the boundary;

when you should know the time to stop,
and be less of the irritant that you are;"

this is from nick's blog. quite a rarity la, considering how happy and cheerful nick usually is. cheer up dude! ur best when ur high lol. But yea, again another, "weak point" i guess. Everytime I reflect, its like the stupid mistakes I've done never leave me alone, so the "irritant" tag just latches itself onto me. Arrgh still haven't been able to fully shake it off. Must find a way too. And if I AM being an irritant, please tell me, someone. So I know and so I can stop it and change.

For in the words of Shahrukh Khan, "Listen to strangers, cos they may know more about you than you think. And listen even more to friends."

COMEBACK POST!!!

2008-01-17T00:50:00.000+08:00

Lol ok first post of the New Year!!

Dang I havent kept to my resolution of posting regularly :P.

Ok anyways, will be off to Thailand for a comp in a few short hours time. Can't wait. The trip promises to be very fun. Not just the comp la, but the people. Yea Archery people are nice. :D

This year's been good so far. A few.....unexpected downturns but largely ok. Gotta thank God for my batchmates though. Best bunch of people I'll quite possibly ever know. Serious.

Ok anyways, dunno y the last few days alot of people have been saying "life is tough" on their msn nicks or blogs? Hmm, like a flu virus maybe? Yea well, life IS tough at times, especially this year being J2 year, like THE culmination of our 10 year pursuit to scale the heights of learning. But there are times when I can just smile and relax without a care in the world too.

Lol which brings on alot of nostalgia really. Like today for example, on the way to training I was walking with Funx and Nick to the 13 bus stop. And I remember in Sec 3 and 4 when we finished school or activity on Fridays how we used to do the same thing. Sigh, those were the good ol' days. I miss them really. Somehow even now, after more than a year of "graduation", I still miss RI alot whenever I walk through Raja Block and Admin Block and the Canteen and the Den. Unforgettable memories lol.
But nvm I've wasted away my J1 year in a sea of misery and despair ready. Not gonna make the same mistake again this year. I'll always have my RI memories with me. They gave me my best friends. Now it's time to go make even more unforgettable memories lol :D.

Ok and speaking about memories, it's time to go now. But my next post when I get back is sure to be filled with lots of photos, so yea, look out for it! That's all folks! :D

Reflections '07!

2007-12-31T22:39:00.000+08:00

Ok so it's finally here. The last day of the year. Ok fine, the last night lol. So, as is customary, its reflections time!

Hmm ok how do I start? To say that 2007 has been one heckuva rollercoaster year, would be an understatement. But the sad thing is that the bad times outbnumbered the good times, and they always seemed so draggy and neverending, whereas the good times seemed to fly by so fast. So yea, all in all it's been one downright gloomy, dark and sad year for me I guess. At least in comparison with my 4 years in RI, i.e. 2003-2006.

I guess my transition into RJ has been one of the least smooth around. I, very surprisingly mind you, found myself unable to to adapt quickly to the new environment, the new people, and stuff. Maybe my first impression(s) weren't all that great, I dunno. But yea, it was real tough on me at the start of the year, and unfortunately that was something that lasted for a very very long time this year.

Maybe I couldn't let go of the past. Maybe I had too high expectations of people. Maybe it was a combination of both. I dunno. Then throughout the year akk these little other pestilences emerged and just stole my happiness completely. But whaetever it was, it wasn't good. At all. And the worse thing was I took all this negativities in my life and transferred it over to my good friends, in the process screwing up in such a big time I did not expect it. Well I hope just hope those friends have forgiven me for all the nonsense I've been this year, and guys, let's just start on a fresh page ok?

Well yea ok, that about sums up 2007. Definitely not one of my best years. It was bad. But naaah now I'm optimistic, i think 2008 is already looking up for me. I think it's gonna be great. wonderful. fabulous.

And so, here are my 2008 New Year resolutions:

1. To let the darkness of this year go, a.k.a worries, insecurities and all, and just be the natural person, nice guy and good friend that I was

2. GET FIT AND GET HOT! There's no way I'm enlisting next December itself. NO WAY!

3. Get those 4As (5 if you include GP)for the Big As. And fine hopefully in every major school test as well. Hopefully.

4. Define 2008 with smiles, happiness, and joyful memories.

Yep ok 4 resolutions. Success rate is gonna be 100%.

So yep, here's saying bye to a rocky 2007, and hi to a sure to be rocking 2008!

Vinod's Best Of 2008!

2007-12-28T23:45:00.000+08:00

Haha ok so time for my very own best of list! Basically its a list of the Top 5 or 10 of various things for me this year. I know I said in my last post that it was gonna be Take 5 only, but sometimes dam hard la 5 only. Lol Haha. Be warned though, its very entertainment-sided. Reflecting my passion of course, :D :P.

Top 10 English Songs

1. The Way I Are by Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson and DOE
2. No One by Alicia Keys
3. Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown feat. T-Pain
4. Apologize by One Republic
5. Summer Love by Justin Timberlake
6. Stronger by Kanye West
7. Waiting on the World To Change by John Mayer
8. I Wanna Love You by Akon feat. Snoop Dogg
9. Into The Night by Santana feat. Chad Kroeger
10. Just Fine by Mary J Blige

Top 10 English Albums

1. As I Am by Alicia Keys
2. Continuum by John Mayer
3. Shock Value by Timbaland
4. Graduation by Kanye West
5. Ultimate Santana by Santana
6. Taking Chances by Celine Dion
7. American Gangster by Jay-Z
8. It Won't Be Soon Before Long by Maroon 5
9. Once Again by John Legend
10.My December by Kelly Clarkson

Top 10 English Movies

1. Lions For Lambs
2. I Am Legend
3. Ocean's Thirteen
4. Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End
5. Transformers
6. Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
7. Rendition
8. The Simpsons Movie
9. The Game Plan
10. The Golden Compass

*honourable mention : Lust, Caution

Top 10 Performances (English)

1. Meryl Streep in Lions for Lambs
2.Tom Cruise in Lions for Lambs
3. Al Pacino in Ocean's Thirteen
4. George Clooney in Michael Clayton
5. Nicole Kidman in The Golden Compass
6. Brad Pitt in The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7. Helen Mirren in The Queen
8. Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness
9. Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland
10. Emma Watson in Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

Top 10 Bollywood Movies

1. Om Shanti Om
2. Chak De! India
3. Taare Zameen Par
4. Aaja Nachle
5. Guru
6. Life In A Metro
7. Hum Tum
8. Namastey London
9. Heyy Babyy!
10. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Top 10 Bollywood Songs

1. Deewangi Deewangi from Om Shanti Om
2. Mast Kalandar from Heyy Babyy!
3. Aaja Nachle from Aaja Nachle
4. JBJ from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
5. Ladki Kyun from Hum Tum
6. Hey Shona from Ta Ra Rum Pum
7. Ishq Hua from Aaja Nachle
8. Saawariya from Saawariya
9. Salaam-E-Ishq from Salaam-E-Ishq
10. Ab To Forever from Ta Ra Rum Pum

Top 10 Bollywood Soundtrack Albums

1. Om Shanti Om
2. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
3. Aaja Nachle
4. Hum Tum
5. Heyy Babyy!
6. Salaam-E-Ishq
7. Ta Ra Rum Pum
8. Saawariya
9. Chak De India
10. Taare Zameen Par

Top 5 Male Perfomances (Hindi)

1. Shah Rukh Khan in Chak De India
2. Shah Rukh Khan in Om Shanti Om
3. Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par
4. Abhishek Bachchan in Guru
5. Saif Ali Khan in Hum Tum

Top 5 Female Performances (Hindi)

1. Madhuri Dixit in Aaja Nachle
2. Rani Mukherji in Hum Tum
3. Preity Zinta in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
4. Rani Mukherji in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
5. Konkona Sen Sharma in Aaja Nachle

Top 5 Sporting Moments

1. Roger Federer's FIFTH CONSECUTIVE WIMBLEDON TITLE!
2. England booted out of Euro 2008!
3. Fernando Alonso's F1 victories
4. Tiger Woods winning 10 million in 2 days. TWO!!
5. Kaka winning European and World Player of the Year!

Top 10 Books

1. The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
2. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
3. The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth
4. Conviction by Richard North Patterson
5. Confronting Iran by Ali M. Ansari
6. King Of Bollywood : Shah Rukh Khan by Anupama Chopra
7. Inside Al Qaeda by Rohan Gunaratna
8. iCon : Steve Jobs by Young Simon
9. Jihad vs. McWorld by Benjamin R. Barber
10. The Third Heaven Conspiracy by Giulio Leoni

LOL ok that's all!! Haha ok stay tuned for my year-end reflections......COMING SOON!! :D :P :)

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!

2007-12-28T02:13:00.001+08:00

Ok so this year's birthday was probably the BEST EVER!!!

Went out with my batchmates on the 26th. Played badminton in the morning, then chiong to the club to bathe, then chionnnng to Novena there to have lunch treat with Mrs Ng for camp.

And of course, took a few photos, as is customary.

Ok lol, is it just me, or does Funx look scarily (in a good way) big in the photo above? Lol hahahaha :D :P

Then met up with Josh KT and Nathan then went to Somerset to Lan. First batch lanning session in more than a year lol. Miss those days haha. Anyways, kena ownz left right centre, as usual lol haha. Then went for dinner then stayover, though sadly some couldn't stayover. Hmm there's always next time though. Again though, we didn't part ways without photos! Hahaha lol.

Lol and I've made two resolutions this birthday!

1. To lose all my insecurities (most of which are gone btw yay) and be myself, happy and rocking. a GREAT 2008 awaits!!! lol
2. To get that oh-so elusive hot bod, so I can make clothes sparkle like magic like some of the people in the above photos haha lol :D :P.

And now time for the thanks!

Thanks to my batchmates, for being there for me all this year, proving that you all really are the best friends I can ever have, and also for the gorgeous pillow, wallet and pencil box!

Thanks to all those from Archery and from 7B who sms-ed me to wish me.

Thanks to all others like Eric, Gloria, Jean, Brian etc who sms-ed me or msn-ed me their wishes too! Haha thanx a million guys.

Lol ok so tomorrow I hope to post my very own "Take 5!" for the year. You'll find out what it is tomorrow. Then maybe Saturday or Sunday do a year-end reflections. I really need to pen it all down one last time. It'll do me good lol.

Taare Zameen Par

2007-12-27T19:11:00.000+08:00

Ok so I went to see Taare Zameen Par on Monday. And there's only two words to describe how good it was : mindblowing, and Earth-shattering. Seriously, it comes at they very tail end of December, but it's already amongst the best Hindi films I've seen this year. It was DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM touching. Barring a few rushy portions of the script and a few parts of the screenplay which could have beem hastened, this film is near perfect. And what else can you expect from the perfectionist extraordinaire Aamir Khan (who acts in, produces, AND directs the film, now that's just imba)

It's a story about a dyslexic child, and such movies either go two ways, they nail their way into your heart and stay there for long, or turn out to be cliched, cheesy, "this-is-a-campaign-to-promote-niceness-to-the-less-fortunate"-type confections with over the top melodrama and just lots of "rolls-eyes" moments. Thank God TZP goes the former way. It just entrenched itself deeply into my conscience. The acting was fabulous, the story was just overwhelming. I guess it's cos the film doesn't try to be a film on dyslexia, but how we as societies function often in an elitist and exclusive way. So yea, everyone of every race and age and gender PLEASE go see this film. But bring your tissues along. Lol

The Dark Knight! Oooooooh

2007-12-21T00:20:00.000+08:00

Lol ok the first official trailer of next July's "The Dark Knight" is out! It's the sequel to "Batman Begins" which I must say I think is the BEST Batman movie ever lol. Take a look.

I must say I'm very pleasantly surprised, especially with Heath Ledger as Joker. The first time I read about it, I was like WTH?!?!?!?!?! FLOP FOR SURE!!! I mean, he WAS the guy who played this stone-faced, emotionless gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain? How the hell is he gonna play a psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy? But then I see this trailer and I'm mighty impressed. He's done REAAAALLLLLY well! My god he's got this really psycopathically bone-chilling spooky aura about him. It's totally different from the version immortailized by the agelessly inimitable Jack Nicholson, whose prowess lay in his dramatics, so no comparisons please. But that laugh in the trailer, oh my god daaaam scary lol. Perhaps this could be the first Joker performance to win an Oscar. It definitely deserves a nomination. Oh well, time will tell I suppose. Or more specifically, July 18th lol.

Funx asked today "what is love?" Nick asked me the same thing last week. Some others the week before as well. Hmm why is everyone so in the lovey mood suddenly? Lol I know festive season la, but Valentine's Day is MIIIILLLEEESSS away la pls. Lol ok nvm shall indulge in some "what is love?" pondering as well. It's quite fun what actually. Lol.

FINALLY!!!

2007-12-20T00:04:00.000+08:00

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!

Never blog for ten days redi. TEN!!! Shit not good. Must try to update daily from now on. Lol.

Ok anyways these last few days dam exciting. Went furniture shopping with my parents to the imba bloody big Courts Tampines megastore. As in relli MEGAstore man srsly. And I must say the Courts people daaaam smart. Lol the oni way to get thru the Megastore is to start from the third floor, and walk through EVERYTHING thill the only exit on the 1st floor cashier there. Walao so make sure everyone sees everything then get tempted la. Lol good marketing man. And you know wat, it worked. Went to buy a new sofa and wat did we get? A dvd player, sofa of course, sideboard for the dining room, sideboard for the living room for the TV, new shelf for my room, new bed for my parents. Walao srsly lol.

And i'm still very over the fact that every other room in the house other than mine has been renovated upon!! AARGH how come my room still so old one!! Lol ok fine I'm being childish haha.

The YAYYY!!! Got the new Starhub Digital Cable!! For free. Upgrade la long time customer redi leh lol. So now got imba imba channels like E! and Zee, Sony Entertainment, Star Plus, Star Sahara, FOXCRIME, Crime and Punishment, all the Discovery Channels, HBO, STAR MOVIES, CINEMAX!!! lol imba imba i LIIIKKEEE it lol.

Then today went shopping at Orchard. Loaded with vouchers la duh! MY dad dun like shopping at Orchard without vouchers one haha lol. Went to Topman, GAP, and Robinsons! Ok fine Robinsons was nice, but GAP and Topman FTW man srsly. Got some DAAAAAAM nice shirts haha. And 2 jeans lol.

OH OH OHHHHH! And today I've officially made it through the Archery Trials for January's Kasesart Uni comp! That means I GET TO GO THAILAND!!!! Daaaam excited haha/.Yay congrats Vinod and everyone else hu made it thru!! But now must train relli daaam hard if I want to win anything lol. Ken says must get at least 270/300 PER ROUND if want to be Top 10. That's really dam errr.......demanding lol. Bt nvm we'll akk do it. Then Top 10 at Kasesart all RJ archers. YEAHHH THATS WAT I'M TOKKING 'BOUT! Lol RJ Archers FTW!!

So you see? Nice week. Yay and Christmas is coming! New Year too! That means something else too. :D :) :P Heehee something in between the two (hint hint YL. lol) Last week of the year FTW man lol. Life's great.

And here's a dam nice duet between two supertars. Most of you should know it haha. One of my all time fave uplifting songs/duets. lol.

When You Believe by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood

Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
To swiftly flown away

Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

They don't always happen when you ask
(Oh)
And it's easy to give in to your fears
(Oh...Ohhhh)
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight throught the rain
Small but still, resilient voice
Says love is the relief
(Ohhh)

There can be miracles
(Miracles)
When you believe
(Lord, when you believe)
Though hope is frail
(Though hope is frail)
It's hard to kill
(Hard to kill, Ohhh)
Who know what miracles,you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will(somehow,somehow, somehow)
somehow you will
You will when you believe

You will when you
You will when you believe
Just believe...in your heart
Just believe
You will when you believeeeeeeeeeee

Aaja Nachle! Come Dance!

2007-12-09T19:53:00.000+08:00

Lol ok so I don't know how long my internet is gonna last, so while it does I thought I'll just post this up here. It's Bollywood's Goddess, Madhuri Dixit's solo dance number from her comeback film. Basically she plays a theatre actress in the movie and this her performance in a play.

I distinctly remember this song not just cos its catchy and the title song, but also becasue this song was the one where the cinema audience went wild when they saw it. And i dun blame them, cos her looks, dancing, emoting, presence, is all damn divine in the lor lol.

Aaja Nachle - Madhuri Dixit Kupar Kapoor Konkona sen Sherma
Uploaded by doudoudu13

Lol they've started a Facebook group called MAD about MADhuri. I'm going to join haha lol.

Validation, Anyone?

2007-12-05T23:39:00.000+08:00

Ok to start off, here's a video from a Cable Channel, with public reviews of Madhuri's Aaja Nachle. Needless to say, its true validation of a legend.

Ok and I've quite literally been reorganizing my life lately. Literally, as in with notes and books and table and room and all, so it makes it easier for me to study in over December. Physically in that I've drawn up a structured programme for myself and fully intend to keep to it lol. And lastly, emotionally. I'll go into details in my year end overview or sth, bt yea basically I've completely discarde all the bad heavy baggage that I've been carrying with me throughout the year. At times I've made others carry it for me and in the process cause collateral damage, but no more. I'm a free Vinod. The old Vinod.

