BUFF

Two Beds And A Coffee Machine

2006-04-22T15:32:00.000+08:00

And she takes another step
Slowly she opens the door
Check that he is sleeping
Pick up all the broken glass
And furniture on the floor
Been up half the night screaming
Now it's time to get away
Pack up the kids in the car
Another bruise to try and hide
Another alibi to write
Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through
And there are children to think of
Baby's asleep in the back seat
Wonder how they'll ever make it
Through this living nightmare
But the mind is an amazing thing
Full of candy dreams and new toys
And another cheap hotel
Two beds and a coffee machine
But there are groceries to buy
And she knows she'll have to go home
Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through
Another bruise to try and hide
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Silent fortress built to last
Wonder how I ever made it

Chuck versus Bruce.

2006-04-19T18:41:00.000+08:00

Council

2006-04-13T22:40:00.000+08:00

http://council.cst.acs.sch.edu.sg/newsmenu.php

Centrestage 2006

2006-04-01T00:28:00.000+08:00

Congrats to the VAULT for winning centrestage 2006!
and to the MOLE who was shortlisted as second.

New layout concept

2006-03-13T23:23:00.000+08:00

Hey guys,

I couldnt quite do a marvel one... cuz I couldnt quite find the font and I didnt quite have any concepts...

well, I just stuffed some of your photos together... hows that for a new layout?

if ya violently object pls do tell me...

thanks,
jloh

unnamed party

2006-03-07T20:12:00.000+08:00

'unnamed' end of term party for all year 5s!

this coming friday!
10th March
7.30pm onwards

@Chris Lim's crib: 7 victoria park close, off kings road(farrer road)

all year 5s to COME!
for further enquiries, contact chris-64688869
or anyone in the class of 5.8

it will be a fantastic oppertunity for the new students to meet
the guys and gals of year 5

its gonna be awesome
food and drinks are provided
more food is most definitely welcome
so start baking and cookin!

we'll catch you there mates
=)

FOUNDERS DAY 06

2006-03-06T22:56:00.000+08:00

Lost.

2006-03-04T23:55:00.000+08:00

This is gonna be hard, disjoint, probably a poor post. But what the heck.
Ppl come and go. It was easy. Orientation was great. Some weren happy some were unsure.
But Friday, was painful.

Lost. Lost. Lost. We lost our sch mates. None wanted to leave. But still they were turned away.

I nvr realised this day would come. "We'll keep you" was what they said, but really, what weight did those words carry when they say "Go accordin to your posting, did u hear me? Its not a battle of perseverence". Broken, shattered dreams, 'discord has been severed'.

I cannot describe to you the lifelessness outside the office on Friday. The staleness and desperation in the air. Perhaps we can juxtapose a drowning mans plea for air to the desperation of our friends. And us, the helpless, soldiers watchin from behind a glass wall your comrades, choking and guttering as their lungs froth from mustard gas. That is the helplessness and guilt we all live with.

I cannot comprehend how the students who placed our sch first, who stayed for 3 months, whom love the sch can be coldly turned away for a reject of another instituition. I cannot believe how the promise of priority was lightly forgotten. I have been hurt by the very sch i loved with all my soul.

As the evening inches on my heart is breaking. I have no idea how to describe it. My heart feels heavy, the cavity in my rib cage seems to be shrinkin with each moment, my head is spinning like im drunk, and my heart is seething with pain.

Its just saddening. Things will nvr be the same again. Nvr the same as the first day. But we'l nvr forget u pioneers. Whether u've been retained, lost, or left for other places, once an Acsian always an Acsian.

Esp. to the our FRENCH PUPPY of .8 and to the Black Man who i've known since pri 5. Fulfill your fathers legacy but, ur stil one of us man. All the best at Bishan Junior College....

Lets just hope and pray. They do something right for once on monday.....

stand by me?

2006-02-28T20:53:00.000+08:00

hello =)

this is a serious post okay

hahahhah

it all started when we were debating in TOK whether plants have feelings
quite an intriguing question actually

just follow the oasis song, stand by me

Stand by Kailan(nobody knows)

Saw you smiling right down there before me yea
Was wondering what happened
Maybe someone just pissed on the all soil
That was badly fertilized

So whats the matter with you?
Plants have feelings okay
Dont you know they cry, they smile, they laugh and sing
All these things you dont see everyday

Mr. Kailan has many great friends yea
Torrid Tau-geh, Wilbur Wormy
They are organizing a birthday party
For Kailans crush - Banyan Tree

So whats the matter with you?
Plants have feelings okay
Dont you know they cry, they smile, they laugh and sing
All these things you dont see everyday

Stand by veggies
Nobody knows
That they freakin have feelings
Stand by veggies
Nobody knows
That they freakin have feelings
Stand by veggies
Nobody knows
That they freakin have feelings

Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Yea... Nobody knows

sneak peak into the vault

2006-02-27T21:58:00.001+08:00

le le, yang and shawn rehearsing lines
the leading man, the person carrying so much weight and burden on his shoulders
wahh i accidentally posted this pic
'i din do it'
ladies in the cast
practicing hard

Tale spinners scipt. 1st prize

2006-02-27T21:58:00.000+08:00

caps are cool. like TINA.

here's the an entertaining episode. if only it was real.....

I DREAMT A GIRL FORCED HERSELF ON ME
& MADE OUT WITH ME IN FRONT OF LOTSA PPL!! COOL!!

WHO ARE THE PPL? IMAGINARY.
WHO KISSED ME? I'M STILL DREAMING

RING!!

WASN'T THAT A GOOD DREAM.

"GO FUCK YOURSELF. TRY HARDER"
"O MY GOSH. YOU'RE A PITIFUL LOSER."
MAYBE I'M A SKITZO.FREAK
MAYBE I WANT SOME PITY AND ATTENTION

SIGH
OEIJ...OEIJ....OEIJ
SIGH.

HAHA

ENTERTAINING WASN'T IT? ;)

SOME SICK FANTASY
*REALITY, FABRICATED WITH SOME IMAGINATION
JOIN TALESPINNERS!!
GOOD NIGHT

-oeij

180 Degree Change.

2006-02-25T15:13:00.000+08:00

The Parable of the Pig n Duck.

I read recently. Something that startled me. And today I noticed further this phenomenon. the 180 degree change. Im sure its applicable to all sorts of ppl. But its just, in certain instances disgusting, appalling and incomprehensible.

Lets use some generic animals. How about the Pig and the Duck. Sounds good? Well. Duck would bitch non-stop about the pig, sayin the pig wasn a good friend, good for nthing, was lazy etc. In reality, the pig too bitched about the duck. Abt how clumsy, how disproportionate and ugly the duck was. This went on for about a year or maybe more.

Then one day, the pig was sent away. Because the duck and pig each, in their own way were ugly and bitchy. They really didn have any other friends. the 180 degree change occured. each praising the other. each elevating the other to the status of demi-gods and actively making public declarations of love and friendship.

Ironic and hypocritial in every sense. I fail to understand how this relationship works. Perhaps its just superficial perhaps its just a failed friendship tht would fall apart once a rough patch comes along. If you've no friends, just pretend u do.. even if they aren good friends. Sounds better than nothing isn it?

Or hows it tht some1 can say this. tht n the other. promise this tht n the other. than go ahead n twist it... (yes you've got it) 180 degrees. whats a 'yes im ur friend' and 'yes im true to you' when BANG. 1 day later.. u get a OPPOSITE comment. The criminal to victim and victim to crook. Til today. i nvr understand this tainted behavior and mentality. Perhaps its an environment, sch or home tht nurtures this behavior or mayb its woven deep into a personality.

But personally. As we all learnt frm animal farm. The pigs are more eloquent, so leave the speeches n poetry to pigs, perhaps ducks aren quite so intelligent afterall.

OASIS

2006-02-24T21:19:00.000+08:00

swimming finals

2006-02-21T21:13:00.000+08:00

2006-02-15T22:47:00.000+08:00

i just had to post this one!!!
uncres...lovestruck<3!
cassanovas????rightt.....hahaha!
a rose for you, with love from yang
omg
yea...
'dont steal her from me yang!'----unknown
singles dinner at newton hahahahahahah
HAPPY VALENTINES!!! <3>

valentines day

2006-02-15T11:35:00.000+08:00

early in the morn on valentines day even before the sun was up

yang had a marvellous idea : we shall get dates this valentines day!

so we went to get some roses

and went to the sac

and looked for dates

and asked them out

so we drove out to newton for dinner

our dates for the nite

well there were some interesting couples

like zab and dil

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

How come theres so many of us?

2006-02-09T22:51:00.000+08:00

hELLO
WE come to you frm the boardin sch dining hall.
This is the first time we have come on in boarding sch.

the tag board is becomin ridiculous.
i've never seen john loh have such unruly conduct. the 'f' word is hardly or nvr in his vocab.
i doubt dimitri has muscle spasms in his fingers frm playin too much tennis til a point where he clicks the mouse n enter button so many times it floods the tag board.

HALL 2 ROCKS

We love bs.

To mama papa grandma grandpa mei mei n didi
i love you all.
david TAN.

Oeij n Daave. BS.

ming vase

2006-02-09T21:30:00.000+08:00

there was once a ming vase in ancient china

and it contained cranberry juice that could make your balls bigger

all the best for the o level results tmr guys!

Reflections on a Cloudy Day

2006-02-04T16:57:00.000+08:00

i am unable to go on
thinking of what i hear
the sound of betrayal
in the sky -
- a seagull yells.
the waves beat upon the cross.
close by the ocean, it could be
mine. i get hurt.

and so that’s why a child’s
right is to observe

think about all the pretty blue
birds so nice and innocent! you can
see her again, how it is hard
for her to take away your strife
and pretend there is another
honey ?

whether i am like a cloud over
fields of lily white
somewhere perfect in sight
what a wonderful creation
of frigid snowflakes
and lilting green leaves
and yet
beyond the horizon looms
thunder storms, ready to engulf,
like the chariots of old,
and
they don’t stop.

anyways happy birthday molie

love
charles
off to ivan's place

Cardiac Apoptosis

2006-02-04T14:53:00.000+08:00

Cardiac Apoptosis

defiled like cancerous cud,
abundant - acrimonious tumors,
turned into hardened mud,
reknowned, by reticent whispers.

brittled with plaque,
by devious coagulants,
jostled into the dark,
she - decorates it with lacerations.

Flung! Blasphemous and bleeding,
it stops.

hmmmm.... i need eye bag cream.... dam... its hard to blog without a laptop in boarding. but i'l transfer whatever i think of or jot during prep on the weekends! =)

-Oeij

bashh

2006-02-02T19:24:00.000+08:00

so we start off with this picture, uncres clearly gettin blown away on his bday
aunties, ame, sern , yang, uncres, ameer
two cool for john
happy bdaY!
zablow, charles, yuan, seet, yang, kani

orgassmic sern and shawn

chin, dave and yang
uncres, yang, oeij and sern
they call them..the ponstars
dunno what this is la hahaha

andre and feli

sunshine and uncres cutting their cake, yang and shawn poon plotting behind uncres's back
gotcha uncres!
yang realises his fate soon after...
goshhh...that was creamy
oh look! thats a cherry!
bday boys
yang, jane and uncres

cake time!

uncres, evil woman aka. dilys and yang
ohhhhh myy.....
say no to shawn poon!
the cakes! awesome!
uncres and dilys
uncres, sern, le le, yang and oeij
sern, lele, charles, shawn poon, yang, kuan meng and oeij
we miss you poon!

the mates

elsa and mel at the swings
yang and uncres, 17-year olds already
poon and uncres
uncres, benlay and yang
yang, kani, hans and uncres
yang, sha and uncres

some birthday party

2006-02-01T00:26:00.000+08:00

hey guys

tonite was the best birthday parties we ever had

thank you everyone who took time off and made it

hope everyone of u enjoyed urselves and have lots of fun

cos we had one of the best times of our lives today

u guys made our birthdays so special

it really meant alot to us

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE

lots of love

uncres and yang

I'm here to announce that it was VICKY AND FELI who baked the CAKE

IT WASNT ME...

hahaha

seeya guys
yang

SCANDAL!!

2006-01-29T01:05:00.000+08:00

This is where our Chinese New Yr special report begins....

Jayne. Spots Dimitri.. and she likes what she sees.. yes..

Dimitri anticipates getting lucky.. and he plays along... conveniently forgetin abt his darling TINA.

And they meet up after sch.. for some coffee, tea and perhaps a little more? ...

WOW. Thts fast...

You dont expect TINA to be stupid right? She followed... and... her worst nightmare was happening before her very eyes...

TINA!! Don try to do anything foolish.. its just Dimitri..!!

Oh my.. has TINA become..........???!?!

-Oeij. ^^

Time for some WORDS

2006-01-29T01:00:00.000+08:00

Evenings are great. especially with friends, old friends, true friends. Well somehow or rather, my friends have become rather old... in every sense of the word. I've missed out on all u ppl... n i miss u all. I finally realize, i'm really.. out of date due to certain reasons.

And of late. I've seen. Ppl change. And ive no idea how ppl value themselves these days. Well i've had enough of broken hearts... and i must say.. its sad to see bros who've got hurt. All poetry comes in context. N the context of this poem is me. And those of u who know me would probably empathize. And if ur aching. Well. Enjoy the poetry.

Poetry. Words charged with meaning. Well. I've expressed myself. And i suppose. I hope i'd nvr have inspiration to write a poem like this. Anytime too soon. Its time to close some chapters and time for new chapters in the new yr. Wishing u guys a splendid chinese new yr!