Ok onto brighter news now lol. I jus simply love black music. I'm sorry I'm a huge rock fan too. But there's just something abt Timbaland (who's "The Way I Are" is absolutely this year's #1 song) and Alicia Keys (whose "As I Am" is this this year's #1 album) and Mary J Blige (whose "Just Fine" I'm just hooked onto now) that is just simply irresistable man. This year so many black musicians, with their earth-shattering R&B, Hip-Hop and Blues have come to the peak of pop music. Beyonce, Timbaland, Alicia Keys, Mary J Blige, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Kanye West, 50 Cent, etc etc. Amazing. Some of their songs just lift me up from however low I may be.

Return of the Goddess!

2007-12-05T00:11:00.000+08:00

Ok this is a first for my blog. But this post is entirely dedicated to a goddess. A cinema goddess.
One thing's for certain now.

Madhuri Dixit is complete, divine, ownage. And I really do mean this. As in seriously. The first actress I've seen in a long time who carries a whole entire film on her own shoulders and comes out nothing less than a true true champion. My god.

Just saw Aaja Nachle over the weekend. TWICE, in TWO days lol. That's a record of sorts. Ok fine so the story had its loopholes, 2 or 3 major ones in fact, it wasn't all that extraordinary a story, more or less your typical underdogs story more frequently used in sports films. And fine the first-time director slips up a bit here and there. And yea there were so many minor minor characters, albeit played oh-so competently by a plethora of arthouse actors whose names I can't be bothered to remember. So thew film itself wasn't all that strong or tight. But the full appeal and awesome-ness of the film lies on the graceful shoulders of Ms Dixit herself. Her talent and presence alone rights all the wrongs in Aaja Nachle.

This is her comeback film, her first one in 5 years, but you'll never know she was gone. She completely owns every scene she's in, be it with a bigger, bulkier, or even toweringly taller guy, or even a mass dance. Honestly I think the story was written FOR and ABOUT her. No one else in the world could have played her character the way she did. She's supposed to be 40 now, but she gives some 20 somethings a run for their money where looks is gone. She's every inch as gorgeous as she was in Devdas, her last film prior to this. My god that signature breathtaking "1000 watt smile" is still there, totally intact.

She still looks as fresh and angelic as she did 10 years ago in Dil To Pagal Hai (the first Hindi film I fell in love with). When she emotes, her anger, happiness, frustration, sadness, triumph, confidence, and whatever else just resonante through the screen. Your just glued to your seat. And when she starts dancing, you can't take your eyes off her man. Still the best dancer in Bollywood history. By a mile. Ok this is definitely the best female performance so far this year, and probably for the last five years, since her own in Devdas lol, right next to Rani in "Black" or Kajol in "Fanaa" last year. I think seeing her after 5 years all the more drove home the fact that there really never will be another like Madhuri Dixit. A true "one and only" of Indian cinema. Sorry Rani, Preity, Vidya and the rest, but Madhuri just bulldozed past y'all to Best Actress this year. You really just can't hold a candle to her divine greatness. I'm sorry lol.

So there it is. An ENTIRE blog post (never done before) dedicated to the greatness of the inimitable, divine legend of Bollywood, the only true female superstar, the Goddess herself, Madhuri Dixit. Can't wait to see your next film ma'am. And I don't mind waiting another 5 years lol. Ok no I was joking. Make it quick lol.

Just Fine....

2007-11-30T22:48:00.000+08:00

Woots okay camp went very well. A good success, I would say. Gd job besties! Lol 02 batchmates for.the.win. Haha

Ok well I've done some pretty stupid things in my life, but quite possibly none as potently stupid as what I've done this year. Ahh but heck it it's in the past, I've forgotten it, and hopefully so have those near and dear to me.

And, in what I would call a really twisted co-incidence, I heard this song on the radio today in the car. Maybe it's jus cos I'm at this crossroads in my life or something, but this song really hit me, and its REAALY REALLY REALLY DAAAAAAAM NICE, so much so it warrants to be the title of this post lol.

"Let it go……
Can’t let this thing called love get away from you
Feel free right now, going do what you want to do
Can’t let nobody take it away, from you, from me, from we
No time for moping around, are you kidding?
And no time for negative vibes, cause I’m winning
It’s been a long week, I put in my hardest
Gonna live my life, feels so good to get it right

So I like what I see when I’m looking at me
When I’m walking past the mirror
No stress through the night, at a time in my life
Ain’t worried about if you feel it
Got my head on straight, I got my mind right
I aint gonna let you kill it
You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just…..

Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh
Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh
Just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh
You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just fine (Chorus)

Feels so good, when you’re doing all the things that you want to do
Get the best out of life, treat yourself to something new
Keep your head up high
In yourself, believe in you, believe in me
Having a really good time, I’m not complaining
And I’m a still wear a smile if it raining
I got to enjoy myself regardless
I appreciate life, I’m so glad I got mine

So I like what I see when I’m looking at me
When I’m walking past the mirror
Aint worried about you and what you gonna do
I’m a lady so I must stay classy
Got to keep it hot, keep it together
If I want to get better
You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just

(Chorus)

I aint gon’ let nothing get in my way
(I ain't gone let nobody bring me down, no, no, no)
No matter what nobody has to say
(No way, no way, no way)
I ain’t gon’ let nothing get in my way
No matter what nobody has to say

Feels so good, when you’re doing all the things that you want to do
Get the best out of life, treat yourself to something new
It’s a really good thing to say
That I won’t change my life, my life’s just fine

(Chorus)

So I like what I see when I’m looking at me
When I’m walking past the mirror
No stress through the night, at a time in my life
Ain’t worried about if you feel it
Got my head on straight, I got my mind right
I ain’t gonna let you kill it
You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just…..

(Chorus) "

- Just Fine by Mary J. Blige

OFF TO CAMP!!!

2007-11-26T23:34:00.000+08:00

Lol ok realised haven update in dam long. But got no time must go sleep redi. Anyways just a short post.

When I come back i'll update a super long one about camp and err...other stuff lol.

Ok #1 - Shahrukh and Kajol make the best pair ever. Seriously. Haven't seen them together in a proper film since 2001 ( in K3G, which is my most favouritest film EVER), but for 30 seconds managed to get a glimpse of their magic in Om Shanti Om, where she makes a highly exclusive special appearance (it's for Shahrukh la lol). Awesome stuff people, awesome stuff. Lol watch.

#2 - Country bands, should NEVER, I mean NEVER, and I do really mean NEVER try to recreate or cover modern R&B Classics. Take a look at the performance below. At a prestigious award ceremony some more. My god that irritating Yankee accent totally blew the song into smilthereens. I'm sorry country music fans and honchos, but that band just totally massacred my favourite Beyonce tune. Luckily she appeared halfway through and salvaged what was left of the carnage. Lol just see, you'll understand.

Ok that's all. Gotta go now. Cya!

Lesson Learned.

2007-11-13T18:52:00.000+08:00

You broke my heart
and now it's raining
Just don't rub it in
I'm at your door
I feel so crazy bout'
You say I told you so
You saw it long ago
You knew he had to go
I finally came around
I'm back on solid ground
Can't let it get me down

(2x)
It's alright
it's alright
It's alright
It's alright

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned.
Stake a return so I call it a lesson learned.
My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned.
Another lesson Learned

Sometimes some lies can
take a minute to fully realize
[Lesson Learned lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

His tears your ?
30 seconds to apoligize
You give him one more chance
just like the time before
but he already knows you'd give a hundred more
until that night in bed, you wake up in a sweat
Your racing to the door
Can't take it anymore

I was burned but I call it a lesson learned
I stake a return but i call it lesson learned.
My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned.
Another lesson learned....

Life perfect, aint perfect if you don't know what the struggles for
Falling down aint falling down if you don't cry when you hit the floor
It's called the past 'cause im getting past
and i'm nothing like I was before.
You ought to see me now.

I was burned but I call it a lesson learned
I stake a return but i call it lesson learned.
My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned.
Another lesson learned....

- Lesson Learned by Alicia Keys and John Mayer

Well this song definitely applies to me. Cos this year, 2007, has taught me alot of lessons. And what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger rite? Ok I shan't elaborate cos I shall start ranting, but for all the mistakes I've made this year I'm deeply and truly sorry and apologetic, and let's just be optimistic and look forward to a greater, no sorry scratch that, MUCH GREATER, 2008, what with all my "Lessons Learned".

Overnight cycling was dam fun, albeit dam tiring. And yea, my lessons learned hit a climax there, which again I shall not elaborate, out of embarassment more than anything else lol. But the cycling was fun, though I don't forsee myself doing it again anytime soon. I still have the "marks" on me if you know what I mean. Lol. Thank you 02 besties, all 3 of you who were there la lol, for making it such a great and memorable experience, and sorry for acting like a complete nut sometimes. Lol

Anyways, photos:

3 movies. 3 awesome experiences.

2007-11-13T18:18:00.000+08:00

Ok this is gonna be a long post. Wow what a week. I just saw three movies in the last 5 days, all of which were A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

First up, "Saawariya". Gorgeous movie. As in really, luscious. Such an innocent movie, one of the best pure love movies I've seen in years. The debutantes are good. Ok fine the girl is a bit stiff but the guy is very versatile emotion-wise. And my cousin says he's got charm. Ok fine so it's a little slow, even though its only 2 hrs 10 mins, which is commendable for Bollywood lol, and ok it's kinda, Romeo-&-Juliet-style cheesy and cliche, but the whole movie is just full of Sanjay Bhansali's trademark visual grandeur and lustre, which is I think the best thing about the film. It's just a whole different world that the acclaimed director so effortlessly and convincingly draws and immerses you into, and you just simply, albeit perhaps even unconsciously, get lost in the celebration, music, dance, romance and melodrame of that sneakily forever-night world for that 2 hours. And boy, the music harks back to the classical genre, which is pleasantly refreshing and great. Supposedly adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's "White Nights", so I wanna read that book. Overall, a great, calming, soothing yet touching film.
Grade : 7/10

Next up, Lions for Lambs. Best English movie of the year. Worthy of sweeping next year's Oscars, seriously. The plot is amazing, the story behind the film is awesome, the flow is seamless, the action is gripping, the script is loophole-free, the sets are sharp. And lastly the performances. I've never really been into Robert Redford, or seen his films, he's like 72 for God's sakes, but yea, he was proficient as the patriotic Professor. And considering he directed this film as well, that's extra commendable. Tom Cruise was a surprise stunner. His performance as a devoted, confident, though radical Senator was actually REALLY REALLY GOOD. As in, REALLY. His best performance since Jerry Maguire I think. He should get nominated for Best Actor it weas really faultless and convincing. But the jewel of the crown, the real "meat"of the "Lamb" (lol, totally no pun intended), was Meryl Streep, again effortlessly diving under her character's skin and bringing out even the finest facets and tenets of a skeptical journalist to the screen. Her confrontation scenes with Tom Cruise are hair-raising to say the least. Best Supporting Actress is a shoo-in seriously. The chemistry between the three actors is awesome, and this too adds to the greatness of the movie. If "Saawariya"'s magic lay in the presentation, hte magic of "Lions for Lambs" lies in the performances, which just leave you spellbound for hours after the movie is over. Seriously.
Grade : 8/10

Lastly, Om Shanti Om. Three words. OH. MY. GOD. I think it's fate that I saved the best for the last man. This film blows everything else this year, OUT.OF.THE.WATER!!!! DEFINITELY for me, the BEST film of the year, in whatever language and of whatever genre. My god I thought it couldn't get any better after the previous two films, but after this one I just sat in my seat in the cinema hall with my cousins for like 10 minutes, jus spellbound and wanting to see it again. The last time I experience that, if I remember correctly, was after "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in Sec 1. I mean, seriously, WOW! Ok so this isn't a deep intuitive film like the previous two, but its just pure all out entertainment to the max.I mean it, there's not a SINGLE boring second in the film at all. It's close to 3 hours, yes, but you'll be wide awake and entertained throughout.

The recreation of the 70's in the first half of this film, based on love and reincarnation, is SO AWWEEESSOMMEE!!! It's so realistic. And with the film being based on Bollywood itself as well, they manage to REALLY recreate 70's Bolly, complete with all the biggest stars of the day and stuff. And the second half, based in Bollywood of today, is jaw dropping as well. The story is excellent, no loopholes at all, though a bit cheesy at times. The presentation is immaculate, the music is out of this world awesome. Shah Rukh shows why he's king, owning all with his performance as both a 70's actor, with all the overacting that was the norm in that day, and the cool dude aura exuded by his performance of a superstar in Bollywood today, which shouldn't have been too hard to play lol. He just has to be himself after all. The song with 31 stars is awesome, like the cinema hall was gasping and shouting their names as the stars appeared lol. The direction is flawless, all kudos to Farah Khan for this.

Yes, fine, Om Shanti Om is nowhere near a thinking film, so yea it can be classified as a no-brainer. But it is NOT a silly film. Anything but in fact. It is an excellently and faultlessly made film which owns in all departments. And that's why its the best film of the year for me. Hopefully my relatives in KL haven't watched, so I can join them and see it again when I go there tomorrow. It's worth it after all lol.
Grade :10/10 (first time in the year, but what the hell man, this film deserves it lol)

Potboiler

2007-11-08T21:43:00.000+08:00

Omg I got a Deepavali card yesterday from Funx. First time in my life I actually got a card directly from someone. Dam touched.

Like normally it'll be for like "Ravi and Family" or like "Ravi, Jayanthi and Vinod", but never just for me. So yea, extra sentimental. Thanks a million bro.

Deepavali today was nice. Catching up with old relatives after long intervals is nice.

Oh and "Saawariya" is complete, total, utter, imba OWNAGE. But a review and blog post about that is for another day lol. After all 3 movies I wanna watch have been watched.

Yay overnight cycling tomorrow. Can't wait. Been dam long since Scouty time. Ok fine it's been a week. But that's ages enough. Lol.

Eventfulness and Fulfillment

2007-11-05T22:48:00.000+08:00

Today was gonna be a great day. I was gonna go for Training, then go Gym then come back home totally drained and exhausted but fulfilled and contented nonetheless. Yes it was gonna be great. Too bad then, it didn't exactly go to plan. As usual, a particular needle had to come and burst my balloon today, unsurprisingly not for the first time. Arrgh ok I made a promise to my BEST FRIENDS that I would not angst or emo anymore, so shall just keep that promise. But to whoever you are, if you happen to be reading this blog (you CAN read right? only your hearing is impaired right? :D), I jus want to say keep it at this. Don't you dare go any further and ruin my other relationships. You do that, and I'll make sure you regret it for the rest of your life.

Sigh it's time like this that make me miss RI. And of course my family, which by the way includes my scouty "brothers" lol. They're just the best haha. What fun Friday was. I miss being in 02 man. The anticipation and excitement of Saturday/Friday, knowing that even if you die you'll die with the best bunch of people on Earth, nothing beats that sense of camaraderie. And in this past year of despair and turmoil, not a day goes by when I don't thank God for giving me such wonderful friends in my life. Scouts FTW man, seriously.

Went out to Vivo with my family yesterday, and YAY BOUGHT CLOTHES FROM TOPMAN FINALLY!!! LIKE WOW MAN SERIOUSLY THE CLOTHES ARE DAM NICEEE! Haha two shirts, one that complements my jeans perfetcly, and another that has an uncanny resemblence to the one Shahrukh wears in the "Deewangi Deewangi" song in Om Shanti Om, which is, I suspect, the prime reason I got drawn to it. Lol, anyways the shopping trip proved to me that indeed black and red are my colours. Definitely. Lol. Looking forward to next week's three day retreat to KL. I need the break. Total escapism will help me heal from the wounds of the past year I think. Ok I hope. Lol

And YES FINALLY, I GOT THE "AAJA NACHLE" SOUNDTRACK!! MY GOD!!!!!

The songs are divine man. As in seriously. Ok fine they're not instant pop kinda songs. But they grow on you. The title track is a total Madhuri dance number, as in you can totally imagine her bringing the house down with it, "Show Me Your Jalwa" and "Soniye Mil Ja" sound like really fun, foot tapping ensemble numbers, so can't wait to see how they're filmed as part of the film, and "Is Pal" is just sooooooo longingly romantic. But the king of the soundtrack is another romantic ballad called "Ishq Hua". Seriously man that song is complete and total ownage. It's romantic, sweet, dreamy, longing, demanding, did I mention romantic? Lol all rolled in one. Definitely the best romantic song of the year. It's been played 54 times on my iTunes rite now. I've practically memorised the whole song better than my erh-herm, Chemistry notes, so to say? Lol :D :P

That's all for now folks, updating again tomoro. Hopefully it's a better day. Should be la. There's scouts.

FUN DAY!!

2007-11-03T00:49:00.000+08:00

P.S. Vinod must remember to take his medicines religiously from now on. Not doing so has SERIOUS consequences.

Ok besides that, today was serious fun haha.

I love cycling. So much sweat, so much weight lost. Lol

No but really cycling's really fun. Haha and that too on the remote island of Ubin. Using the same route that my class used for Class Adventure Camp. Ahh good memories deja vu, man!

Lol anyways, Funx, Nick, Anandraj, Josh, Arnold, Eric, Royce and I went to recce Ubin for the upcoming Night Cycling today. And boy was it fun. Walking on Ubin's mud trails is one thing, cycling is a whole different ballgame. And we haven't even come to the roads yet lol. Slippery, wet, leaf-littered....it's like cycling through a landmine infested ground lor lol. Then also reminisced good ol' December Camp in Sec 2 where we came to Ubin and died like total total shit lol.