Sordid

falls sick when you're with dicks,
an allergic reaction to all other chicks,
an insatiable need for attention.
affiliations to bastards, casanovas-
a plethora. You.

sordid; a case of obsessive control,
scurrilous; compulsive bitching,
clandestine; paranoia of a spy
furtive; watches u like a private eye
inexorable; self-dignified. You.

no one really trusts anyone-
man or woman
as cheap as a nickle or dime. Me.

-Oeij

some birthday party

2006-01-29T00:05:00.000+08:00

some birthday party @ timmy's place ( toh tuck rd goodluck garden )

31st jan

potluck birthday party

lots of love

lots of fun

party starts @ 6

bring lots of food

everyones invited

contact

timmy 91996031

uncres 96655181

yang 96159791

loving u always

uncres & yang

happy new year to all

BOO

2006-01-28T16:50:00.001+08:00

okay seems like they dont allow me to load anymore.. will load tmr. byebyes
dabid

more pics!

2006-01-28T15:46:00.000+08:00

PICS!

2006-01-28T15:30:00.000+08:00

okay i cant seem to load all into one post.. =( so im gonna flood like that haha.. yang faster teach me how!

Gay

2006-01-28T15:07:00.000+08:00

Since im in photog. i shall flood this blog with the 450 photos i took plus another 150 from mel. oh and theres free pics for chinatown for the project if anyone does not want to go. man im so nice. haha. okay im waiting for the images to be uploaded and its taking freaking long.. stupid slrs and their high resolution pictures.. FASTER!

HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR!!!

2006-01-27T22:50:00.000+08:00

hahahhaa pic of the day...GOSHH....
monkey bar days...sighs..
the alligator game ..remember??
3 seventeen year olds

oeij, zablow & yang
those chains...hahaha

the 17-year old JS boys
steph: ' whoa...YOU GUYS ARE SUCH HUNKS!!'
oeij and aunty
zablow
people have always wondered whats with shawn's 'magical' touch, kinda makes women go all weak
oeij and mrs kuan
good ol' JS days...
yang, ms regina tan & JJ
recycled dragon...gosh...

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...zabbb....
dr. ong's sending off for mr. tan see keng, pretty emotional
happy chinese new year guys.. see you mates soon!!

OH YEAH

2006-01-26T22:14:00.000+08:00

charles

2006-01-24T22:42:00.000+08:00

DONG DONG DONG CHIANG!

DONG DONG DONG CHIANG!

DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG...

DONG...

CHAIANG!

BA KUA IS HERE...

Can I Speak to Annie Wan?

2006-01-22T12:13:00.000+08:00

Lee Sum Wan :Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?

Mr. Saw Lee :Yes, you can speak to me.

Lee Sum Wan :No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!

Mr. Saw Lee :You are talking to someone! Who is this?

Lee Sum Wan :I'm Sum Wan. And I need to talk to Annie Wan ! It's urgent.

Mr. Saw Lee :I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?

Lee Sum Wan :Well just tell my sister Annie Wan that our brother, Noe Wan, was involved in an accident. Noe Wan got injured and now Noe Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.

Mr. Saw Lee :Look! If no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital from the accident, that isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!

Lee Sum Wan :You are so rude! Who are you?

Mr. Saw Lee :I'm Saw Lee.

Lee Sum Wan :You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!

haha.

charles

Donald Trump

2006-01-21T23:58:00.000+08:00

"Your hair looks like Donald Trump"

I've adopted a pretty much 'cant give a fuck attitude' to what ppl think of me nowadays. Mayb im going to an extreme or mayb cause i've really gotta get used to bein occupied with other things and socializing with more ppl.

I refer to plato's allegory of the cave in this instant. If you were kept in a cave for a long time and u were set free, the bright sunlight might just scare u bak into the cave. N if u've been chained too long, u actually get accustomed to this life in the cave. Well. Now im out. Out in the open again for thoes of you who noe what i mean.

Some ppl in sch said tht to me; even offering to cut my hair and somehow or rather it got me thinking. I really wudnt mind having hair like tht if it meant me becoming as successful or rich as Donald.

He probably not affected by 'scarcity' in any economic way.
His wife is probably hotter than anyone elses.
And he gets to 'FIRE' anyone he likes. ^^

If ur free enough to star on the apprentice and yet be churning in a plethora of profits. Why not? I noticed, i'm willing to pay $130 for some cotton which is worth 1000's of times less than tht. Or denim priced at $300. Its pretty ridiculous. So. I think I had better make sure i get tht acceptance letter frm U Pen in a few yrs time.

I just re-read some of the older entries. N i mean really old. N to charlie, yy, david, dim n shawn.

http://thebuffboyz.blogspot.com/2005_08_27_thebuffboyz_archive.htm

Primal Instincts and Good Friends are some good entries..

Things have kinda changed since last yr, but lets make sure we stick. Thick and thin.

-Oeij

SCANDAL

2006-01-21T17:21:00.000+08:00

O look.. it starts off with milo dinosaurs...

Van seems to have gotten bored.. perhaps shes thinkin of a new film for her 'p' club.

Out again the next day? Wow.. *intense.... hmm...

Shopping for WHAT?!?! MATERNITY CLOTHES?? uh oh.... ;)

1st week of lessons

2006-01-20T22:08:00.000+08:00

well another week has passed.
lessons have started.
some ppl have already switched to the mugger mode.
well as for me i have started to actually complete my work myself.
started listening attentively instead of the previous selective listening and copy notes. hehs.

anyways buff boy liow.
i really miss u man.
we hardly see u nowadays.
always being stressed out by ur pre med class.
dun worry man.
monday after the meeting we haf lunch or something k?

'inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings'
'inherent virtue of communism is the equal sharing of misery'
churchill

see i do copy notes. haha.

charles

Initial B the DVD: Raw, Uncut, Uncesored

2006-01-18T23:16:00.000+08:00

Hey all!

The Initial B' photo and video DVD will be out soon! For only $5, you get 4.75Gigabytes worth of high quality Multimedia.

Never seen before videos! Candid footage! ACSiting Race footage! Games footage!

Never seen before photos! Candid Shots! Random people falling asleep during lectures! Happy people! Muddy People! People acting silly!

Behind the scenes pictures and videos! See the comm guys rehearsing for the imitation of "backstreet boys"! Mass Dance rehearsal videos!

Declassified documents: Prototype shirt designs! Games plans! Storyline scripts!

Special Bonus: Pictures of the IB building under construction in 2005. Pictures of out-of-bounds areas such as the staff room, new Admin office, and incomplete areas such as the CPA block and lecture theatres.

Get the limited edition DVD for only $5. Only available thru Pre-order. Limited Supply Only.