On the way back, Funx decided to let the camwhore inside him free and guess who was the photographer? Yours truly, lol. Btw, P.S. : You owe me a photo Fungshing! Next time la haha.

Then went to temple at like 9+, which is relli o_O for temple visiting. Luckily they haven close yet, so can go one round at least before kena chase out cos they closing lol. But as I waited to be picked up, I sat at the pavement across and noticed random people doing random things lol.

But one thing really struck me.

There was this elderly lady who was putting on her slippers and next to her was this relli cute white cat. Relli daaamm cute lol. Then she tried to pet it but it was on the ground and she coudn't bend far enuf to reach. Alas, the constrictions of age prevented her from displaying her innate affection towards such an adorable feline (which is a record mind you, cos I dun generally like cats lol). Then the cat looked at her for a wile, then walked away for a wile, before turning and running back and pouncing onto an elevated platform where the lady cout reach it and thus pet it. And tt scene jus carried on till I got picked up. I was like, "WOOOWWWW" man. Seriously. Dam touching. Lol I think all nice things and people reside on that street. Lol right Funx? Heehee :D :P lol.

Ok that's all for now folks. I relli need to tell myself to hit the gym and lose the flab lol. All hot bod attaining advice gladly welcomed lol. :D :P

For now though, photos.

Scouts FTW!!!

Muscle men! Ok at least 2 la! Lol haha :D :P

Quiz Time

2007-11-02T00:31:00.000+08:00

Lol on the bequest of Eric, I shall do this quiz.

1. (The person who tagged you is...) ERIC!
2. Your relationship with him/her is...) Fellow SCOUTIE!! Scouts FTW man
3. (5 impressions you have of him/her.) Fit, Funny, Imba smart, Inspirational, Great
4.(The most memorable thing he/she has done for you.) Call me a HOT MALE! lol :D
5. (The most memorable words he/she has said to you.) HOT MALE! lol :D :P
6. (If he/she becomes your lover, you will...) be gay.
7. (If he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be...) see its nvr gonna happen, bt anyways i dun think he shld change anything la
8. (If he/she becomes your enemy, you will...) be distraught mann
9. (If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be...) not gonna happen lol
10. (The most desirable thing you want to do for him/her now is...) Ace OP!
11. (Your overall impression of him/her is...) Great guy!
12. (How you think people around you will feel about you...) Bubbly and cheerful hopefully
13. (The characteristic you love about yourself is...) I'm happy!
14. (On the contrary, the characteristic you hate about yourself is...) I'm bloody fat!!
15. (The most ideal person you want to be is...) A cross between what I am now and Shah Rukh Khan lol
16. (For people that care and like you, say something to them...) Thanks a lot
17. (Pass this quiz to 10 people that you wish to know how they feel about you - TRY NOT TO PEEP AT THE QUESTION BELOW BEFORE WRITING DOWN THE NAMES.) (in alphabetical order)
1 Fung Shing
2 Jerlyn
3 Julian
4 Marcus
5 Nicholas
6 Rohan
7 Steffi
8 Syimah
9 Taufik
10 Yi-Lin

(Who is no. 6 having a relationship with?) A guy probably, his blog reveals gay tendencies lol
(Is no. 9 a male or female?) MALE
(If no. 7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?) NOOO!!!!
(How about no. 8 and 5 ?) Well both can get high, so I guess there's like a one-in-a-million chance or sth lol
(What is no. 2 studying about?) Chem Hist Econs Math
(When was the last time you had a chat with no. 3 ? Today
(What kind of music band does no. 8 like?) Nt sure relli. Mebbe Hip-Hop lol
(Does no. 1 have any siblings?) YES! KASHING!
(Will you woo no. 3?) Not even in my nightmares please! lol
(How about no. 7?) Nah I don't think so lol, sry
(Is no. 4 single?) I sure as hell like to think so, unless he's hiding something haha!
(What's the surname of no. 5 ?) Tong!
(What's the name of no. 10?) Tan Yi-Lin? ISNT IT OBVIOUS LOL?!?!
What's the hobby of no. 4?) Easy! Soccer, and ok mebbe totally off-key singing lol! Sorry Marcus! :D :P
(Do no. 5 and 9 get along well?) They're classmates. 'Nuff said lol.
(Where is no. 2 studying at?) RJC
(Say something casual about no. 1) BIG BEAUTIFUL BICEPS lol
(Have you tried developing feelings for no. 8?) Nope.
(Where does no. 9 live?) Boon Lay!
(What color does no. 4 like?) Erm black. White. And mebbe purple lol.
(Are no. 5 and 1 best friends?) They're BATCHMATES. Nuff said.
(Does no. 7 like no. 2 ?) As friends yea. Bt nothing beyond tt lol.
(How did you get to know no. 2 ?) She's my PW grp mate lol
(Does no. 1 have any pets?) Oinky! on his blog
(Is no. 7 the sexiest person in the world?) Ask her! lol. She'll probably say yes haha!

And to end off, the latest song promo, and the best one so far, from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Deepavali magnum opus, "Saawariya" releasing Nov. 9. Lol

Life's good.

2007-10-30T00:34:00.000+08:00

Lol yea life's good.

Today's been great. Went for training. Am really hyped up for the competition on the 18th lol. Can't wait. And then there's possibly Thailand next year, which should be fun too lol.

Then went to scouts. Supposedly Funx woke up cos i "plopped" loudly on the seat next to him in the bus but nah,I think its just my presence. Lol ego again haha.

Camp briefing then planning, which in 4 hrs resulted in a comprehensive 4-day outline. AWWEEESSSOOOMMMEEE lol.

O and Madhuri's latest song promo is out. "Show Me Your Jalwa", where she gets the whole village up on their feet and dancing. It's so easy now in this video to see why she's called the Goddess of Bollywood. Her presence is unparalleled, her energy is infectious, her smile irresistable, her charm is subtle yet captivating, and yes, her dance is awe-inspiring lol. Plus she looks fab at forty. Madhuri Dixit FTW man lol.

Lol sry for the recent trailer/promo spam on this blog. November's got three BIG films coming out so yea, understandably I'm in a very easily-excitable, filmy filmy mood lol.

P.S : Good girls, or nice girls? Lol :D :P Hmm interesting haha.

PARTY TIME!!

2007-10-27T23:36:00.000+08:00

Lol ok so today was YL's bday party! Was dam fun lol. All of us went at like 430, then Haiying called YL on the phone and pretended to be dam emo until like suicidal liddat then together wif some effort from YL's parents, got her to come down to Haiying's house (also Oli's house) at arnd 545.

Omg the ambush was dam funny lol. We all waited at the staircase landing and Haiying was sitting at her doorstep emoing like hell. Lol someone should give that girl an Oscar man. When YL stepped out of the lift, she completely fell for the act lol. Dam convincing huh? Then after a while we all jumped out and surprised her. LOL her face like caught on Candid Camera like that. That one "hand over mouth" shocked pose for like 10 seconds haha. All of us were rolling over in laughter.

Haha then the party. Lots and lots of food. And what's a birthday party without a "dip" in the pool for the birthday girl? Lol haha *smiles evilly* lol. And that twice. Haha dam funny the second time YL was trying to pull Yinwei into the pull then fell into it herself haha. Then a bit of cake smashing haha. That's why I told YL she was like a total diva today. Costume change dunno how many times. And all not hers summore, except the first one lol.

Then spammed play tennis from like 7.30 to 10.15. Omg dam fun play and play and play until dam tired. Haha the party rocked.

And now for pictures!

The birthday girl soaked to the bone lol

7B and Friends

P.S. Hope you like the present YL! Lol :D

Bye Mr Hodge!

2007-10-25T23:48:00.000+08:00

Ok so today was Mr Winston James Hodge's farewell. 7 glorious years as Principal of RJC, and MOE decides to take him under its wings. A well-deserved reward definitely, but one that comes with its own, perhaps hefty price. He was inarguably the best of the best principals I have EVER seen. Today during the farewell, David Chan spoke of how in more than one way, "we will all continue to look up at him". Lol but it's true. If there ever was a leader who truly led by example, it'd be Mr Hodge. Funx spoke of how kind and warm he is, and this I can vouch for because he always responds so jovially whenever me and my classmates greet him along the corridoors or at school events.

He isn't the type of principal who thinks the world revolves around him, or that he is all high-and-mighty, or a cut above all the rest. No, he is full to the brim with modesty and dignity, yes all 2 metres of him lol. He's never denied me and my friends photo ops at school events. But I think most importantly, as VP Mr Leong so aptly opined, Mr Hodge stood out and left an indelible mark upon RJC, simply because of his incomparable vision for the college. He quite literally breathed a new lease of life into the Promethean Flame, in the process making it burn all the more brightly. He more or less broke the monotone of college life and demolished the perception that RJ students lived for their books. His brainchildren like Raffles Take 5, Raffles Believe It Or Not, the new House System and House Parties and Days, all added vibrancy and zing to the RJC landscape. And for this he will go down in the annals of Rafflesian History.

It's sad to see you go Mr Hodge. But I think the fact that I feel so grateful to and highly (no pun intended lol) of you, despite not being all that prominent a person in the student body, is a testament to your wide outreach and impact. You're like the North Star Mr Hodge, keep on shining. RJC and I will miss you dearly, for you have walked these hallways like no one else, but I'm sure you move on to bigger challenges, and undoubtedly acheivements, in your new post at the Ministry.

On a lighter note, Funx's speech was dam comical, and my classmates were hysterical by the end lol. The farewell was very well done, and I must say John Cheo is an impressive emcee. He's a complete natural on stage man. And today was mostly a PW day but that's fun lol. And of course, what would a school event be without the camwhoring?

Bestie-wif-da-attitude lol

7B girls and their friends

The Pursuit of Happyness

2007-10-23T23:38:00.000+08:00

Ok quite frankly Promo results sucked. But this blog is gonna reflect sadness no more so no more promo-ranting. Enough of that. I let myself down, my teachers down (as is obvious from all the essay comments) and my parents down. Enough punishment I opine. Ah, the bane of being an only child. I guess the whole self-disappointment thing is the biggest punishment eh?

On a much brigther note, my life seems to be on the imminent upswing FINALLY. All my old friendships are back on track and stronger than ever, and my god I'm smiling and laughing so much these days. Hmm it feels good to see the old me back. And no people, I dun fake my smiles. I'm opinionated and I'm vocal about it. That's just the way I am. My good and true friends accept me for that. So it's ok. Life's good. Lol

I have resolved henceforth to hit the gym four times a week. No more distractions. No more excuses. Of course a hot bod would be a welcome form of remuneration for my efforts, but more importantly, there is NO WAY IN HELL I'm spending my 18th birthday in BMT maann. NO.WAY.

Saw this on Funx's blog. Looks quite interesting, so yea, let's try lol.

1) Have you ever been asked out?
YEA SURE, by my best friends lol. All guys though awwwww. Lol

2) Where was your default picture taken?
In my hse during the post-promos stayover. It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thingy. Lol

3) What's your middle name?
Ashvin

4) Does your crush like you back?
She would if I actually HAD one. Lol i.e. no crush. Relli. No time la.
But ok la, same as Funx, got a number of eyecandy :D :P Lol

5) What is your current mood?
-Dreamy as is always (right Funx? lol) - thinking about sweet sweet sweet mushy sappy romance in the future awwww. Must be the Bollywood lol.

6) What's your mom's maiden name?
Mahadevan. Means Great God or sth.

7) What color shirt are you wearing?
Bluish Grey

8) If you could go back in time and change something, would you?
DEFINITELY. I would have not started gorging in P3, stayed thin and then toned up.Hot bod FTW man. Lol

9) Ever had a near death experience?
Lol would my current ongoing one count? :D (if you don't get this I don't blame you)

10) Something you do a lot?
Same as Funx, daydream :D

11) Who can you tell anything to?

02 Batchmates and the 4C '06 dudes.

12) Name someone with the same birthday as you?

JOJO!! The singer!! Same year summore!!

13) when was the last time you cried?
Quite recently. But it was stupid.

14) If you could have one super power what would it be?
Hmm something like Jean Grey's maybe? Ok no no make that Phoenix! Muahahahahahahas

oh and like Funx, maybe eating lots without growing fat

15) What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
hmm agree wif Funx on this one. it's just the aura *clicks fingers*. No specific detail really.

16) What do you usually order from starbucks?
I don't usually GO to Starbucks lol. Coffee and chocolate is a no-no thank you very much.

17) What's your biggest secret?
That I'm fat. WOOOOOW lol

18) Favorite color?
black and red. confirm. Ok maybe blue and orange too, in moderation.

19) Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
I still love Looney Tunes. It's relli for all ages la. Oh and Disney movies too.

20) Do you speak any other language?
Tamil, and bits of broken Hindi perhaps.

21) What's your favorite smell?
Again, smells have their auras lol. No specific one. I don't go smelling every single perfume or cologne please. Lol

22) Describe your life in one word, what would it be?
Awesooooooome.

23) Have you ever kissed in the rain?
nope. sadly. but i'd imagine it'd be fun. not to mention wet.

24) What are you thinking about right now?
Same as Funx, who i'm gonna be kissing in the future. Ooh *dreams and swoons*

25) What should you be doing?
Sleeping, i guess??

26) What are you listening to?
I'm kinda like watching the Aaja Nachle song promo for the umpteenth time on Youtube now. So yea, that song I guess. Aaja Nachle. Lol can't take my eyes of Madhuri. They're right man the critics - she's a bloody screen goddess. And at 40, thats is DAAAM impressive lol.

27) Do you like working in the yard?
Nah. Oni hot bods work in the yard. Lol, Desperate Housewives, anyone?

28)If you could have any last name in the world, what would it be?
Erm well I'm happy with Ravi, but I guess "Khan" would be a nice last name. Yea that would take me far lol.

29)Do you act differently around the person you like?
When I DO find someone whom I like, nah. Honesty's the best policy. :)

TOTALLY AWESOME DAY!!!

2007-10-19T22:40:00.000+08:00

LOL OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Today's been a FREAKING fantastic day!

One lecture.History. But who cares?!

After school went with Funx, Nick, Anand, Ballz and Vishwa to Settler's Cafe near Clarke Quay there for Scout's Activity. Omg SOOOOOOOOOO fun! Never had so much fun in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time lol. We played two games - Betrayer in the House which was fun cos of suspense, but admittedly quite confusing. And then "You Must Be An Idiot" which omg, its so spastic but its dam funny haha. And like all 6 of us were laughing our asses off almost the whole time. Lol I think the last time I laughed so hard was during Old Boy's Anniversary Dinner. Again, an 02 event. Needless to say lol. Best friends forever man. Best friends forever. We had so much fun that the expectedly boring camp planning discussion with the teachers was more or less forgotten lol.

Then went To Subway for dinner with Nick and Anand, then came back home. And I just received this video link from my cousin with Madhuri "The Goddess" Dixit's new traler. As in the FULL trailer. Omg WHAT MORE CAN I ASK FOR TODAY?!?!?! Ok the trailer basically reveals that she plays a legendary, beautiful but aging theatre actress (heh?! sounds just like her in reality lol) who has been overseas for a while but returns to her quaint little town to infuse the magic of song, dance, and theatre into the now deadly quiet, poverty and misery stricken village.

Below is a dance clip from the trailer. Omg her dancing is still the absolute best man. What grace, elegance, smoothness and poise! OOOOOOOOOHHHHH lol. And my god, shes 40, but shes in such good shape and looks the newcomer 20 and 30 year olds better watch out man. Cos the Queen is back, people! Lol, watch and be amazed haha.

a.GREAT.day

2007-10-16T23:24:00.000+08:00

It's been a great GREAT GREAT landmark day for me.

Absolution. Closure.

Lol yea. Went for 2 lectures in the morning. Maths was boring *WOW!* lol. History was quite cool the movie haha. Then played Tennis with Syimah, Liyana, and Funx. Dam fun haha. Lol that class is srsly dam fun, from what I know la. So many good friends there haha lol.

Then went to 2 lectures and slept. Might as well not have gone. Go J8 and watch movie like erh-herm, SOME PEOPLE lol. After that went to gym, met Mrs Ng on the way out. Wow my gym membership is increasing to include dam alot of Raffles people. It's preety freaky lol.

As I was running, I started thinking, which mind you has never happened before. This year, well, its been bad. Really. My transition into RJC has been anything but smooth. It was almost as if my whole word was turned upside down. Stress. ALMOST. That's where today comes in. I realise the reason I was so hurt, disappointed, down, emo, upset and depressed for the better part of the year was because I had certain "basic" expectations of the new people I met. For example, I had a perception of how a "classmate" should be and a "CCA mate" should be. And many a time these weren't fulfilled. So I've decided to give up on these notions and just enjoy what I have, which, when I open my eyes fully, is really quite alot. I've got many new friends too. Ok fine mebbe nt as much as I'd like to spend time with, but that's life. And crossing hurdles only makes me stronger. The stupid thing for me to do was to carry that hurt and translate it to those nearest and dearest to me, and for that I don't think I can ever forgive myself. But nevermind that's in the past now, for now my magical RI friendships are all back on track lol.

To those who are aware, certain things have made me aware of how short my life can truly be, and I intend to spend every remaining second smiling to the utmost. That's what I, Vinod, stand for from now on, much like I did in RI. Happiness and smiles. All around. I shall attempt to light the world up with my 1000 watt smile. Lol ok nvm ego ego haha.

On a side note, YES I STILL WANT THAT HOT BOD, cos really, when you're in my position, you come to realise that having a hot bod earns u respect and adoration lol. And i shall try my very best. If I deserve to get it, I shall. If I don't, then there's really nothing I can do about it. At least my best friends don't discriminate against me for it. Which is why my batchmates ROCK. Funx, Nick, Marcus, Anand, Ballz, Dennis, Nathan, Willie, Vishwa, Maggi, Josh, and all the rest... Y'all are SIMPLY.THE.BEST man. Never has there been any group like you, and never will there ever be. In the words of Michael Jackson, "You Rock My World" Lol.
Let's end with a quote from a truly respectable leader, and an exceptional individual, Nelson Mandela:

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
but in rising everytime time we fall."

Om Shanti Om FTW!!

2007-10-10T23:24:00.000+08:00

Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god!!!

I just saw two fresh song promos for Shah Rukh's upcoming Om Shanti Om, a film about the film industry and reincarnation lol :D, which releases on November 9. And I swear to you that film is looking like the most interesting one this year!! SRK's already given us "Chak De! India (Go India!)" which was awesome and mindblowing and the biggest hit of the year so far, as well as that terrific dance number/guest appearance in "Heyy Babyy" (the second biggest hit of the year, no surprises there lol) ut OSO looks out-of-this-world man! First promo's a romantic song, there are no subs sadly but just the whole dreamy aura around the whole video and setting...its just so...OOOOHHHHH!!! Shah Rukh said its his greatest acheivement as a producer (he produced this movie) to have recreated the whole 70s film industry setting, which is where the first half of the film, and presumably this song, is set in. And its true. I hated the cheesy 70s, but man, its all there. So modern yet so believably old. The hairstyle, the clothes, the sets, the cars, everything is so realistically 70s yet modernistically presented. Oooohhh.

Second one's called the "Biggest Song of the Last 30 Years" and deservedly so. It's like 5 minutes, but its got like 31 major Bollywood stars dancing alongside SRK. 35!! My god if nothing else I'm watching the film for this song man. Like wth everyone is there. Rani Mukherji, Juhi Chawla, Madhuri Dixit, Preity Zinta, Vidya Balan, Sridevi, Rekha, Hemaji, Anil & Rishi Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshya Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, the Bachchans (ALL OF THEM), Salman Khan, and of course Shah Rukh. My god *faints*. Lol just see it's a dam nice foot-tapping dance number lol.

A few posts back I was debating whether it was gonna be this first or Sanjay Bhansali's Sawaariya first, since both come on the same day. I think the answer is now obvious lol. Sorry, I really love and adore the grand old inimitable Bollywood romance which Saawariya is sure to be full of, but in this tumultous post-Promo and post-PW haze, and the whole fun-filled Deepavali season, I just wanna be all out-entertained, and its OSO for sure man. Om Shanti Om FTW!!

Wow

2007-10-10T19:22:00.000+08:00

Today exemplififed rollercoaster man.

Morning was super sucky. But that I've kinda gotten used to. Need to develop a sort of hyde to it tho. Can't let it affect me that much. At least nt like i did today.

Then afternoon was super fun wif Funx and Adly. Discussed sum scouts stuff with Royce and Nick and Funx which is shaping up to be pretty cool, then jus kinda hang out wif Funx and Adly for a wile. Ok i had fun la. Sharp contrast to the morning so yea, dam fun haha. And u can safely conclude that Funx is as close as you'll get to the Hulk. Minus the skin colour of course. Lol

Then arrow making wif the Archery ppl. Arrgh Tang (supplier) din gimme my corresponding arrow points for my arrows, so I can't make my own arrows yet. I'm sick of delaying cos of that fella relli. So jus go arnd helping others lol. Bigger body weight can make u useful I learned. Haha.

So yea, see? Rollercoaster. Now time to make all my days go up, up , up! :D :P

Upgrade Stat!

2007-10-09T23:26:00.000+08:00

I think I need to upgrade myself and my sense of humour. My closest friends don't find me funny anymore. U know how pathetic that is? What's a clown without his humour? Lol I mean I'm not the obscenely fit Greek God type, NO WAY, I'm not the intellectual philosophical deep impressive type, NO WAY, so I'm left with the wacko-jacko clown type. And if I can't perfect that, then I relli suck man. O well, time to make myself funny...again. Lol

Or maybe I should let nature take its course. Arrgh i dunno. Best not to think too much about it.

Good day.

2007-10-08T22:58:00.000+08:00

Today's been good. My PW group is good I must say. We're like equal parts work and equal parts slack/fun, which is a very nice equation haha. At the end of the day, we get the job done, so who cares? Lol.

And I really need to train my mouth. Sometimes I say the stupidest things without thinking. Then suffer the consequences and the backlash. Sigh.

Awesome song!

2007-10-07T22:16:00.000+08:00

"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal

There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
Stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the grey.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the grey,
I've been kissed by a rose on the grave,
I've been kissed by a rose
I've been kissed by a rose on the grave,
...And if I should fall along the way
I've been kissed by a rose
...been kissed by a rose on the grave.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain.
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the grey.
Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you
Stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the grey.

Aaaaahhhhhhhh *swooooons*

Saawariya (Beloved)

2007-10-02T23:32:00.000+08:00

Lol ok these past 2 days have been quite fun. Monday spammed gym for like 3 hrs then today spam for like 4. Diff target groups la duh. And i think im enjoying my new 60% liquid diet. It's quite fun. Except after the gym I feel as if I'm within an inch of death. But that's ok. No pain no gain rite? Yes yes daddy, "broad shoulders and rip-curled arms" on the horizon! Jiayou Vinod! lol.

And in other news, Sony Pictures USA just released their first song promo trailer of their first Hindi film production called Saawariya. Its helmed by one of the most talented and artistic directors in India, Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Seriously the guy brings out the true artform in cinema man. From the lighting to the setting to the colours and the sounds and music, everything in his films is so astute. And this new film stars two new debutantes. Found from United World College SINGAPORE. Yes they're both heir of veritable film legacies and families, but still, they were STUDYING HERE. AND NOW THEY'RE BOTH MAKING THEIR FILM DEBUT. Lol gives me hope eh? Jus look at the trailer man, its spellbinding.

But now I'm in a fix. This film releases on November 9, which is the same day SRK's Om Shanti Om releases too. If I watch both its gonna diminish the pleasure of both, cos I normally like one film a day and to absorb every single part of the film in and then dream about the world that the film created. So I can only watch one at a time. Hmm, so which first? Shah Rukh Khan's guaranteed madcap modern-day entertainment, or Sanjay Bhansali's visually luscious, rich-in-art-value grandiose cinema? Hopefully can make a decision before the day itself lol.

The Revival

2007-09-30T16:30:00.000+08:00

OMG OMG EMERGENCY CPR FOR THIS BLOG!!!

Ok ok it's back from the dead lol.

Ok.

Sworn Promise #1: I'm gonna update daily as much as possible.
Sworn Promise #2: By my birthday, my dad is gonna be able to recognize me by my "broad shoulders and rip-curled arms". Lol :D GYM-DURING-HOLIDAYS FTW!
Sworn Promise #3: My hairstyle has.got.to.change. Long, straight and wavy FTW!!

In retrospect, Promos have come and gone. Funnily enough, during that one week it just felt like any other test (despite being THE test of the year), but now whenever I look back I feel quite pathetic. I'm really scared for Econs, Chem, and maybe Hist. Hist was experiental learning I guess. Next time< I shall not focus so much on one essay so much so that I have to sacrifice another. Prays To God. I want at least a C. PLEASE.

O well, now got alot more work to do.
1. Open House
2. PW OP
3. 02 Nov Camp
4. Year End Comps
5. And of course, GYM GYM GYM GYM GYM!!!! NAPFA GOLD FTW!!

And in memoriam of the end of that dreaded period, here's a photo taken at the just-concluded stayover at my house. Lol, ya that's how SPECIAL and HAPPY we are. Haha lolz. :P

I'M BACK!!!

2007-09-10T22:19:00.000+08:00

Lol okay seriously never blog in DAM long redi. Haha mus force myself to blog hahaha.

Anyway, this is super old news I know, but RJ Teachers' Day Celebrations were simply superb. So yea kudos to NICK!! for that haha. Great job dude all the hard work paid off ya?

Sep hols was uncharacteristic. The looming dark presence of the promos marred the sheer joy that should define the very institution of a holiday. Ah ha. Deep.

Mugging for promo's sucks man. Now got wat? 14 days left. EEKS MUST HARDCORE REDI AARGH. Come on jiayou Vinod you can do it! It is relli unfortunate that some things JUST happen now. Rest well, take care, and get well soon my dear friend, RJ needs you dude! Lolz.

And for the record, Hollywood CAN make musicals, as I've realised. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 was amazing. Ok la the story was loose, but the music was OUT.OF.THIS.WORLD. "You Are The Music In Me", "What Time Is It" and "I Don't Dance" are now my 3 most played songs on iTunes. Lol. And Hairspray's probably the best movie I've seen this year. When you're not laughing, you wanna dance! Then when you get tired of dancing, you're laffing again. Pure entertainment man! And John Travolta in drag is IMBA! Whatever la, when you watch Hairspray, you literally can't stop the beat! Haha

Now to end of wif the four lines I RELLI RELLI RELLI wanna sing ASAP!!!

What time is it?
The time of our lives
Anticipation
What time is it?
Summertime
School's out, scream and shout!

Something(S) fresh!!

2007-08-30T21:15:00.000+08:00

YAY NEW LAYOUT!! Woots this is much MUCH nicer than my old one right? I'm gonna make new, customised one after promos. Hopefully one that's JOLLY good with a BOLLY touch. Lol say what you want to say, there's just some innate extremely lovable charm about Hindi movies man, something that Hollywood can never recreate.

Lol, and in line with all things fresh and Bolly, lol, here's two new trailers for films releasing in NOVEMBER, i.e. AFTER PROMOS, i.e NO ONE IS GONNA STOP ME FROM WATCHING THEM! Lol

First one is Shahrukh's next movie called Om Shanti Om. It's a love story infused with the concept of reincarnation. Supposedly its plot is about Bollywood itself. So that should be interesting - a film about films. Plus if Shahrukh can continue his mammoth gargantuan "Chak De! India" momentum here, this film is gonna be ownage. It's directed by Farah Khan, so yea its a typical masala film (i.e. its just gonna be a mindblowing mass entertainer with awesome song and dance lol)

The second one is by masterstroke director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It's the first time he's making a film without the King Khan, so it's gonna be like a litmus test for him I guess. He's casting all new debutantes some more. But it's ok fresh new GOOD talent is always welcome lol. It looks like a typical Sanjay Bhansali film la, the magnificence, the grandeur, the stunning colour scheme, the melodrama, the beautiful cinematography, but most importantly, the "Indian-ness". Lol yea this guy's known form making very traditional Indian films with very traditional Indian sentimentalities. After all the directors trying to appeal to the West and all, seeing a film like his which remains connected to the roots is very refreshing and soothing. And hey, this is the first Indian film to ACTUALLY BE PRODUCED BY HOLLYWOOD!! See the "Columbia" at the trailer start? So yea, thats gotta mean SOMETHING rite? Watch and be amazed.

Lol I jus realised this means I have THREE Hindi movies to watch in November alone.
1. Om Shanti Om with Shah Rukh Khan
2. Saawariya directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
3. Aaja Nachle with Madhuri Dixit

Omg three biggies in ONE MONTH?! Never done before....ok can't wait for November. Should be imba fun lol.

Self Realisation!!

2007-08-23T22:58:00.000+08:00

Lol I realise that I'm someone who's quite easily influenced by what I see, read, or hear. As in not in a bad way, not that I'm gullible or vulnerable or anything. Just that if I see something nice and desirable that hits, touches, or moves me, then I kinda start to conjure up this mysterious world of fantasy around that object or event, as if it were really part of MY life. Lol that explains why my perceptions and visions of ideal love are so centred round waltzing around the 7 wonders of the world. :D. It's the films I watch. Lol

This past week I've been helplessly drawn back into the relam of obsession of having an irresistably hot bod. Not that I don't want one (duh!!), but just that I thought I'd developed a certain immunity to the obsession lol. But I guess not. Maybe it's the people around me. All everyone seems to talk about recently is getting a hot bod, girls, and how to get girls with the hot bod lol. I want a flat tummy (hopefully with abs). I want ginormously huge-mungous arms (hint: sound familiar? i bet SOMEONE'S rolling his eyes now lol). I want nice cut chiselled legs. I want broad defined shoulders. Arrgh ok I shall try my mostly fruit-and-vegetable diet now. Cut carb intake to like 20% or sth. Jus enuf to hardcore workout. Bye bye oil, fats, cholesterol, sugar, chocolate etc etc. See you when I get that irresistably hot bod k? Lol. I dunno la, in many ways, having a hot bod is likea decidedly social statement of supremacy I guess. At least that's how I see it.

So for now, I'll wait. And gym thrice a week. Even rite before promos. Lol. That's all folks!

CLASS CAMP!!!

2007-08-19T22:39:00.001+08:00

Lol class camp! Said it was dam fun redi so now time for some PHOTOS!!

The guys:

The girls (with Mike) :

"C is for Cookie. Cookie starts with C!" - Mr Tad Wellman. Lol

And more....

The BIG 5-0

2007-08-15T20:53:00.000+08:00

Lol YAAYYYY this is my 50th post on this blog. Half way to the landmark 100. Lol jiayou Vinod! Jiayou!!

Class camp was, for the most part, fun. Class ain't exactly perfect, but it's ok I guess, nothing ever is. Still dun compare to my 02 batchmates though, but then again, I doubt anything ever will, so yea lol. But yea, had a blast during class camp la frankly. Will post pics when I get them, but I'll always remember our very own unplanned "nightwalk", the tent pitching, the cooking, the horseshoe crab, the stone throwing, and of course Zhen Han making a fool out of himself twice in 2 days. Lol.

02 Campfire this Sat. 85th Anniversary. Somehow I'm disappointed in myself. I'm not in charge of campfire or anything, but somewhere deep inside me I wanted and wisher for it to be this HUGE GRAND scale celebration. I mean it IS 85th. And it IS my batch. Who are like the shining gems of 02? So yea, I'm just disappointed cos I feel I din do enuf work for it. It's pretty pathetic now given the hype and the hu-ha surrounding it. I dunno. Jus hope that what we have for now goes on without a hitch.

Recently, my desire to be a celebrity has been steadily increasing. Like when I went to see Chak De, the people coming out after that were like "Wow! Shahrukh was AMAZING" and "Damn phenomenal la he!" and tt kind of thing. And somehow a part of me wants that. To be adored. To be appreciated all around. To be celebrated like a demi-god. And most of all to entertain people. To make them laugh, cry, learn, joke, etc etc. Oh I dunno, I need an image first. Or hopefully it's just a passing phase. But somehow sometimes I jus feel I can fit into tt kinda life. Lol seeing many pics of u along the street as you walk is quite cool wat, isn't it?

Today's assembly was among the more fun ones this year. Special kudos to Royce Yap for being an absolutely smashing laugh-fest. Lol he's DAM funny, whether he intended to or not. Sorry, Walter, but you got completely overshadowed dude. Maybe next time huh?

Ok, that's all folks!

Hodgie Rox!!!

2007-08-12T16:08:00.000+08:00

Lol extended National Day Hols FTW!!!

Lol its been dam fun la these few days. Wed and Fri had 02 activity then gym. My god, campfire. The word sends chills down my spine la. Well, if nothing else, its shown me just truly how important good organisation is. Saves us all the shit we're going through right now. O but anyway, going through shit, is in a way a thrill itself.

Wasted away the ACTUAL National Day. Went to the gym (that makes 5 straight days :D lol), then came home and slept. O yea and cleared my oh-so messy table. So now I can actually START my work lol. First up : SEA essay. MUST FINISH ASAP!! Lol. Oh and Friday had training. FINALLY after like, 1 week!! Lol, felt good to be pulling the bow again. But i need to step up my gym training i think. Coach says I'm still not strong enough. And I need to look like Hrithik ASAP. Or least reach Funx's level la. :P.

Oooooh yesterday went to see "Chak De India". My god what a film. It's as close to Hollywood as Bollywood's ever gotten. Like, is a sports film (thats PRETTY obvious from the poster yea lol), but it's AT LEAST on par with "Coach Carter", and "Remember the Titans", if not better. Love that they made the music more like a background score kinda thing than actual song-and-dance routines. That would have been quite err...funny in a sports film lol. The cinematography was awesome, so was the story and the plot etc etc. But the BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST thing about the film was the leading man himself. Yea seriously, Shah Rukh was complete and total OWNAGE in this film. I mean, its the first film of his CAREER where he doesn't romance anyone, has to grow a beard, plays a Muslim character, and all that, but yea this film shows you why he's the KING of Indian cinema. Seriously, his performance was IMBA. Words won't do justice to it. He won't have a single critic after this I tell you. Amazing.