Pre-Orders Start Week 4

JLoh

carl. we love you. NO! seriously..you're awesome mate!

2006-01-16T19:48:00.000+08:00

breh hell...

2006-01-13T19:20:00.000+08:00

hi guys

this week was really quite sian and all la
i mean lectures all day
which really... i dunno man
i wont go as far as saying pointless, but you know like
like..like..
goshwhqyhiuq%^&%*&%@ho....i dont know what i'm saying la breh hell
BREH HELL

yes but its been like talks talks talks and everyone's kinda disillusioned now
too much la
well actually you've gotta pity the girls a lil la
they go all the way to 5 every single day
bahh but its necessary so
i'm just glad its almost over

got my new class too, 5.5
its not that i dont like my class
no no, everyone there's superbly nice and all but...
i just miss the good ol 3.11/4.11 days
with all my good mates

thing is, breh hell dude!
the guys are all in 5.8
goshhiqwhoiqdhowiqhdwgqdhqw8er231y7183....
man! seriously!
oeij, dim, ang, chee, hoe, soon kai...
shhheeeeettttttttt....breh hell...

okay but nevermind
i'm content with my class
will be great...

anyway thanks everyone for the week

mr. liang, chinese teacher in blue who came out from nowhere and started shouting at us , i like it man..
sunshine? hahahah jennifer who helped me complete my breh chinese compo today after training
oskays las...ands everyones elses

well schools starting next tues and all..gotta start thinking bout CAS and EE
we're planning recreational tennis too
so quite a lot of things coming up actually
gotta go see ms chia bee teck next week also, yar 'councelling' ah oeij
er.. i think its just a chat la..nothing much you know...just talk
actually to be honest, i have been avoiding it this week
i think i should get it over and done with next week
but like huh? i have no problems at all leh..
so much for INTERNAL CONFLICT...
breh helll...

anyway guys hope you have a great weekend arheaaad
enjoy yourselves and relak
TOTTENHAM vs POOL tmr night
gotta game going on at imran's place so
if you're interested gimme a text or ring

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BOYS
KWONG AND LE LE
HAPPY 17th and really have a great/fantastic/awesome/breh shiok time
at your bash tmr night
sorry i cant make it but i really wish you guys well

breh hell la sian week
long post

byes byes

yang out for the weekend!

IM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-01-11T23:38:00.000+08:00

At first I was afraid.I was petrified.I kept thinking I could never live without you By my side.But then I spent so many nights.Just thinking how you've done me wrong.I grew strong.I learned how to get along.And so you're back.From outer space.I just walked in to find you Here with that sad look upon your face.I should have changed my fucking lock.I would have made you leave your key.If I had known for just one second.You'd be back to bother me.Oh now go,Walk out the door.Just turn aroundNow, you're not welcome anymore.Weren't you the oneWho tried to break me with desire?Did you think I'd crumble?Did you think I'd lay down and die?Oh not I,I will survive.Yeah.As Long as I know how to love,I know I'll be aliveI've got all my life to live.I've got all my love to give.I will survive,I will surviveYeah, yeah!

well hello there my fellow bloggers. i come back from a distant land.(no not ur anus). oskays firstly i shall apologise for my long absence. seriously im not much of a blogger cause i dont really like to. soo... this is some sorts of the good things. i guess everyone enjoyed orientation yea? well we're all split up this year now and our classrooms are so far apart. mmmm =(.... but luckily i was transfered out of the 5.1 to 5.5 killer classes. and theres going to be shifts in the CTs and PCTs so no more tan keng seng noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo im damn sad. hahah but oh well. at least im away from there. oskays i go slps nows. verys tireds. and oh JOIN PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!!!! or touch rugby! i will be your coach. free cca pts.(like you need em). nights

the long forgotten
rentokil.
dabid

some orientation pics

2006-01-09T21:05:00.000+08:00

update

2006-01-01T23:48:00.000+08:00

HI GUYS!

haha its really been quite a while since we've updated about our lives

well its really has just been BUSY all the way...

we've all been hard at work on the orientation coming up this tuesday and we're really excited about it

charles and oeij have been working on the HR side of things, typing out forms, getting contact lists done, contacting lots of people, really working hard on the admin side of things

well i've been working on the games with sern and jj. we've come up with an awesome set of station games which, well, haha we think will be a hit

been working on the main storyline of the orientation, working out many micro and macro details

its been one heck of a hols, meeting a few times every week
trying to come up with new ideas all the time
sighs....really hope our hard work will pay off

definitely more updates coming along soon from orientation 06
Pray for us and for good weather
thanks!

Have a very blessed new year ahead!

muacks,
yang

hey guys i am coming back

2005-12-26T06:08:00.000+08:00

here in the taipei silver kris lounge. its 610 here i think. but my body still feels like its 230 in the states. anyways how's orientation coming along? haha. sorry i been slacking while u guys have been working it out. no worries i will be back soon on the 26 at around 11 in the aft.

charles
from taipei
merry xmas

Updates

2005-12-20T17:48:00.000+08:00

Okay. We've been really busy wit the Orientation for next yr. Charles YY and Me. Daves been away n just came back. but hes too busy with his gf to blog anyway. But no worries. pictures, stupid articles, deep articles n mundane little incidents all comin up sch starts once again!

Cheeers!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

2005-12-09T04:00:00.000+08:00

its 4 another 11 hours and i am off to the states.

firstly things to clear up before i go:

i am not yiyang's brother in law dun listen to him.
i did not pangsei oeij. i did the work already.

speaking of which let me introduce u to oeij and my dear old granny stalker. she calls our mobiles at the wee hours of the morning expecting u to answer. if u dun pick up she calls ur hse hoping ur parents will wake up and pass the message to u. worse of all our emails are spammed wif nags from her.

well wat can i say i cant wait to be on the plane there. cant sleep. its gonna be so much fun. u guys take care. dun miss me k? haha.

charles

I think I shud do smthing more intellectual

2005-12-08T22:20:00.000+08:00

WOW. WOW. WOW.

Games are not good for bloggers...

It has dulled my thoughts... made me too lazy to pen down ideas.

Its taking away my life.

No wonder gurls hate pc games n game consoles.

"If you like sex, dont buy him the nintendo."

I love you Xbox, I love you my darling PC, I love wc3, I love WOW.

Get the point?

=)

Oeij

Experiment 101

2005-12-03T23:40:00.000+08:00

hypothesis:
when ur parents want u to do something u hafta do it no matter wat

aim:
to investigate if parents force children to do their bidding

materials:
4 children
1 parent
things to be done

method:
parent will ask 4 children whether they would like to trg or to clean up the hse
4 children will answer
parent decides whether to trg or to clean up hse or both

results:
4 children have different views
2 rather trg
2 prefered to clean up hse
parent takes it as children cannot agree
parent flares up
parent decides children will do both

discussion:
doesnt this apply to some of us? sometimes when our parents give us choices to make actually they have already made the decision for us. it seems like they only give us the choice so tat will will be responsible for tat decision we make. they use 'underhand' ways and means to sway the choice tat they already made for u.

recommendations:
make parents happy
grow up
do watever u like
well dun do the same to ur kids?
respect ur kids choices?

charles

Human Thought or Is It?