And with the film came a few dam nice trailers of forthcoming Bollywood films as well. One was called "Laaga Chunaari Mein Daag" or "Journey of a Woman", which look quite interesting, and it had like 2 Bachchans, and best of all Rani Mukherji, who looked out-of-this-world beautiful lol. Anticipating that film. Oct 12. Luckily after Promos. Still can focus on studies for now lol.

But the more important trailer was the second one. Ok la it was just a 30 second teaser of a film coming out on Nov 30th. But it ain't just any film. It's the comeback film of Ms Madhuri Dixit. For those of you who don't know, she's the GODDESS of Indian Cinema, someone who's got temples built for her, and they have like REAL statues of her being worshipped. Yea thats how big she is. Lol she kinda single-handedly ruled the box office from like 1984-2002, she had like what, 3 flops during that time, and like 112 hits. And yea she holds the record for the most Best Actress trophies from the Indian Oscars - 12. Plus no one, NO ONE can dance like her, Especially traditional. So yea. Lol her last movie was when I was in P6. Then she took a break to have a family and stuff. Wow that means for my whole secondary school life, I didn't see a new film from her. But nvm it's worth the wait. And guess what? She plays a DANCER in her comeback film. Clear your shelves if you can ma'am, the trophies are gonna come pouring in again. She's 43 now mind you, but she looks like she still can blast away all her younger "imitators". Lol.

My fave song of the moment

2007-08-07T22:31:00.000+08:00

Title song from the movie "Ta Ra Rum Pum" starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherji. It's in Hindi, so I've translated it. Really dam inspiring and uplifting. Especially in dark times.

Ta Ra Ra Rum, Ta Ra Rum Pum

If there is ever any sorrows
Don’t ever be scared
(Chorus)
Ta Ra Ra Ra Rum
Ta Ra Rum Pum
Ta Ra Ra Ra Rum
Ta Ra Rum Pum

Only let yourself believe
That happiness will come
(Chorus)

If there is night, then there is also morning
If there is a journey, then there is also a destination
If in front of grief, we smile and sing
(Chorus)

If there is any shortage in life
If there is any moistness on the eyelashes
Don’t let the tears run
Don’t lift any unhappiness
Don’t lose to the world
Don’t ever get scared

Don’t stay absent minded
Laugh and tell the world
We will come again
The tunes of happiness
Will change the season
(Chorus)

If a hurricame come, then let it come
Don’t let it blow out the lamp in our hearts
If there are black nights
Whoever you talk to
We have to keep walking

Whatever difficulties come
The heart should not fear
This is our talk
If the clouds come over us forever
The light is not temperate
(Chorus)

If there is ever any sorrows
Don’t ever be scared
(Chorus)

Only let yourself believe
That happiness will come
(Chorus)

If there is night, then there is also morning
If there is a journey, then there is also a destination
If in front of grief, we smile and sing
(Chorus)

aah such a touching song....and so appropriate to my current situation

AND NO IT'S NOT EMO!! IT's UPLIFTING AND INSPIRING!!

And the only constant in life is change....

2007-08-05T15:24:00.000+08:00

Ok this blog is in a desperate need of REVIVAL. My god 2 weeks redi never blog yet. Arrgh ok Vinod u HAVE to blog more frequently.

Ok basically this 2 weeks has been one hell of a headache. But like the title of this post, says, its time to change. For the better. For the last 7 months or so, certain people whom I just met this year have been giving me hell, and I've stupidly been transferring all that anger, frustration, pain and anguish to someone veyr dear to me. Someone, whom I now realise, does not deserve any of that shit I've been giving him because of my situation. Someone whose extremely valuable friendship I've been spoiling bit by bit cos I was blinded by sadness and fury. I mean, he's IMBA strong la, no doubts about it (Big Biceps, rmb? :P), but yea, maybe in this case I overestimated his strength. There was no need for me to go dump everything on him like that, and the fact that I did only reveals how plain stupid I can be at times. Anyways, to the person, who this only child here sincerely considers his brother, bro, I sincerely heartfelt-ly apologise to you for all the shit I've been putting you through all this time. I just hope I can go back to being a good friend to you as I wa in Sec 3/4, even though now that I'm not in your class, CCA, or OG I dun really tok to u much. So all the more whenever I DO talk to you I shall make it happy and memorable. U can bash me up for all u want, cos really I deserve a good battering for putting a good soul like you through the "torture" that I did. You're one of my, if not THE best friend I've ever had in my life, and to spoil our jeopardise the magic of our friendship over a couple of rotten dementors is dam stupid thing to do I realise. Just hope you can find it in that huge heart of yours to forgive me for being so dumb, inconsiderate and screwed up all these past months. I know it's quite late, but hey, better late then never rite? Yea so pls dude, I jus wanna the best of friends with you again. Knowing that I have you for a best friend is like a erm "patronus" against those ghastly dementors yea. :D. Thanx man. For everything.

Anyways, onto happier news. Yesterday was scholarship day, and for those of you intending to go next year, a piece of heartfelt advice, dun waste ur time going to those god forsaken talks. Just go spam the exhibition ; MUCH more useful. And lol yay yesterday was Archery J2 Farewell as well. Dam cool. We like colonises Fish & Co. Glasshouse as our own lor. J1s, J2s, J3s, J4s, Coach and teachers all sitting in like some imba long table lol. Then we camwhored around the LOVE sign, which I mus say is MADE FOR CAMWHORING lol. Then J1s gave J2s their farewell gifts, and J2s oso gave J1s something in return. That was quite unexpected la lol. And I can't stand it anymore. My name is VINOD, not some stupid Physics symbol, so PLEASE, use the proper word lol. See, this why I din take Physics. For some reason the teachers get high jus saying my name out loud.

Anyways, heres hoping to brighter, happier, greater days (thanks to you, of course, bro). And well, yea, jus happy days are here again. Lol. Ciao ppl. See u soon. As in REAL soon lol.

RJ Archery is LOVE. (Literally lol, we colonised the dam sign la come on! :D)

Oh and SO7B's fun too. At least those of us who were there that day la!! :D :P (shan't comment bout some of the rest tho! :P)

And yes, my PW group's good fun too, except maybe we're more effective at camwhoring that actually doing work. Lol. For example, Jules' bathtub interests us more than thw Written Report lol. See?

Without forgetting the magical 2 years I spent in 4C'06, undoubtedly the best Sec 4 class that EVER existed lol. Yea and with two of the BEST form teachers EVER!! (thankx Mrs Lim and Ms Low, y'all RAWK! lol) How nostalgic!

And of course, the ultimate bunch of dudes in the world, my glorious 02 batchmates. Lol. Words can't explain our greatness. Sadly Funx couldn't go for the Old Boys Dinner but he's GOT to be there so yea, hence the 2nd pic lol.

Lol so yea here's the picture book of my life. Lol quite cool yes? See ya next time folks!

Eventful week

2007-07-22T22:36:00.000+08:00

Lol and I blog again.....AFTER A WEEK!! EEKS I REALLY NEED TO UP THE FREQUENCY OF MY POSTS LOL. OK VINOD STOP THE CAPS!! :D

This week was particularly bad, and I feel like shit cos I just bear it then explode at the end, which is usually when I'm with all my TRUE and original and old friends. Sorry guys, I'll try my best to change. My situation just makes it.....complicated.

Anyways, here's a few random blogthings lol.

You Belong in London

A little old fashioned, and a little modern.
A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock.
A unique soul like you needs a city that offers everything.
No wonder you and London will get along so well.

What City Do You Belong In?

Hey well I'm not complaining. I LOVE LONDON!!! Probably the best 2 trips I've ever made in my life lol :D :P.

You Are A Realistic Romantic

It's easy for you to get swept away by romance...
But you've done a pretty good job keeping perspective.
You're still taken in by love poems and sunsets
You just don't fall for every dreamy pick up line!

Are You Romantic or Realistic?

Hmm this IS kinda true lol. Can't help it people, I'm dreamy in this kinda thing (and I'm sure Marcus and Funx would agree, yea?)

Your Love Style is Agape

You are a caring, kind, and selfless partner.
Unsurprisingly, your love style is the most rare.
You are willing to sacrfice your world for your sweetie.
Except it doesn't really feel like sacrifice to you.
For you, nothing feels better than giving to the one you love.

What's Your Love Style?

I would like to say that the above blogthing is just 100% PURE THEORY! The practical happens to the select few lucky ones, and I'm nt lucky lol.

You Are From Mercury

You are talkative, clever, and knowledgeable - and it shows.
You probably never leave home without your cell phone!
You're witty, expressive, and aware of everything going on around you.
You love learning, playing, and taking in all of what life has to offer.
Be careful not to talk your friends' ears off, and temper your need to know everything.

What Planet Are You From?

Well, I dun mind Mercury, its the closest to the Sun, so that means I'm SUPER DUPER HOT rite!! So overall, this blogthing is ABSOLUTELY TRUE!! Lol as Nic will say, inflated ego :P

That's all for this week. Ciao!

At LONG LONG last!

2007-07-15T21:25:00.000+08:00

Lol haven't blogged in DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM long. As in like, 2 weeks ready. Hmm let's see, whats been interesting these past 2 weeks? I've been slight emotional conflicts, which only those closest to me are aware of, then of course the usual, CT results (expectedly bad), yearning to meet up with old friends (mainly due to said emotional conflict), some unexplainable recent bout of exhaustion and tiredness, and yes, this unprecented wave of anticipation for all things HARRY POTTER.

Lol yea, on Friday had skills weekend wif the 02 dudes, which in itself was heaven considering the bad week I'd been through, then at night went to see the Harry Potter movie. Ok la, not the BEST in the series, but I liked it alot, was at least on par with the Goblet of Fire movie, and way better than the Azkaban one. I mean, for a 756 page book (at least my British version), the director David Yates did an amazing job of putting together a seamless movie with just all the right important stuff. And my god, that final battle between Voldemort and Dumbledore was mindblowing. Like really all sorts of spells and colours and effects. Wow. And of course, that much talked about kiss scene between Dan and Katie, which I thought was excellently performed, shot, and timed (though i know Funx is fumingly disagreeing rite now lol :P).

The performances were great. Lol , as I was telling Marcus, virtually every adult was an Oscar winner lol. Gary Oldman (Sirius), Imelda Staunton (Umbridge), Dame MAggie Smith (McGonagall), Alan Rickman (Snape), Emma Thompson (Trelawney, Julie Andrews (Mrs. Weasley), Jason Issacs (Lucius Malfoy), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort and of course Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange). And like the people who played Dumbledore, Hagrid, Mr Weasley, Mad-Eye Moody, all Oscar-nominated. Lol I wanna be Voldemort. He's evil to the core I know, but he's COOL and SMOOTH and STYLISH. Lol, and yea there's a few people i REALLY wanna "crucio" rite now :D :P.

But the true star of the movie, as has been for the last 4 oso, was without a doubt Emma Watson, that total angel behind Hermione Granger. She's such a flawless actress. From her hugs to her tears to her confidence to her wandwaving, she literally casts a spell on you throughout the movie. And my god THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SCENE IN THE MOVIE WHERE SHE LOOKS ANYTHING LESS THAN ANGELICALLY HEAVENLY DIVINELY GORGEOUSLY FANTABULOUSLY BEAUTIFUL!! I mean if you look as beautiful crying as you are smiling, or angry, than that's RARE man!! :D

So yea, wateva the critics say, I loved the movie. Period. O yea and tt lil' camwhoring session that Funx, Marcus and I had before that. Lol. PS : I wanna see Rush Hour 3. Chris Tucker's DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM wacko and funny lol.

02 Batchmates - "Ab To (Now and) Forever" lol!

2007-07-01T23:25:00.000+08:00

Yesterday's 85th Anniversary Gala Dinner rocked man! Lol our batch was like the biggest around so tt added to the glam quotient of the dinner :D (ego ego!)But seriously, I love my batchmates from 02 man. They're the best jokers. The best workers. The best dancers. The best soccer players. The best supporters. The best friends I could ever have asked for. Yesterday we just sat around talking about random nonsense, joking, teasing one another, making fun of one another, just like we used to do way back in those carefree Sec 1-4 years lol. Like Vishwa, said we "never talked so muchkok in so long" lol. Not to mention most of us coincidentally all wore black so we looked like the coolest dudes of the whole lot (ok tt MAY have been slightly baised lol). Lol I love my batch. Including those who very sadly and unfortunately couldn't make it yesterday. We really missed u guys lol. Would have loved to colonise a few more tables lol. Anyway, pics galore!! (ok la oni 3 bt enuf anyways lol!)

Scouties-turned-super-duper-cool-dudes :P

Friends-turned-murderers lol :P

And these are 3 pics from an uber-old Archery outing to Bowling@CityHall lol.

Dinner@Swensens!

And of course, the poster boy of Coke and poster girl of 100 Plus lol.

I'M FINISHED!!!!

2007-06-28T00:48:00.000+08:00

Lol, quite literally actually. My Cts are over, and I'm FINISHED!! I'm DONE!! They're GONE!! Lol. Aiyah Chem is traditionally goners la, not just for me but for RJ in general, so that one I choose to have no recollection of whatsoever (selective memory, perhaps?), but I think the other 3 still got hope. I hope. I think. Maybe.'

Anyways, today after History was over I suddenly felt the urge to listen to some foot-tapping, heart-thumping, pulse-racing, hardcore-disco kinda dance music (and I know as some of you read this ur like "o_O"), bt yea, I oso dunno y, but I just wanna listen to some bangin' good party club jam. Lol

And so here it is. One of my all-time favourite party songs. With subtitles. Lol. Enjoy.

WHERE'S THE PARTY TONIGHT?!
SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD!!

WHERE'S THE PARTY TONIGHT?!
ON THE DANCE FLOOR!!

:D :P

Scared and Sorry?

2007-06-24T00:50:00.000+08:00

2 days to go to CTs, and I'm most worried about Chem and History. Why do the 2 most difficult papers have to fall on the same day?! WHY?!?!!

Anyways, the main point of today's post is that I need to question myself now. I hate pissing people off. Especially people who are very close to me. And in the last few days I'm afraid I may pissed a few people off. Shit la if my best friends are pissed off at me, then why in the world do I need enemies ah? I just try to constantly be a good friend to them, and be my carefree joking self, in hopes of injecting some humour into their lives and mine, but sometimes I guess I get carried away and go overboard, and in so doing, piss them off. And they're too nice to tell me that I've gone overboard and pissed them off and all, but I think I can sense it from their mood. And it scares the shit out of me, cos like I said, I can just go and die if I piss my best friends off. So if I have pissed any of you off guys, I'm really genuinely sorry. Hope you accept my apologies.

I don't mean to get so worked up about it, it's just that I don't want people who've known me for 4 years now to start hating me. Please I daresay I've got enough of that already. Maybe I'm just not good at enriching people's lives, maybe I should just shut up and watch life go by like a mute spectator, not saying anything, just listening. I see so many other people in their lives making them laugh their hearts out, maybe I'm not meant to do that, cos clearly I haven't been for a long time now. Lol I usually get glares or rolled eyes at what I say, not laughs. Aargh I think all this mugging is making me over-emo again. Dams. Gd luck for CTs everyone. Gd luck for CTs Vinod. U need it boy!!

And here's a random BlogThings I took today.

You Should Drive a Lamborghini

A true daredevil, you're always in search of a new rush. Clearly, you're a total speed demon... just don't get caught!

What Sports Car Should You Drive?

You Are Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

A classic and an original, no wonder everyone snakes your style!

What Flavor Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Are You?

Your Personality Cluster is Extraverted Intuition

You are:

A true wordsmith - a master of words
Original, spontaneous, and a true inspiration
Highly energetic, up for any challenge
Entertaining and engaging, both to friends and strangers

What's Your Personality Cluster?

Scouty Power FTW!!!

2007-06-18T21:22:00.000+08:00

Was reading Nic's blog entry about my scouts batch and suddenly feel compelled to talk about them as well. Simply put, my scouts batch is the most sensational group of friends I've ever had. All very different and unique individuals, but when put together, I firmly believe we shine so bright we scare even the sun away. Seriously, if I were to compile a list of the Top 10 best friends in my life, at least the Top 5 would be scouts. Yup, that's the kind of bond we have.

Like Nic said, scouting activities may not be the most fun (they rarely are in fact), but the reason I used to go faithfully week after week for activities, be it as part of the troop or as TT, just cos I wanted to see my batchmates. Dams I actually miss all the batch dynamics, the paybacks, the pumping, the god-awful layouts, the dreadful meals, cos in a way right, I know that since I've already gone through the lowest of lows with this bunch of people, then all that's left for us to go through together now is the highest of highs. Even today, just seeing them can immediately put a smile on my face, or lighten up the darkest of days like when I've screwed up my Econs tests or Chem pracs (lol), which is more than I can say for some other err..newer friends.

Lemme give you a few examples. Nic and Marcus, was classmates with them in Sec 3/4, now we're all taking totally different combis, but still I can go talk to them about anything, anytime lol. That's the kinda comfort level we share. Anandraj and Vishwa, was classmates with them in Sec 1/2, which was ages ago yea, but they still joke and laugh around with me (or AT me) whenever we meet up during breaks and stuff. And last but not least, my "bro" Fung Shing, who I've NEVER been classmates with from Sec 1 - JC, but he's still my ultimate best friend, a pal who I can count on and trust for ANYTHING at all, and someone who knows exatly what to say each and every time. And need I mention he's an inspiration at the gym lol. Basically, as the African-Americans tend to say, "he's ma homie!". :P. And I'd do anything for any of them as well. I'd "go the extra mile" lol. Which, again, is more than I can say for some of my err...NEWER friends lol.