2005-11-30T15:25:00.000+08:00

I rmbr i was once heard. "emotions and a conscience are what seperates humans frm other animals'. It certainly made sense. Morals n ethics are something, uniquely, human. But what i noticed was this compulsive emotional humans have.

A few days ago. I was considering doing smthing. I cant rmbr exactly what, but i was weighin the consequences (obviously because i wasn supposed to do such a thing) but i though 'whattheheck jus do it anyway'. N i vaguely rmbr i was fueled by emotion, be it impatience or anger or excitement, these are great catalyst to causing impulsive/rash actions. Blame it on ur prefrontal cortex if u want a scientific excuse. "The prefrontal cortex helps govern functions such as planning, understanding consequences and managing impulses." Then theres catalyst 2, 'surgin hormones' that affects "the brain’s anger center, the amygdala, causing teenage boys to often become hostile and aggressive. Among girls, the interplay of hormones sparks roller-coaster levels of serotonin and can produce extreme moodiness." But this arguement only stands for teens, cuz the prefrontal cortex develops last. So. young adults or adults don do rash things fueled by emotion? Im sure ppl have read of crimes or passion or revenge, so plotted and carried out by old ppl whose brains have long past the mature stage, perhaps even deteriorating.

I dont entirely agree on this thing, to me its a little bit of a "nuture vs nature" kinda thing. Some ppl i've seen, who are, academically brilliant, cant even use their own analytical skills for relationships. Or perhaps they CHOOSE not to. One could say, 'lets be objective n look at 2 sides of a coin' but then again he could say 'lets use my brilliance to argue ONE side of the coin, cuz i simply feel like it'. I suppose, ppl are predisposed to stereotypes and biased opinions anyway.

Most of the time. I 'think' im able to analyse things and weigh consequences, but really. who can say that. When ur emotions start running high, its like fog. U might say u see up to 10 metres but really u can see much further on a clear day.

"Ur heartless. Ur cruel. Ur emotionless. Ur RUDE." U Pretty much hear lotsa this if ur a detached, level headed and analytical thinker. But look at the real world. "Life is cruel", "The corporate world and business is Heartless", "Technology is emtionless" and "Customer service is rude unless u got $$$ written al over ur face" So. Wake up from the fairy tale and get on with life.

I dont condone life to be emotionless. The world needs love doesnt it? ( now i sound like one of those.. LOVE EVERYBODY ppl). But i just gotta admit, i feel managin emotions is key to gettin a lot of things done. N gettin ur head straight. N im quite sure, no one likes to deal with 'screaming, irrational, demanding pmsing' bitches right? (applies to guys too).

I suppose emotions are a little like a sex drive. Its important, it certainly is good at times, but if u dont control properly. hmmm. i'l leave u the cosequences for u to think....

-Oeij

inst tihs cool?

2005-11-27T23:35:00.000+08:00

" Aoccding to a rscheearch at an Elingsh Uinervtisy, is deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a WlHoE. "

charles

The Yr End Lessons I Learnt From You

2005-11-27T21:38:00.000+08:00

Sigh. Every end of the yr i learn a lesson. Sometimes u learn abt being cheated, or 2 timed. Sometimes u learn abt lying. Last yrs lesson was bad. N i for one nvr wanna go bak there. This yr, i learnt, sometimes a leopard nvr changes its spots. Lies, Lying abt a relationship status, lying to ur friends over simple things tht jus might wreck ur friendships. Lies.

You Messed with my life.

*Dont fuck with ppls lives and friends. What goes round, comes round. N im sure it'l reach u soon.

Oeij

Back

2005-11-24T11:39:00.000+08:00

Is it worth more to spend $600 on pearls; or is it more worth it to spend it on food, fun and drinks?

Men n Women are so totally different.

Baygon

2005-11-22T11:08:00.000+08:00

found this some where on the net
BAYGON OWNS ALL. haha

charles

2005-11-22T10:35:00.000+08:00

hey guys
i was in shanghai last week to catch the masters cup with the team
it was a cool experience
had a great time with the team

the tennis was alright considering that so many players dropped out
and the remaining ones were playing really badly
but it was fun

but shit...i missed the class party

cheers anyway
have a good holiday ppl

yang

SENTOSA

2005-11-17T22:09:00.000+08:00

411 05 outing was great.

well to start off everyone was late. meeting time was 830 but we ended up in sentosa at 10. typical ac culture. hehs. after a bad start it got worse. as we made our way to palawan beach i realised i left my shoe bag on the bus. wat a morning to start wif.

as we got settled down, we started to kick balls. it progessed to us attempting to play some volleyball. haha. well we saw the ball go over the net an astonishing 3 times. haha. there was rarely a return shot after the serve. well maybe we had the wrong ball but guess we werent cut out for volleyball.

just when we felt comfortable, we decided to move to the other end of the beach. it was decided by "dabby" who felt it was too quiet and tat the other side had more ppl. tat short walk heated us up and we jumped into the lagoon for a swim. tried to play monkey wif a polo ball but got sick of it. so the class buried me and john in sand. kinda fun. had lots of wonderful organs on us. hehs. we attempted to play soccer and ultimate frisbee which we borrowed from some gals after tat and it lasted 5 mins? the sand was really hot and just mins after play all of us would just rush to the water. well we ate chicken rice at the playground close by tats when we met oeij and seet. it was then i realised i never ans oeij phone. he spent his whole morning walking siloso beach looking for us. well got shouted at for a while. sorry. haha.

decided to go siloso beach
sand damn hot
swan across lagoon
canoeing
dim and oeij disappeared went looking for chiobu
met chiobu canoeing
saw stonefish
astamp farosh to all natural
played pool wif chiobu
got scared by class

found my shoe bag
left to dim's place.

pictures up soon.

charles. kinda boring post. lol

To Shanghai Tonight!

2005-11-17T16:35:00.000+08:00

To All You O lvl ppl! Its the last day tmr isnt it?!?! =) Congratulations. U have survived. Now its time to let ur hair down n party ur ass off!

Whilst i was travellin today. I heard 2 songs with a great contrast in both melody as well as purpose. Im not a big Debbie Gibson fan but yes, we could together was played while my ipod was on shuffle mode.

If you said "Jump!" I'd say "How high?"
If you said "Run!" I'd run and fly
Just for the chance
Just for the moment
Should the moment pass us by
and if you ask once I'll tell you twice
I'll ignore the world's advice
if we could be together
for a while

The chorus is pretty much the essence of the song anyway.... then comes Cake's version of I will survive.

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
I kept thinking I could never live without you
By my side
But then I spent so many nights
Just thinking how you've done me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to get along
And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you
Here with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my fucking lock
I would have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
You'd be back to bother me
Oh now go,
Walk out the door
Just turn around
Now, you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with desire?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh not I,
I will survive
Yeah
As Long as I know how to love,
I know I'll be alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive,
I will survive
Yeah, yeah

Okay there we go. I suppose ppl can relate to both these songs pretty aptly. One is cheery, optimistic and 'love-sick' the other is, pretty much a pissed off version of i will survive... its like phases in life that have such a stark contrast..

Okay. so. Yang should be bak by today or tmr, but i'l be leaving tonight for Shanghai! But i'l be bak on the 23rd. So Uncres n Yy should be doing the bloggin.

Game

2005-11-12T13:21:00.000+08:00

"Rules of the game: Post 5 Weird and Random facts about yourself, then at the end list the names of 5 people who are next in line to do this. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "You are tagged" in their xanga (whatever) and tell them to read yours."
1 trg everyday

2 boring life of dota

3 feel like dancing?

4 got comp in an hour

5 yang cant stop laughing

Yang

Shisi

Jeanette

Wonder

John

How I pass my time...

2005-11-11T20:19:00.000+08:00

"Rules of the game: Post 5 Weird and Random facts about yourself, then at the end list the names of 5 people who are next in line to do this. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "You are tagged" in their xanga (whatever) and tell them to read yours."

1) I went shopping today and bought a 'purse' or 'pocket pal' from the Body Shop.

2) Ppl think i'm gay. Like seriously...

3) I am feeling full from a big dinner (random enough?)

4) I dont know why im playing this game, but im thinking who else to start nominating next...

5) I'm bored... neeed to party or smthing...

5 ppl:

Uncres

Yang

Shisi

Jeanette

Wonder

gala nite 2

2005-11-08T19:59:00.000+08:00

Pimp n Ho. Hmph!

2005-11-08T14:43:00.000+08:00

See. I wasn lyin when i said the indochine crew took me... even tho liows came didn get me... the crew cameras sure did! I dug out TWO... but im sure tht theres more.. cuz i din rmbr takin these.. prolly cuz i was high.. but i DO rmbr takin at least 2 or 3.. so they're somewhere out there!!!!!

Ac Gala Dinner

2005-11-08T14:04:00.000+08:00

(A few moments of madness that evening... caressing a flower pot and some anger isssues with the camera... mayb its a case of too much alcohol n too little food... ahhh fine dining.... sigh)

(Posing.... look at them bright lights!)

( now with some flash....)

(looks like the devils advocate movie cover yes?)

(Us and Mr Shaun Choo)

(John, Oeij, Dim and Charles.)

We went to the Ac Gala dinner... 10k a table... or 20k in some cases but we got our seats courtesy of Mr John Loh! Thanks!

It was a pleasant AC affair. It is always great to fellowship in the presence of fellow Acsians whether they be young or old. An entry on the evening will be posted soon. but here are just some photos to see!

Updates

2005-11-05T19:34:00.000+08:00

Hello ppl! 9th nov! Sentosa! Time and further details will be posted later alright? ( I think 8 am is a little too early la. Thts like sch man. Mayb 9's more like it?) Hope to see u all there!

I have been training. Waterpolo is hard. I nvr realized it till i stopped so long and started again. The gym training musta helped i guess, besides the fact tht i got shagged faster than the others, I still swim pretty fast, do drills pretty okay and shoot relatively well for a first/2nd training.

The Sun is strong. Aft 3 hours, i got my tan back. Pretty dark relative to what i was b4. Ultra violet rays are still present even on cloudy days - on the second training, it was cloudy, it drizzled AND i got DARKER. hmm...

I want to party. I am bored. I want to party. We've really got to think of things to do.

Anyway. What makes a person? Is it the piercing in his ear, the tattoo he has, the alcohol he drinks or is it whats in his heart? Lets not judge ppl to harshly now....

See u ppl soon!

2005-11-03T14:44:00.000+08:00

Pimping out Tmr?

2005-10-30T22:16:00.000+08:00

Lets see if the BUFF team can pimp out tmr.

Can Dr Aerobics Liow still 'stand' at the club with his hernia affecting his manhood? (Pun intended)

Think there should be lotsa photos comin up anyhow. Catcha peeps there if ur going. Tmr at Indonchine.

See ya there

2005-10-30T15:10:00.000+08:00

Uniquely Acsian

2005-10-27T11:37:00.000+08:00

I love ACS.

Im proud to be an ACSian.

Sports, Academics and Character

Holistically developed.

I always wondered, why i felt so offended if anyone belittled our sch.
I always wondered, why we cry when we cant bring our sch the glory of winning championships. I always wondered, why ppl call us cocky.
I always wondered, why ppl just cant stand us.

The age old problem of Acsians. 'Acs boys' are cocky. I dont think so. You mistake confidence, charisma and strong sch spirit with haughtiness.

Sch awards - We've got them all.

Gold medals - A plenty

Grades - We're banded in the top 3 of Sg. In fact, we're now excluded from ranking because of consistent excellence.

It is this strong sch spirit and determination that has gotten Acs so far. And it is this that will carry on the great legacy of the sch. Diverse and different as all ACSians may be, they are united by the sch spirit and set apart frm others by their core moral values and guts to 'speak up'. Acsians nvr follow rules just because they are there, if the rules aren reasonable, we change em.

I've come to realize why our sch is great. It is the boys that graduate each yr, and the boys who have been in our sch that make it great. Our alumni and Old Boys Association is smthin to be proud of. We can 'boast' of the bonds we make in sch, that create life long friends and great contributors to the sch. I seen some schs which were once considered top schs, or were even ranked higher than us not too long ago, just deteriorate. N i admire how we've withstood the test of time for 120 yrs, retained our holistic excellence and continue to groom highly motivated and proactive students.

I would definitely want to contribute bak to our sch. N it is pleasing to see so many of us just waiting for the day to join the OBA. Whether to come back to teach, or to have monetary contributions, these are all but manifestations of the strength of the AC spirit.

The Best is Yet to Be.