I admit, I was a bit jealous at the start of the year when I saw the nice people they got to be friends with, seeing as to how my new environment wasn't exactly great ya. But I guess I've adapted. If people accept me they'll accept me, if they don't they don't. Can't expect everyone to like me, that's inhuman I think. And well, I got this bunch of great people who've accepted me for about 5 years now, so yea, God must love me enough rite? Lol. Like Nic said, these bonds are borne through fire, and no amount of water's gonna put this flame out, as far as I'm concerned.

Random stuff again

2007-06-14T22:28:00.000+08:00

Lol, Funx and Nic both have done it, so I'll just join the bandwagon again i guess. Lol.

Your Birthdate: December 27

For you, love is a feeling that lingers for really long time - even after a relationship is totally over.
In fact, you still make have strong feelings for the first person you fell in love with.
You usually are reluctant to end relationships. And sometimes you're the last to know that things are ending!

Number of True Loves You'll Have: 5

Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 5

You are most compatible with people born on the 9th, 18th, and 27th of the month.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean For Your Love Life?

You Are Chardonnay

Fresh, spirited, and classic - you have many facets to your personality.
You can be sweet and light. Or deep and complex.
You have a little bit of something to offer everyone... no wonder you're so popular.
Approachable and never smug, you are easy to get to know (and love!).

Deep down you are: Dependable and modest

Your partying style: Understated and polite

Your company is enjoyed best with: Cold or wild meat

What Kind of Wine Are You?

You Are a Good Friend Because You're Loyal

You stick with your friends no matter what, even if you feel like they're doing the wrong thing.
You believe in letting people figure out their own path in life. It's not your place to interfere.

And part of your loyalty means that you'll do a lot for your friends. You definitely go the extra mile.
You'll even do great things for friends without them asking. After all, that's what friendship is all about.

You are truly a friend for life. And you have friends you've known since you were a kid.
Your friends can count on you to do a favor, remember a birthday, or just be there to listen.

Your friends need you most when: They can't turn to anyone else

You really can't be friends with: Fickle people who change friends quickly

Your friendship quote: "Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows."

What Makes You a Good Friend?

Magical Songs

2007-06-13T21:06:00.000+08:00

Lol KL RAWKED!!!! Enough said. Lol these are 2 songs I heard somewhere along my trip that I just think are pure magic ok. The song lyrics are stunning. If any of you want the mp3 jus drop by my MSN lol. Naughty naughty Vinod. :P

No Promises by Shayne Ward

Hey baby when we are together
Doin things
That we love
Everytime your near
I feel like im in heaven
Feeling high
I dont want to let go girl
I just need you to know girl

I dont wanna run away baby
Your the one i need tonight
No promises
Baby
Now I need to hold you tight
I just wanna die in your arms
Here tonight

Hey baby when we are together
Doin things
That we love
Everytime your near i feel like im in heaven
Feelin high
I dont want to let go girl
I just need you to know girl

I dont wanna run away baby
Your the one i need tonight
No promises
Baby
Now i need to hold you tight
I just wanna die in your arms

I dont want to run away
I want to stay forever
Through time and time
No promises

I dont want to run away
I dont want to be alone
No promises baby
Now i need to hold you tight
Now and forever my love
No promises

I dont want to run away
Youre the one i need tonight
No promises
Baby
Now i need to hold you tight
I just want to die in your arms
here tonight
x2

Eternity by Robbie Williams

Close your eyes so you dont feel them,
They dont need to see you cry
I cant promise I will heal you,
But if you want to I will try.

I sing the summer serenade
The past is done, we've been betrayed, its true.
Someone said the truth will out
I believe without a doubt, in you

You were there for summer dreamin',
And you gave me what I need.
And I hope you'll find your freedom,
For eternity, for eternity.

Yesterday when you were walking,
You talked about your Mom and Dad.
What they did had made you happy,
What they didnt made you sad.

We sat and watched the sun go down,
Picked a star before we lost the moon.
Youth is wasted on the young,
Before you know its come and gone too soon.

You were there for summer dreaming,
And you gave me what I need.
And I hope you'll find your freedom,
For eternity, for eternity.

I sing the summer serenade,
The past is done, we've been betrayed, its true.
Youth is wasted on the young,
Before you know its come and gone, too soon.

You were there for summer dreamin',
And you are a friend indeed.
And I hope you'll find your freedom,
For eternity.

You were there for summer dreamin',
And you are a friend indeed.
And I know you'll find your freedom,
Eventually, for eternity, for eternity.

For your entertainment.......

2007-06-07T23:49:00.000+08:00

I'll be gone till Tuesday to KL for a huge family celebration. So ya, till I'm back, to make sure y'all dun forget this superstar :P, here are some clips of movies I want y'all to watch. It's from a film called Kal Ho Naa Ho released in 2003. Obviously, being a Shah Rukh film, it was the #1 hit of the year, and the 2 clips below should tell you why. Their amongst the funnist in the whole movie. AND THEIR SUBTITLES, SO PLEASE WATCH, I GUARANTEE YOU ENTERTAINMENT.

#1 - this is Shah Rukh's way of dealing with grannies with horrible singing voices. :D

#2 - Shah Rukh's guide to getting a girl in 6 days. SOME OF YOU SHOULD REALLY WATCH THIS LOL!! ;)

ENJOY!!!

Fantastic PW with the Fantastic Four!!!

2007-06-06T21:24:00.000+08:00

Lol yea and these are pictures of my PW group meeting yesterday. Lol this is THE MOST PRODUCTIVE thing my group did at Bugis yesterday la. And not to mention FUN lol. Doctor Doom and Mr Fantastic FTW!!! Aww man but couldn't get to see Invisible Woman dams. Eh wait a minute no wonder couldn't see her - she's INVISIBLE LOL!!!!! Yea anyway, go on guys, drool. At ME I mean!! :P

Inspiration for the future? Hmm.....

2007-06-06T19:53:00.000+08:00

Lol, I discovered recently that I have an insatiable desire to become an entertainment superstar in the future lol, as in like really on a GRAND scale. The 2 videos below sum up pretty much why. The first one's an interview which I think is really quite funny, and I've always been fascinated by interviews. I mean to just go up there and be yourself and know that people will still love you for whatever you're doing, it's really an amazing feeling right?

The second video is one heckuva amazing song sequence from last year's mega-blockbuster Dhoom:2. Lol the song's in English so everyone who reads this can understand. Look out for the guy in the white singlet and jeans, his dancing is IMBA. Not to mention he's also my inspiration at the gym lol. Just take a look for yourself la. Plus there's Aishwarya in the second half. :D All dancers who are reading this PLEASE see it I assure you entertainment. Lol. The quality not so good but they SHINE nonetheless.

Lol, wishful thinking AGAIN?!?!?! I dearly hope not!!!

Record-breaking day!!! W00ts!!!

2007-06-04T22:54:00.000+08:00

Wow today has truly been record-breaking in EVERY sense of the word. Started off with training, where I shot a record number of bulls-eyes!! Woots, go Vinod! Go Vinod! Lol, I'm intent on owning the upcoming inter-schools man. All other schools eat the dust of RJ's shoes y'all!! YEA!! And speaking of eating, after training today they all went to KFC to eat. And I didn't touch a thing!! Not even a single French fry!! Hah! That should show you Leo and Jean Chow!! Question my willpower some more?!?!?! :D

Then I decided to go to gym since training was indoor and I didn't really sweat much. Hint of advice : If you aren't as determined as me to lose weight, I highly suggest you don't follow my gym plan. Seriously, it CAN be fatal *crosses fingers*. And this is also where I broke a number of records today.

#1 : I spent a grand total of 3.5 hrs at the gym today. NEVER.DONE.BEFORE.
#2 : I did like 300 situps on the machine today. Now I can't sit properly cos my stomach's bloody sore
#3 : I did like 150 bicep curls on each arm with like 10kg. GG!!! I'm typing this with the keyboard on my lap mind you, cos my arms just refuse to budge anymore. Lol
#4 : I ran for like 55 minutes on the treadmill, after which my face looked like a ripe tomato. Lol.
#5 : I shed a grand total of 853 calories today in one session.

Wow I feel damn accomplished man. And bloody exhausted. Lol. But no choice. I'm gonna do this for the next 3 days consecutively before I go to KL. Just in case I pig out there. Can't trust myself when my whole family's around trying to stuff you with food and using guilt as a trap. Lol. Wish me luck guys. GO VINOD!!!

The thrill of a sport!!

2007-06-03T21:55:00.000+08:00

Ahh sports can be so thrilling sometimes. Went for tennis lesson this morning, and I'm not kidding, and I also don't mean to boast, but I was ON FIRE MAN!!! I didn't really have breakfast, but I don't know why, everytime I just got to the ball I was determined to make it a winner. And they actually WERE winners lol, that was the BEST part!! I was thoroughly exhausted after that, but how, I felt fulfilled and accomplished. OF course I suicided a bit after that by gym-ming for one and half hours, but hey, my muscles are aching, which contrary to popular belief, is GOOD NEWS!!

That's why I say sports is thrilling man. I mean, I may not be the most fit person around (by far, actually) but still, be it tennis, soccer wif Funx, Nic, Marcus, Anand, my classmates and the other dudes, or even Archery with all those adorable little primary school girls (:D :P !!), it just gets my adrenaline going. Nothing beats the feeling of a solid, fast-paced, top spin winning forehand, or a nice ram into the corner of the net past the goalkeeper, or the arrow you shoot lodging itself firmly in the bulls-eye ok, NOTHING. For that moment, you just own time, you just become the KING OF THE WORLD.

Lol, and with regards to the bigger battle right now, i.e. mugging for CTs, I'm glad to report that I am making steady progress, and have completed half of Chem as well as half of Maths (well, almost anyway). Nicee nicee. I initially wanted to bring something along to KL to study, but hey, I'm never going to, so must hardcore now.

And finally, I just saw Pirates of the Caribbean on TV. And I have this to say. To me, Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow is one of the ALL-TIME greatest performances by any actor ok? It's right up there with Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada" or Anthony Hopkins in "Silence of the Lambs", or Jamie Foxx in "Ray" man seriously. HE brings out every single quirky nuance of the character in a way that no one else can. Like Yi-Lin said, "Jack Sparrow is one character no one will ever get sick of" and that's only gonna be because Johhny Depp played it. SO GIVE HIM THE DAMN OSCAR ALREADY!!! YOU NOMINATED HIM TWICE, SO LET THE THIRD TIME BE THE CHARM!!!

Lol, that's all for now, ciao!!

Scouts is ownage. Fullstop.

2007-06-01T22:31:00.000+08:00

Found this on Funx's blog. Lol it seems like a craze to do this, so ok lor, jus join in :

1. The song you've been most listening to recently?
Hmm....i guess the Jhoom Barabar Jhoom soundtrack. All the songs are madly addictive.

2. What do you currently want right now?
Hmm....a slimmer, fitter bod? Lol....mebbe jus for everyone close to me to be happy la.

3.What did you do today?
02 Camp, PW meeting, sleep, and mugging now

4. Are you hungry? What would you like?
I'm not hungry, and no thanks I'm on a diet lol

5. What have you been thinking about most today?
Going for outings with my close friends (gosh i miss all those ppl)

6. Do you ever just sit outside and watch the stars?
If i wanted to see a star, all i need to do is look into the mirror! LOL :P

7. What is your current annoyance?
More like WHO is my current annoyance? Lol i shall spare the person the misery.

8. Do you want a new cell phone?
Not really, I jus wanna fix my current one a bit.

9. Are you waiting for someone right now?
This is such a trick question, so I'm not gonna answer thank you very much!!

10. Name one thing youe looking forward to this week?
Training, 02 camp, and of course, as every week, THE WEEKEND!!!

11. Can you make new friends easily?
Erm I'd like to think I'm very sociable, but still that depends. If there's a connection then ya la. But I'm not very good at hiding my dislike for some people :P/

12. What would you do if your best friend turned gay?
God bless he doesn't!!!! He's too important to me to destroy his own life like that ya!!!

13. Do you plan out what you wear the day before you wear it?
Not really. I take things by the ear.

14. What is music to your ears?
Anything that cheers me up, or makes me laugh i guess.

15. Have you ever fallen for your best friend?
My best friend is a guy. SO.NO.WAY!!!!

16. If you had a chance to save someone significant to you, would you?
Duh

17. How many times do you eat each day?
3 and decreasing lol

18. How do you cheer someone up?
Flash my 1000 watt smile lol. No la jus tell them jokes. Lame or not, jokes still work. Even if they jus roll their eyes (hint hint : Funx! :D)

19. Are you a morning person?
I'm an all-day person!!!

20. Is it easier for you to fall asleep or to be woken up?
fall asleep la i think

21. Think of one person, stick with it. You dont have to say their name. Would you pick them up stranded 100 plus miles away if it was your birthday?

DEFINITELY

22. Has your best friend ever hurt your feelings?
My best friend is one of the nicest guys on Earth. He wouldn't hurt an ant if you asked him to lol. So ya, he hasn't, and hopefully he never will. Aww.

23. Give two reasons why you get distracted in class.
1) The teacher sux
2) the 7B "Jokes Dam" bursts open

24. Do you think its funny when people get hurt?
No.

25. If you had to guess, how do you think you're gonna turn out in life?
Hmm...I'm gonna be this HUGE Hindi movie superstar, go on talkshows and speak my heart out, endorse like 50 brands or sth, have these huge palatial mansionS all over the world (I'll still live in Singapore la duh!!), and live the good life!!

ok BACK TO REALITY. I dunno la, maybe jus have a respectable, well-paying job which i like, a beautiful, warm family, a comfy home, and ya very importantly to stay as close to my closest friends as I am today (scouties ftw!!) lol.

Oh ya and plus tt whole celebrity thing above!! Lol, u never know!!

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Anyways, speaking of Funx, went down to 02 camp on Wed and Thurs. Dam I miss the good ol' times back in scouts, getting down and dirty with my batchmates (many of whom are my closest friends right now hor), eating the most distasteful food ever, pumping for all the right AND wrong reasons, sleeping in the same clothes for like 3 straight nights. I miss all those experiences. And i realise that they've made me so bonded wif all the people like Nic, Anandraj, Marcus, Funx, Weizhi everyone, so much so that a few seconds spent wif all these people is greater than hours spent with certain "others". Lol, I'll never forget 02 or my batch man. NEVER. "02 Batch of 06" FTW!!!!

I have sinned today.

2007-05-27T22:01:00.000+08:00

Lol. No la I didn't harm anyone or anything. Went to this place called "Vansh" today at Indoor Stadium for lunch. Had their "Sunday Kebab Promotion". Rocking food. Amazing, seriously. From the lamb, to the chicken, to the cheese to the prawn to the sea bass, everything just melted in your mouth. Aah I'm drooling thinking about it now. Personally, called me biased or whatever, but no food in the world beats North Indian food man. The colours, the flavours, the smell, aah it's like a slice of heaven. Lol. But super sinful and unhealthy. Luckily I hardcored gym before that. Speaking of which, I'm gonna go to the gym everyday of the holidays if I can help it. I promised Funx that my arms would be as big as his (wishful thinking?) by the end of the hols, and I fully intend to keep that promise.

Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to all the outings that are gonna happen this hols. 4C 06 has one in the works, and so do my fellow best friend Scouties (cute name right?). Hopefully 7B and Archery can have oso. And by God's grace, maybe even L'eviathan (a.k.a. MT06) can have one. Even if we do it'll probably be like 6-7 ppl max? Lol, need to revive my OG. Fast. That's all folks!! Ciao!!

RAFFLES POWER!!! AGAIN!!!

2007-05-24T22:32:00.000+08:00

Second straight day of Raffles OWNAGE!!! 5 Golds in a day this time : Badminton Boys, Badminton Girls, Soccer Boys, Hockey Boys, Bowling Girls. That smashes the one-day old record of FOUR Golds in a day. Wow. And it brings our grand Gold collection to a showstopping 15!!! FIFTEEN!!! Imba. Lol I sound like Ryan Seacrest announcing how many million albums American Idols have sold this past year. An talking about Idol, Jordin Sparx won. Ouch. She was good, but she was nothing compared to Melinda, who WOULD have been in the finals had the Americans actually voted PROPERLY. But nevermind, she'll probably be this season's Chris Daughty or something.

Today again I learned something from one of my best friends. Dude, I'm so sorry If what I said has had any erm, extended consequences, but ya, pls understand I didn't do it intentionally ok? Hope u understand. I shall henceforth not open my 7-11 of a mouth so wide anymore. The less you talk, the less trouble you kena, for yourself AND for others. New basic rule.

Anyways, today on the way back from Kallang I was listening to my phone music, and one song particularly hit me. It's not in English but the translated lyrics are somewhat like this :

"How much hate exists in the world!
Yet, even so, hearts continue to love.
How much hate exists in the world!
Yet, even so, hearts continue to love.
Even if lovers should die, even if they are erased from this earth,
their love will live on forever..."