-Oeij (A soon to be Global Citizen. hmm... lol)

2005-10-26T20:17:00.000+08:00

hey guys

we havent updated many pics lately so this is it

from the last week of school

we've really not been doing much

its really just consoles and risk

haha yeah risk

its sad when u have to leave 2 years of great memories behind

i love you guys so much

thank you for making everything so fun and enjoyable in class

somemore pics tmr

later guys

yang

resistance is futile

2005-10-23T00:36:00.000+08:00

Resistance is futile
So let us resist

i went to melbourne u's open house today
i do not intend to head down under after AC but i just went to listen
went with dr.black and zoni

it was alright i guess
er..lemme see one thing i picked up
for medical at melb
chem physics is preferred over chem bio
reason being that they feel the bio standard is 'low'
which i find haha weird given the stuff we're learning now

but dont worry future medical personnel taking chem bio
other places like the university of edinbrugh(is that right?) prefer chem bio
so really just heck and take bio

You know what, i think the manifesto was a good idea
somehow it has found its way in provoking our inner thoughts
about the ACSian spirit

10 years in AC must mean something
i think no matter what we feel about the state of the ACSian spirit now
no matter the divide over our different thoughts
i feel we should really just be trusting God over this

you know the really weird thing about this whole manifesto thing is that
even though we were given a few days to consider our manifesto
i think its fair to say that the majority of us really didnt give a hoot about it
even though i presented our class manifesto
i didnt even know what it was about until i read it our first-time to the year 3s & 4s
somehow after that, the debate came about

the really cool thing i have gathered is how much we love AC
and i just find it awesome man
whatever and however we feel towards the AC spirit
waning or not waning
we all love our school
and that is
above all the most important thing
and that is key
if the school is to continue with its ACSian spirit

anyway
what is the ACSian spirit?

*sorry messy post, i dont even know what i'm writin aabout

Be positive and pro-active my fellow Acsians.

2005-10-21T20:17:00.000+08:00

Okay. All IB-ers out there, do not fret. The teachers really were out to screw us this time, and they really are quite nice after the the exams.

I quote 'You will find that bio gets easier and easier. U have learnt more than enough to pass HL bio'. SO dont get all worked up over the grades. Most of us got 33-36 points. 36 is the minimum to apply to Ox-Bridge. And 40++ can get u almost UNCONDITIONAL acceptance. Yes theres no such thing as gettin it easy cept maybe for Ming who will... own the IB n get a perfect score, but theres every chance if u get ur act together u can get into a goood university.

In the US, the Ivy Leagues wil look at ur 3 HL and SAT. Just get a 6,6,7 or even bettter 7,7,7 and u not only get a place in the Uni but get ur 3 subjects acredited as AP's. U get credits for those HL subs n shorten ur total time studying.

If u failed physics, well half the lvl did. The sch is more or lesss giving you ur combination because they knew they sat standards beyond our abilities. As Mr Chew said today, its to challenge us. We cant blame them that we dont know, but we cant really blame ourselves totally either. But one things for sure, work hard next yr and the worlds your oyster. We seen the IB papers and we know what its like. We got a free 7 for chinese, a pretty much 7 for HL bio if we put in some efffort next yr etc. So be positive. A little discipline and some motivation will get us there.

Now its just to survive the onslaught of ur parents who will nvr believe the papers were really hard. Who will give u hell and who will claim ur a lazy bum making excuses. Yeah thts half true but... this time... it was just half ur fault? lol.

Okay ppl. Just some announcements. 4.11 ppl pls try to contact YY cuz we're tryin to organize an outing to sentosa.

AC Manifesto. Most of us got the wrong impression of it. No it wasn propaganda. It was something that was meant to be a student orientated view of being an ACSian. Too much emphasis on defining the scholar, officer and G. C. I think we neeeda think abt what it is that makes us truly ACSian. What makes u stand out, what unites us, whats the AC spirit? Dont u all think its kind of dying, its just my personal opinion but somehow or rather the IB killed it.

Drong silenced off the outspokeness. SO many of us are unhappy but are just beginning to accept it as fate. We're lettin things like that demotivate us. We're just detaching ourselves from the sch. Like the PAP and the de-sensitized citizens? No we do not leave it to the management to run the sch. We make oursevles heard.

Acs boys
-Dont like accepting orders and rules unless it is logical
-We change things if we dont like them
- We hold true to our moral values.

Its things like that. The exercise is meant to relight tht dying fire. So put some thought into it. A manifesto. "A call to arms" to stand up for what u think is right. Its not just a manifesto but an Acsian manifesto. Do you wanna be part of it? or do u just wanna let Dr Ong write it? The manifesto is our vision next yr. And every Acsian should be a part of it. Its time to speak up once again, and show our true character guys... we're part of the legacy, let's ensure that it doesnt fall apart, for the best is yet to be!

If you got any opinions or comments u can do so here. Or if you wana contribute, contact John or Ali Su cuz they're in the committee for this thing. If ur not happy dont just bitch. Make suggestions. Make things work. Make urself a part of the legacy. Afterall its us who wil make the future generations n determine if the sch soars to greater heights.

- Oeij

how many tomorrows are u going to have?

2005-10-20T20:28:00.000+08:00

results are out. they hit us hard. year by year we slacked. we will study a month before the exams and do well we always say. but we let ourselves down time and time again. after receiving our results we tell ourselves next year better study harder.

as the chinese saying goes everyday u say u will do better tomorrow. but how many tomorrows do u have? next year is the real thing. everything we do is counted. every single piece of work. we cant afford to slack off anymore. we have to wake up. just like this year we weren't at all afraid of the exams. we continued to play. for the results tat we got we ought to bang our heads as mr cheong said. we haf the ability in us to achieve those heights but we chose not to.

next year we gotta get our act together. study groups, studying consistantly. we have to shove the backstabbers aside. those tat always telling us to slack off wait till the eoys to chiong. those tat party wif u, always bringing u out. but when the impt stuff comes he still does well.

come on BUFF team we can do it.
this year is our "last" next year.

charles

aiyar......

2005-10-19T21:51:00.000+08:00

hey guys
wow havent posted for quite a while now
well its been a really hectic post exam
lan..movies...makan..meetings..
non stop

but its all slowing down now
especially after today
wahhhhhhhh
results

it was bad, it was bad
for chares oeij and i
not sure bout dave
ang and john did well i guess

'life goes on la' as angkee would say
looking towards next year
but thats what i say every year
'i've gotta study harder next year'
and its the same prob every year
damn bad vicious cycle

anyway all the best for the rest out there
who have yet to take their exams
God's best as drong would say

orientation is coming along pretty okay
planning is good
but the games are really hard to organise
but we'll try our very best to make it really fun

wahhh that was a damn low quality post

aiyar

anyway all my posts are of low quality anyway
hahhaah

take care mates

yangkee

Tamer n Hawk

2005-10-16T20:52:00.000+08:00

Tamer and Hawk

I thought I was so tough,

But gentled at your hands,

Cannot be quick enough

To fly for you and show

That when I go I go

At your commands.

Even in flight above

I am no longer free:

You seeled me with your love,

I am blind to other birds?

The habit of your words

Has hooded me.

As formerly, I wheel

I hover and I twist,

But only want the feel,

In my possessive thought,

Of catcher and of caught

Upon your wrist.

You but half civilize,

Taming me in this way.

Through having only eyes

For you I fear to lose,

I lose to keep, and choose

Tamer as prey.