Maybe cheesy and sentimental, but I thought it was really touching. Comes from a movie called "Mohabbatein" which means Love Stories (duh!! lolz). With Shah Rukh. And Aishwarya. Aargh I feel like watching it. I mean i know its like 3 hours and 45 minutes or sth, but just for the purely moving story and the actors and of course, the songs!! Aargh...holidays must watch it at least once!! But must mug oso.....NOOO!!!

Raffles POWER!!! Like never before....

2007-05-23T21:38:00.000+08:00

whoa today was total RJ power man!!

had GP CT but thats nt worth tokking abt here relli.

so anyways, went to support rugby finals and man, those ruggers rock la. wow, tt extra time penalty. some AC supported behind me was making noises wif his throat to sound like a pulsing heartbeat jus before the rugger took the shot. And went it went in and we won, i felt like turning around and shouting "JACK!!!!" in his face la lol.

then we heard RJ jus won 4 Golds. IN ONE DAY. has that ever been done before by an jc? i dun think so.

wow tomorrow gonna go support soccer. Hopefully another Gold oso. Go on Rafflesians, I know you got it in you!! Raffles Kemama!!

P.S. : The guy on "Deal or No Deal" is a total retard.

School life - a mix of ups and downs

2007-05-17T23:30:00.000+08:00

I realise I look forward to coming to school these days to spend time with my friends. As in my best friends. Lol, even if its a few minutes during break, or during lectures, or even along the corridors between lessons, enough to make my day already. They can right however many wrongs went on during that day. Of course I have some wonderful classmates too la (and some un-wonderful ones -hint hint- yilin's probably laffing rite now) , but still, nothing compares to my best friends. Those 4 simply rock my world man. Lol

And I have a renewed sense of respect for Mr Wellman. I realise he's a much better teacher when you talk to him personally than in a class or lecture setting. Lol. I shall pay full undivided attention in GP from now on.

And yes, I've set 65 kg as my weight benchmark. Which means 8 more kg to lose. Go go Vinod!! Lol, life's great. Ciao ppl!

Pirates 3 Trailer!!

2007-05-13T21:26:00.000+08:00

So sorry I can't blog too much today....lots of work and catch-up to do. Anyway, here's a consolation - the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End trailer!!! The first 2 rocked my socks off, and this one looks no less than amazing. Catch it on May 25th, at a theatre near you!!

Happy Life!!

2007-05-10T22:35:00.000+08:00

This new lease of life's been great I must say! I've REALLY enjoyed the last week, which is the first WHOLE WEEK I've enjoyed in god-knows-how-long!! It rocks you know, to just be yourself and care about those who care about you, and jus not care about those who don't care about you. Life's too short to please everyone ya, so the only people you should even be trying to please are those closest to you, that's what I've learned. Cos when you do that, they're happy, your happy, and so everyone's happy! Happy Life!

All that happiness aside, I realluy hope now that I'm not going over the top with what I'm doing. Something tells me that sometimes I'm being a bit irritating to someone I know and that I should stop. Maybe less is more, I dunno. Hope I'm not becoming a bother to that person, cos that's really the last thing I wanna do rite now. My life's great rite now and I don't want to ruin such an integral part of that greatness. Well, you know who you are, If you're reading this, please reply so at least I can get an answer outright. Thanx dude. Ciao ppl!!

What a week....again..

2007-05-06T23:08:00.000+08:00

Lol this week's been interesting. I've gotten over a huge problem I had (well, mostly la) thanks to a certain someone, but I've oredi said that in my las post so i wun go into details here. But just to clear things up, it ISN'T u Daddy!! U weren't even here this week!!

I realise that my metabolic rate is super low. So i'll jus have to increase my exercise and decrease my input i guess. Sigh, i dun care, this journey is one I'm nt giving up on, and if I don't return with victory, maybe I won't return at all. It's a personal battle, and one that i WILL win, at all and any cost. Lol, sounds so Lord of the Rings right?

U noe its very interesting to see so many people around me wanting to give up something that they've experienced the last few months. Normally I'll just keep quiet and watch as things unfold, but alot of these guys are so close friends that I have to say this. Guy's ur relli lucky to have experienced what u guys are experiencing, why the hell do u wanna give up?! Good things come to those who are patient dudes, just rmb that. Lol.

Anyway, this week's been rocking. So here's to an even more rocking week ahead. Cheerios and ciao, people!!

YOU ROCK, BRO!!!

2007-05-01T19:36:00.000+08:00

Ever known anyone who can say so little, yet change so much? who, within an hour, can change the entire perspective you had on life, your whole person, being and personality, all for the better?!!?!?! Well i do, and it was proven crystal-clear to me yesterday. I won't go into details becos then this will become a long, boring, emo essay-like post, but let's just say if u see a new,changed, probably better me from now on, just know that there's one main person to thank for it. And you know who you are. :P And I've said this before, but dude, I'm really sorry for putting u thru all tt shit the las few months, and i promise i'll never do it again.

I change what I've been saying the last 7 months or so. God must REALLY love me. I may technically be an only child, but he's given me such amazing brothers like the person above, so much so it doesn't relli matter anymore. Life's good y'all. No scratch that, life's GREAT!!!

Idol Gives Back......

2007-04-28T00:19:00.000+08:00

The last two days have been very turbulent for me. But nvm I shan't talk about it, I already have to the people who DO matter in my life at school.

Anyways, yesterday's American Idol episode was probably the most star-studded one ever. It was more like a charity fundraiser concert than an actual Idol episode, where each vote cast contributed 10 US dollars (from different sponsors) to Bono's ONE AFRICA fund. And guess what, 70 million votes were cast. Means the fund just grew by 700 million Us dollars. Seriously, WOW!! It was dam touching la, seeing such huge celebrities like Madonna, Leo DiCaprio, Celine Dion, Elton John and John Travolta go Africa and spend time with the children there. I mean, u see the some of the orphans there who are HIV positive, with no medication, education, and even no homes sometimes, makes u wanna weep. This is service man, this is service. Like Madonna said, "It's as simple as this, 1 dollar from each of u can save a life".

Anyways here are 2 vids which i thot summed up the whole issue of the nite. Firstly it's my idol Bono, who's like the pioneer of anti-poverty movements, who writes a song called "American Prayer" for the contestants, and he gives a dam truthful and touching interview. The second clip is the contestants actaully singing the song live on the results show. I thot it was nice. So ya please, watch it. Let's make poverty history together.

More movie trailers

2007-04-24T23:01:00.000+08:00

Lol, yes i know how all of us are looking forward to the barrage of movies over the next few months in what could possibly be Hollywood's biggest summer season EVER!!! Spiderman 3, Pirates 3, Shrek 3, Simpsons Movie, Fantastic Four 2, Ocean's Thirteen, Harry Potter 5, Rush Hour 3, the list goes on. and Yes, i'm definitely catching all of the above at the cinemas for sure..:P.

But theres this one trailer i came across today which simply stunned me. It's so bloody funny. The movie's called Wild Hogs and it stars John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy. All aren't superstars or bankable actors in their own right, but together their just magical and spellbinding. I mean Martin Lawrence just ownz all man.His comic timing rox. I think this could be the surprise hit of the year. Definitely looks like the funniest so far. Take a look at it andd you'll know what i mean!

Also, this is the latest Harry Potter 5 trailer....looks dam good...i think the lady who plays Dolores Umbridge got her character spot on....looks like the best Potter movie yet. But then that's just me! :P

The week in summary.....

2007-04-21T22:20:00.000+08:00

what a week!! Chem mock-spa (ok), Econs test (not good), NAPFA test (outageously horrible), PI (horrifically time consuming). Wow talk about major downtime. Hope next weeks better. Anyways, this week made me take a much needed closer look at the friendships surrounding my life, and made me sort them into 4 categories - the brudders list (forget it, no one news coming into here for a while), the best friends list, the close friends list, and the acquaintances list. Good news is, my brudders list and best friends list hasnt changed at all, and they're still as close to me as ever before. Bad news is, my acquantainces list is overflowing, and no ones gonna move one step up anytime soon. Sigh, how unfortunate. Time will tell i guess.

Anyways, on a lighter note, today saw the release of 2 new trailers for Ta Ra Rum Pum, which releases on Friday April 27th, in GOLDEN VILLAGE JUNCTION 8!!! Woohoo yay now going to watch good Hindi movies just became a whole lot easier! Hopefully can take some of my frens along too :P. The two trailers look realli good, and the film looks good, cute, funny, romantic, lovey-lovey, family-oriented, dramatic, happy, uplifting, and just the kinda movie im willing to pay to watch rite now. Lol, can't wait for April 27th!!

The first trailer's based on the song in the movie called "Hey Shona(the lead female's name")

The second trailer's based on another song from the movie called "Nachle Ve", which means "Come Let's Dance". I always thought the song sounded apt for a disco or club setting, but they seemed to have used it err...rather interestingly.

Revelation

2007-04-15T19:11:00.000+08:00

Today i realized that something i have taken lightly for such a long time now may actaulyy be serious and sincere. I always thought it was a joke but now i realize that it may have been serious all this while. And obviously what I've done so far hasn't been enough to change it even a bit.

I'm not blaming anyone here but myself, so dude, bro, u know who u are, so i wun say ur name, dun feel bad or sad or anything k? U have NOTHING AT ALL to do with it like i oredi told u. It's just that some people gotta suffer more to get some things in life, and sadly im one of those ppl. All my efforts so far have been completely useless i guess. Sigh. Time to go extreme. So well i guess i could thank today for being a wake up call. Always look on the bright side of life right? Well sometimes there ain't no bright side people, sometimes there jus ain't no bright side at all.

Interesting

2007-04-14T23:54:00.000+08:00

Found this off a frens blog and tried it for myself. Quite accurate la i mus say.

Your Birthdate: December 27

You are a spiritual soul - a person who tries to find meaning in everything.
You spend a good amount of time meditating, trying to figure out life.
Helping others is also important to you. You enjoy social activities with that goal.
You are very generous and giving. Yet you expect very little in return.

Your strength: Getting along with anyone and everyone

Your weakness: Needing a good amount of downtime to recharge

Your power color: Cobalt blue

Your power symbol: Dove

Your power month: September

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Your Birthdate: December 27

What Does Your Birth Date Mean For Your Love Life?

What Vinod Ashvin Ravi Means

V is for Virile

I is for Impassioned

N is for Normal

O is for Openhearted

D is for Dainty

A is for Animated

S is for Strong

H is for Humorous

V is for Virginal

I is for Irresistible

N is for Natural

R is for Responsible

A is for Ambitious

V is for Vain

I is for Intelligent

What Does Your Name Mean?

What Your Favorite Color Black Says About You:

Timeless --- Stylish --- Sophisticated
Overpowering --- Intimidating --- Dominant
Perfectionist --- Controlling --- Competent

What Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?

ROCKy 2 days

2007-04-14T22:34:00.000+08:00

Ok Raffles Rock was jus that : It ROCKED!!!!

I mean jus, wow man. Only like 1 of the six bands relli disappointed me, the rest were relli very very very good. First band started off with a bang man. The lead singer said he had a sore throat, and Funx oso said the same thing later, but hard to believe considering the guy brought the house down with his rendition of Maroon 5's "Harder To Breathe". That one song started getting me high.
Song of the set : Harder to Breathe (Maroon 5)

Second band. Taufiq's and Adly's. Wow din noe u could have a 7 man band (ok so its 3 man 4 woman actually, wadeva)and call it Brown Cows Entourage (??) and still sound so good. Female singer was relli good. She had a more poppy kinda voice bt still sounded great on rock.
Song of the set : Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)

Then this guest performer came on, Edmund his name i think, and totally blew us away with his imba guitar skills. Taking a classical orchestral piece and turning into a Santana-style uptempo piece, takes Santana-style sorcery ok, and this guys like what, 18?!?!?! Then Jia Hua's band. Wow nvr knew Jia Hua had such a versatile voice. His U2 cover was so-so only la (the music was a bit too overpowering, or mebbe im jus biased :P), but his Coldplay songs were total ownage. Plus he was dam funny.
Song of the Set : Fix You (Coldplay)

Then the disappointing band, which i wun tok abt cos i dun relli remember what they sang. Then Kai Yang came out as a second guest performance and did Damien Rice, in my opinion, better than even Damien Rice. Wow that guy just has EVERYTHING doesn't he?!?! Then Nick Chong's band, who did a great Numb. Poser went mad on the drums, which is always great to watch isn't it? Then of course Triad, the real reason I came to this rock concert in the first place. They wrote 75% of their set. If that's not wow what is huh? ok so their type of rock isnt my fave, but still, their dam gd u have to admit. Ying Wei's got tt Bono kind of killer combination of vocal talent, stage presence, and charisma. And Switch Sides is a real killer song ok, especially considering it's written by 16/17 year olds. Overall, Rock relli RAWKED!!

Anyways today i studied mostly, and then went for the best haircut OF MY LIFE!! Lolz, wait till Monday peeps!! Ciao!!

A day of interesting convos.....

2007-04-10T21:46:00.000+08:00

Lol today was a day of many interesting convos. First, PW. I get the feeling PW's gonns be VERY INTERESTING this yr. 5 ppl in my grp including me. 2 ppl i noe well and im quite sure i can work very well with. The other 2 i noe dun relli like me, and so i dunno how our working relationship's gonna be. Hmm, u nvr noe until u try rite? Well i guess it does prepare me for the real world out there.

Then during break i went to hang out wif dalai and farish who were oso having a break, and we reminisced about the good ol' times is 3C/4C, especially the Sec 3 physics lessons with andrew lim. Lol, love that class, probably the best i ever had, and definitely the most fun. Especially all those time in Physics we used to mock Mr Lim for his horrible abuse of the Engrrish, oops sorry, i mean, English language. Lol.

Then during lunch was chatting and laughing away wif some of my nicer classmates, poking fun at our GP tutor (yes, he IS a certified teacher it seems. lolz) and telling one lame joke after another. Examples:

Q. Wat do u get when u pour ice lemon tea all over your shirt?
A. A tea(tee)-shirt

Q. Wat do u get when u pour coffee all over a cat?
A. A kopi-cat!

Q. What did the dog say to the tree?
A. Bark!

Q. Which shop did the one hand man go to?
A. The second-hand shop

Lolz. Super duper lame la. Then after school went to conduct scouty interviews of the Sec 4s. Some were entertaining, some were boring. Ironically the one i mos enjoyed was the most rebellious one. Sharp, fast, to the point, and not diplomatic at all. Lol.

Took train back wif marcus and met jiawen there. Had a nice lil' chat about our dear archery teammates, which was quite fun. Then lastly, i was tokking to Funx about wat aspect of my personality i should change, now tt i gotta work wif some ppl i dun relli like :P. Issit my suanning? My sharp (sometimes too sharp) tongue? The guy gave me a direct answer i doubt anyone else would have given me, that made me open my eyes. Lol no wonder he's one of my bestest friends ever.

So ya its been a nice conversational day. Ciao, peeps!

Real Good Friday! Lol.....

2007-04-06T21:31:00.000+08:00

Woke up today and realised that i was alone at home for a public. Slacked the morning off working and doing homework, then in the afternoon went to gym. Wow, spent a solid 4 hours at the gym man. Most fulfilling gym workour ever i think. I don't think i left any machine untouched. My shirt looks i bathed and my body's aching all over now. Lol, tts good news, rite? Funx, Hrithik (the guy from Dhoom 2), watch out you two, here i come!

Anyways, today i realised that i hate days without school. Sounds strange i know. But somehow i just can't live without Wellman's failed lessons, the furits stall in the canteen, Yingwei's Prem's and Kern's humour, and most of all, just talking and hanging out wif my best friends i.e. The Brotherhood. Can't wait for Monday.

Revelation!!

2007-04-02T22:05:00.000+08:00

My best friends rock!! Fullstop. Marcus, Anandraj, Nicholas and last but not least Fung Shing. All of them rock man!! Seriously. I can be myself around them and not be scrutinized, criticized, insulted or anything. These are the golden souls I'll do anything for. God must really love me to give me friends as amazing as them. Lol, like my very own Circle of Four (hah! take that Leonora!! :P). And then there are great friends like Dalai, Farish, Nathan, Wei Zhi, Arnie, Eric, Vishwa, Cheng Jie, Brian, Nic Leong, and more recently Jean who are fantastic people and always make me laugh. I realise im the happiest around these guys, especially the four amazing fellas at the start of this para.

What a stark contrast to my class man. Given, some of my classmates rock (guys, if ur reading this blog, ur probably one of them) but i noe some of them just can't stand me. And trust me guys, the feeling's more or less totally mutual. I'm sorry, If i don't like you, I'll keep my distance, but provoke me, and get ready for hell la ok? Simple as that. I mean that day I was like touching one of my classmate's cool-looking water bottles, and another girl had to step in and say "Don't do that, you'll break it, you'll break it". Wth. I mean, the tone she used as if i break everything i touched i liddat. At least nicely say put it down or sth la. And the worst thing is, today another guy do the same thing, and she din say a thing. How outrageous and ridiculous is that?!?! To quote Marcus, "I am who i am", so take me as i am, or have nothing at all. I ain't gonna change for you, so accept that peeps!

Anyways, i don't think ive ever taken so long to adjust to a new class, and i definitely dun think i've ever disliked SO many people in my class. Sigh. I miss RI because of this la. My Sec 1-4 years were so perfect now that i think of it. Haiyah, at least i still have the people in my first para. U know to quote my classmate yi-lin (yes one of the nice ones la duh, if not would i quote her?!?!) , " sometimes they dun have to do anything, they just have to be there and you feel good". How true....

Bono's THE Rock God man!!

2007-03-24T22:16:00.000+08:00

I love U2. I absolutely 100%-ly fully simply LOVE them. They're the #1 rock band of the past, present, and future. They're simply the best. I realised it a LONG time ago, and it only solidified when I saw them live in Sydney last year with my dad and cousins, but i really have to say this today. I LOVE U2!! Their songs are not songs man, they're experiences, poems, and most of all anthems. Rock anthems. Pop anthems. Freedom-fighting anthems. Hell, I read somewhere that an Irish church is using their songs during their services. And i guess more than anyone else the credit goes to their lead singer, and songwriter Bono, who i just SALUTE for all his anti-poverty efforts. Respect, sir, respect! Hope u FINALLY get that Nobel Peace Prize that you deserve so very much, this year.

Below is the U2 song that i heard for the millionth time today in the gym, and it's probably their song that touches me the most, which is a hard thing, cos ALOT of their songs tug at my heartstrings. It's called "One", and it was released in 1991. It's still being used in African anti-poverty and anti-AIDS movements. For my dad this song kinda defines U2, and for me it represents them at their god-like peak. Just read the lyrics you'll get what I mean.

"One" by U2

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say...

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...life

One

Am i a good friend?

2007-03-23T21:53:00.000+08:00

Lol today was superb. Really. Seriously. And no i'm not being sarcastic. Started off with Econs lecture where Mr Vadi was at his witty and comical best, then went on to PW, which was an absolute smashing lesson courtesy of none other than Mrs Dhillon and Prem. Lol, Prem really should keep quite next time to avoid being made fun of brutally. Sigh if only Mrs Dhillon could teach us GP as well, maybe GP would be much more interesting and fun.

After that was PE, and I'm telling you, Mr V is out to kill us la. Las lesson we did THREE 2.4 runs, today TWO. That's FIVE 2.4s in a week, and I haven't added all the running during training in yet. Wow. Gd nes though, my timing's improved to 10.58. Yay i've broken that elusive 10-min barrier. At least for the 1st 2.4 la. The second one i jus slacked like shit cos i was so fatigued.

Then Chem lecture, which was typically boring, and then Hist tutorial. My Int'l Essay did much better than my SEA one, so yay good news again. Then slacked around for like 2 hourstalking to virtually everyone i knew in the canteen, before follwing Funx and Weizhi to scouts. Lol, reminiscing the good ol' days of footdrill. And now RI got a proper parade square some more. Awesome. Lol, i sound evil. Then slacked a while at canteen, went for OG dinner, then came back home.

Anyways, today during GP we were talking about friendships, and as usual something got me really thinking. My teacher muttered something like " sometimes we ask ourselves, just what did we do to get such good friends?". I know it sounds cliche, but it hit me hard. Really, what DID i do to have such amazing friends? For their privacy's sake I'm not gonna mention any names, but really, my friends have done so much for me, that after the GP lesson I felt quite down cos i relli din noe wat i did for them to have them as my friends. And i still don't. Am i really that good a friend to y'all? What have i done that maes my friendship worthy of your precious time? Too many questions, too few answers. So before i start getting confused and down, please dudes, those reading this post, please tell me what i did to earn or deserve something as privileged as your friendships? Not for ego or anything, but for contentment.Besides, if you know about this blog ur probably a very close friend of mine anyways. Thanks people, ciao!

* P.S : No daddy, that does not include you, so don't put some random Liverpool-related tag. :P

Uneventful 2 days

2007-03-22T23:31:00.000+08:00

Archery training seems to be getting better and better every time. The coach seems to be getting funnier and funnier with each passing training. Cool.

"Where do you get the right-hand glove? I can't find it leh".

These were the exact words uttered by Kenny Teo Zhen Han, my classmate, during Chem prac yesterday. Dam funny. Seriously the whole class burst out laughing.

Today after school, slacked around alot, then followed Funx on the way home. Got to know one of his frens, who gets off at Yio Chu Kang station oso. Yay, its always nice to meet new people, especially people who stay in this "remote, secluded part of Singapore". Lol.

Anyways today in GP we were discussing films as a closure to the whole Media sub-topic. And somehow we got to art-house films, as in those less-commercial ones but which are very pure and artistic and are also very meaningful. Basically films which get nominated for Oscars la :P, like The Pursuit of Happyness, The Queen etc. And suddenly i got the urge to see Devdas again. Lol i dunno y, the film is like at least 3.5 hrs long, and can drag, but then i remember i LOVED it the 1st time i saw it, wif SRK, Ash and Madhuri "The Goddess of Indian Cinema" Dixit giving totally unbelievable performances. Dam tragic story though. Lol, perhaps if i can find the time i'll watch bits of it again.

My Train(ing) of Thought

2007-03-19T20:24:00.000+08:00

Lol today went for Archery training. Only J1s cos J2s got CTs. Super duper wuper fun. My coach made us do like wat, at least 50 sets of a certain bow training exercise, then we discussed the equipment we wanted to purchase, etc etc, then shot for like about 30-45 mins then went home. I must say archery's turning out to be a real fun CCA, thanks in no small part to the people (well, half of them at least) and the clown we call our coach.

Anyways, for the last few days a certain train of thought has been bugging my mind so i thought i'll write about it. It's nothing new la, except everytime it comes back to me it just keeps on getting stronger. Basically, we all know how we had very close friends in secondary school, and how we split up into different classes, and different CCAs when we came to JC. Well the same thing happened to me. And now, however much i hate to admit, I'm scared that i'm losing my close friends in secondary school. All my classmates and my 02 batchmates, all different classes and different CCAs now. And although to me they will ALWAYS be my very good (and in some cases, best) friends, I can't help but shake the feeling that I'm slowly like, i dunno, losing their friendship and those magical bonds that i shared with them?

It's like i see so little of them these days, I hardly ever talk to many of them, I feel as if we're becoming quite distant from each other. And that's what makes me scared. I know they all have their own responsibilities and new friends now, and so do i. But the thing is most of my current class people aren't really people i can become good friends with, so im scared that if i lose my old friends, i'll jus be like alone in Jc for the next 2 years, and that though REALLY freaks me out. Many of them have like told me that such things would never happen and all, and i do really trust them, but then sometimes i just can't help but feel that we're drifting away. Sigh. Probably just my insecurities getting the better of me again. Hope this whole situation changes la. Ciao peeps.

Any other normal day......

2007-03-18T00:00:00.000+08:00

Today was a normal saturday for me. Routine list of things to do. Wake up, run, go fix my face, go tuition, come home for dinner. Bla bla. nothing special. I've been reading Nick's entries in his blogs and wow, they're so dam deep man! And somehow it's all about what I've been thinking these past few weeks as well. Hmm...psychic maybe, who knows?

Anyways, I've decided to go with Funx's "Sandwich, Soup et Juice" diet. And if it doesn't work, and if the results don't show by end of the year, Funx you know what i'm gonna do to myself and hell hath no fury nothing and nobody is gonna stop me. Let's just pray it works. Ciao people! Cya soon!

What a day!

2007-03-17T00:37:00.001+08:00

Today was bad man. Real bad. Morning blew my money buying school uniform which i still dun understand WHY i have to buy. Then something else happened which was absolutely DREADFUL. Disgusting. Shameful. Humiliating. I'm NEVER EVER doing that kind of thing again in my LIFE. My closest friends you guys know what i'm talking about. Sigh, hope tomorrow is better.

Anyway, heres one of the songs i totally fell in love with recently. It's called "So Sick" by Ne-Yo. It's like a clever mix of R&B and pop, and it actually sounds quite pop, plus the guy has a genuinely nice, un-computerised voice. And the lyrics rock big time!! I must say this is one of the nicest "break-up time song"s I've ever heard. No wonder its so popular. :P Lol.Anyway here it is, with the lyrics below it just in case some of y'all dun dig it, know what i mean? Lol. Ciao peeps!

"So Sick"

Mmmm mmm yeah
Do do do do do do do-do
Ohh Yeah

Gotta change my answering machine
Now that I'm alone
Cuz right now it says that we
Can't come to the phone
And I know it makes no sense
Cuz you walked out the door
But it's the only way I hear your voice anymore
(it's ridiculous)
It's been months
And for some reason I just
(can't get over us)
And I'm stronger than this
(enough is enough)
No more walkin round
With my head down
I'm so over being blue
Cryin over you

And I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?

Gotta fix that calender I have
That's marked July 15th
Because since there's no more you
There's no more anniversary
I'm so fed up with my thoughts of you
And your memory
And how every song reminds me
Of what used to be

That's the reason I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?

(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone
(Stupid love songs)
Dont make me think about her smile
Or having my first child
I'm letting go
Turning off the radio

Cuz I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing she was still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)

Said I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing she was still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)

And I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishin' you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
Why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)
Why can't I turn off the radio?

Mitwa

2007-03-16T00:10:00.000+08:00

well, since im in the spamming-posts-and-videos mood right now, i just thought i'll share a video which i think was one of the most beautifully done ones of 2006. Its a hindi song (with english subtitles la, DUH!!) from the shockingly good KANK, with King Khan and his Queen. Its not an exceptionally catchy song or anything, but the visuals are very appealing and extremely well done, what with the background of New York and the stadium etc. The lyrics are very intense (hence the subs), and the definite highlight of the video is the actress Rani, who i must say looks stunning in this song , whatever fashion it is that she is wearing at any point of time.Lol. Enjoy, peeps. enjoy.

Tara Rum Pum trailer is out....yay!!

2007-03-15T23:35:00.000+08:00

Yay finally, the next Hindi film's trailer is out!! Woots!! It's called "Tara Rum Pum", like the song i think. And it stars 2 of my fave actors. The previous 2 movies i went to see were extremely disappointing, so im relli hoping that this rox! It's set in New York and is about the life of a race-car driver and his family before and after he meets wif a career-ending crash. The film looks well done, the story is original, the setting looks nice, the children look cute, the music sounds great, Rani the lead actress looks super duper glammed-up and nice, so i dun relli see y this movie should disappoint. To be frank, other than the English in the trailer, i dun understand a shit of what they're saying, but the visuals are enough. Anyways the full film in the theatre will have subs so im nt worried. And i have to say im very impressed wif the producers Yash Raj films. They're really stocking up quite a resume since last year wif KANK, Don, Dhoom 2, B&B, and now Tara Rum Pum. Rock on u guys, give us audiences entertaining films. So even if u guys dun understand the lang, i encourage all of you reading this entry to give the trailer a viewing. Its oni wat, 2 minutes anyways. Lol. Well, for now, April 27, the wait begins!!

Archery Camp + rest of hols!!

2007-03-15T20:04:00.000+08:00

Yay just got back from 3 days of archery camp. Great fun really, lots of shooting, and games like captain's ball, soccer etc, and of course the inevitable PT bla bla bla. Coach said my form has improved alot since i started, so thats good news (right?). And i made a very interesting observation during camp : the girls and guys in archery are total polar opposites man. My female team mates are great, wonderful, nice people, whereas the guys, other than like 2-3, they really really freak me out a lot of times. i mean seriously. The worse was during meal times, when im eating with them, then suddenly i kena deja vu from all the scout camps ive had before and the meals i used to have wif my 02 batchmates. I mean, wow, to say my 02 batchmates are like gods rite now wouldn't be exaggerating. U see there is a difference between talking kok and talking rubbish. My 02 batch did the first. The guys in archery, sadly, do the 2nd.

Anyways, i jus realised that i have a hell of a lot of hw to do for the hols, so i think ill get started on that. Tomorrow got class outing. The whole idea, venue, and concept of it kinda freaks me out, but as jean told me, i'll never know until i try it at least once. So i'll give it a shot for the heck of it la. Have a bad BAD gut feeling though. And i've recently rekindled my love for John Legend's and Ne-Yo's music, so u may be seeing alot of their songs being posted randomly in upcoming posts. Can't wait to get back to school though, im like dying to see all of u guys my friends. :D

Jobweek! Stayover! Gym! Lol!

2007-03-12T23:37:00.000+08:00

Wow what a weekend!! Started and ended with jobweek, which i mus say i enjoyed tremendously mostly because of the lack of pressure to go out there and slog and earn. Anyway, mostly uneventful. Sunday my batchmates came over to my place for stayover, where we discussed campfire for the year, watched Dhoom:2 and bits of KANK, and mostly just played PS2 and cards. Cool stayover really.

The next morning Chong Min and Anandraj left so the rest of us went to S-11 at AMK Central to eat. Funx , AS USUAL, had his ban mian AGAIN, the rest of us settled for a more, shall we say, varied fare. After that we split up and I went to the gym with funx. Do i need to say i was inspired AGAIN?!?! I blew up a bit for a while and kinda took it out on him ( im RELLI RELLI RELLI RELLI RELLI sry for tt dude) bt then as usual, him being his calm, composed, perfect-best-friend self managed to calm me down and make me feel good about myself. I jus noticed sth today, his msn nic says "5Aint fungshing" and i honestly couldn't agree more. :D. Lol. Anyways after that we went to school to submit out UNUSED jobweek cards (lol we din do last day YAY!) then after that went to Subway for dinner then he ciaoed home.

Yay tomorrow is archery camp. Hope its fun. If it is i'll definitely blog about it on Thursday when i get back. If it isn't then ill still definitely blog about it when i get back on Thursday. Moral of the story : I'll blog about it. Fullstop. Lol. Cya peoples!!

Unusual or unique?

2007-03-10T23:34:00.000+08:00

Ever gone through a phase in you life where you feel you're different in a bad way from other people because you don't have what they seem to have? Well right now, I am. It's just that alot of people around me seem to have erm, an object of their affections, and I don't. So that kinda makes me think y i don't have one, and it makes me feel kinda left out, weird, and unusual. Like I'm not an average human being. Besides, this is the age to have things like that. So when you don't, like I am right now, I kinda feel as if i ain't normal at all. Maybe its just that im a little jealous, envious, or maybe its just that im insecure about myself and about those around me. I dunno la. My best friend today told me that there was absolutely nothing wrong with me and that i was totally normal and all that, and trust me i REALLY appreciate it dude, but somehow I still can't shake off the feeling that im inferior in a way to you guys. Anyways, heres hoping that i get over this whole inferiority complex soon, and that i dun lose any of my close friends to this battle with myself.

Inspiring song, inspiring people

2007-03-08T21:46:00.000+08:00

Maybe we're different, but we're still the same
We all got the blood of Eden, running through our veins
I know sometimes it's hard for you to see
You come between just who you are and who you wanna be

If you feel alone, and lost and need a friend
Remember every new beginning, is some beginning's end

[Chorus]
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
Welcome, you gotta believe
That right here right now, you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Welcome, to wherever you are

When everybody's in, and you're left out
And you feel your drowning, in a shadow of a doubt
Everyones a miracle in their own way
Just listen to yourself, not what other people say

When it seems you're lost, alone and feeling down
Remember everybody's different
Just take a look around

[Chorus]

Be who you want to, be who you are
Everyones a hero, everyones a star

When you wanna give up, and your hearts about to break
Remember that you're perfect, God makes no mistakes

[Chorus]

The song above is called Welcome to Wherever You Are, from Bon Jovi's "Have A Nice Day" album. Was listening to it on the way home, and i realised what a timeless song it is. It's so inspiring, uplifting, great song that's bound to help you when you're down, as I was until recently. I mean, just wow, man, its definitely up there on my greatest ever rock songs list, along with U2's "One".

Lol, anyways, today we had O2 (as in Orientation 2, what else?!?! :P). The new guy in my OG is dam nice, a great collection to my already flawless OG. We went to Raffles City, and the girls ,and some guys even, started camwhoring. I'm telling you la, todays activity was built for self-loving people man. U shld have seen how the camwhore people were loving it. After that my OG hung out for a while, wanted to go out for dinner, then kena posponed to march hols, so the rest left.

Waited around for a while, then followed my best bud to dinner. Heard about his progress in certain areas in his training, and so am happy for him. Anyway as i was talking to him , I realised for the first time in 16 years that i truly wasn't an only child anymore. I had such great people like him and others in my life. Lol, so emo. Anyways, the outing with my og, the dinner wif him, and the song above totally made my day man.

A mixed day.....

2007-03-07T21:39:00.000+08:00

today had econs tutorial, which is my most anticipated class in the whole week besides the SEA history tutorial. Mr Vadi is just so funny! The rest of the day was ok oso la, PE, and maths tutorial (it freaks me out tt i'm actually enjoying maths!!), and then international history lecture. After that had lunch with my class, then slack around a bit, then went to play cards with anandraj, nic and jean. So thats the good part of the day.

The sad part is all the people who for the last 3 months have become such a big part of my everyday school life and who have suddenly just vanished. Ally!! Kenny!! I dearly hope you can find your way back to RJ guys! L'eviathan and SO7B jus ain't complete without you!! Please please please....

Anyway, as part of my weight-loss regime, went running with funx yesterday after school, and i was reminded why i consider that guy my best friend. He just inspires you man, yes, even in something as uninspiring as running. Dam grateful to him. Rock on dude!
Ya thats abt it, hopefully can blog tomorrow.

Yay new blog!!!

2007-03-07T21:04:00.001+08:00

Lol, I'm BACK!!! For the 3rd time in a year, i'm starting a new blog. Sure hope this one lasts. :D