By Thom Gunn.

Perhaps we can add...

'Mistreat the hawk,

and it'l turn on you,

choke it, and it'l sink

its talons into you.

A Hawk is still a hawk,

and Tamer, still

its prey.'

Great poem isnt it? This poems got a central theme revolving around, relationships and love i suppose. Says a lot doesn it?

The hawk. A predator. Swift. Free. Aggressive and Wild. Now. Tamed. Even controlled at 'command'. "Free" yet no longer free in flight. "Bound" in the "boundless" skies? The feared predator is now "blind to other birds". "Seeled by love", "hooded", "hover and twist". Sure as hell sounds like toil to me. Its as good as sending the Hawk to the slaughter. Treating the majestic bird like a chicken to be decapitated.

Stripped of its sharp senses. Desensitized and brain-washed from its true killer instincts. "For you I fear to lose, I lose to keep, and chooseTamer as prey." A sad and heavy poem. Heavy indeed.

So are you a Hawk? a Tamer? Or both?

"Love is light", so any relationship going this way, is just gonna kill you. The Hawk will die, but im sure not b4 it turns on the Tamer. I leave you to write ur own little ending to this poem. But like i earlier mentioned. I think it ends this way:

'Mistreat the hawk,
and it'l turn on you,
choke it, and it'l sink
its talons into you.
A Hawk is still a hawk,
and Tamer, still,
its Prey.'

Have u written ur essay yet? Rmbr ur author techniques! Lol...

-Oeij

british club run

2005-10-16T19:51:00.000+08:00

the BUFF boyz went on an outing today. well actually only 2 of the BUFF boyz. oeij and myself went to macritchie for some british club run. we were marshalls for this event. well it was kinda of a work out for us. we had to carry the 24x500ml bottles to our check point and back. we tried to hand out the water asking 'would u like some water' but no one wanted the bottles of water. apparently it was because the adults did not want to lose out to a small 7 year old kid. well tat meant tat we had to carry those cartons for the whole 5km trail. kinda good workout. endurance training. haha.

tmr is orientation meeting. at arthur's place. after tat maybe a BUFF outing to the lan shop. haha. or maybe even shopping. looking forward to it.

charles

The 40 yr old Virgin

2005-10-15T22:56:00.000+08:00

Yes, to celebrate the end of exams... we decided to catch the 40 yr old virgin... 5 of us caught the movie at cine and it was quite hilarious. It was peppered with f's, coloured with nudity and filled with graphic imagery. A feast for the eyes and the ears, isnt that what we pay for?

Along with the trailer came the cute little motto. "Better late than never".

We have our main character. The 40 yr old virgin, with half a million dollars worth of figurines and no car.

Then theres Cal, the big burly pot smokin man. Who believes in sowing seeds. Sowing 'weeed' seeds and of course sowing seeds in women. ;)

David. Got his life screwed by a woman. And turned celebate. He took on celebacy and retired his little friend for a period of time....

Jay... the cool, slick black guy who premeditated his looks and image. Always adds lots of humour to the show.

I guess it is a little bit weird in todays society to be a 40 yr old virgin and to still be living ur life like a little kid, playing video games and talkin to ur figurines while ur bored. I guess there isnt anything wrong with being a virgin at any age... n there isnt a big deal not being one either. Ppl make mistakes and to some ppl they dont feel its a mistake, so its personal anyhow. I dont quite agree with the movie in the sense that its promoting sex a little too much. Like when Trishes daughter said she was a virgin.... the response was '16 and ur a virgin?'

I noticed there seemed to be some parrallels drawn to life. Theres Jay. The cool. chic guy who gets lotsa chicks. but. hes blatantly cheating on his own girlfren. Partying away, picking up girls and getting it on with 'freaks'. Then when his girlfren finds out about his naughty little secrets and dumps him. He cries.. hmmm.... behind that macho manly facade he portrays, he jus breaks down. But he should have seen it comin right? I mean so many different flings... its bound to catch up with u one day.

Then theres David. "We were like spirits" "Like one soul". The mad romantic, the obsessed one whatever u call it. Well... with all his cliche 'love making under the Eiffel Tower' he got dumped. He described 'love' as crying, bitching, quarrelling and blowing everyone else... but thts just 'love'. I beg to differ....

The idea of an older couple dating is quite interesting though. A virgin man and a grandma. Cute. Age is just a number huh?

Just rmbr to take Hollywoods view on sex with a pinch of salt. Dont try blowing up condoms on ur balls. Don let drunk chicks drive u home.

And if u think a womans boobs 'feel like a bag of sand', ur gonna need some help unless ur gay.... cya peeps.

Oeij

2005-10-14T21:45:00.000+08:00

COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS

2005-10-12T13:30:00.000+08:00

hey guys,

1 yes ONE more day

more posts coming up starting tmr.

charles

Pictorial Update

2005-10-07T20:40:00.000+08:00

heys exams ares almosts overs. justs mathamatic ands chineses lefts. heres ares somes picture takens justs befores thes exams. enjoys.

duns theys looks alikes?

yang- didn'ts noes wes coulds sees thes citys froms ours schs.

mans ofs characters

intellectuals liows

thes BUFFs teams ands dimitris

charles

Updates

2005-10-07T17:57:00.000+08:00

woah. buff biatches. sounds coool. do u have a blog too? hahahha... alright.

now... the tripple sciences are over. Physics was a slaughter. Bio was tough. And Chem was tricky....

the humanities seem so kind to us. mayb sciences are meant to be cold, hard and dry. Wheres life without the lit?

well. as long as we make it to the IB i think we're alright. just get that combination and the diploma years should be a breeze since they've..... already made us go through almost have of it..

i went to the gym. and i just got reminded im a martial for the club run and its in 2 weeks. the 5km route at mac ritchie.... not as a leisure runner but as a marshal. "i expect there to be lots of running for the marshals. sweeping the place and making sure no one is left behind or hurt..' that might mean close to 10km of running?!?! i think i'd die...

i did some weights. felt weak. weak...

But what im reallly thinkin of right now it the 'life after death'. Life after death that's not eternal. Joy and exuberance till those 'scrolls of death' are returned. Well here are the list of some events that are pending.. "SAND N SUN AT SENTOSA!", "The Struggles at the Gym" and perhaps some sorta work attachment. Think Yang might be getttin some work at a hospital. Dr Aerobics might deliver some kisses and dances to lighten the mood of the terminally ill. J's propably gotten his med-stint confirmed too. Uncres and I will start 'attachment hunting' soon. Any ppl frm citigroup read our blog? ^^ alright. Photos, updates all coming soon. its just 4 more papers. A math.... Core math... and CHINESE.! think we might love the Chinese department for once this yr.... heard their really kind..... See Ya!

die skinny fuck die.. die skinny fuck die... you little spinelesss shit. watch ur back.....

-Oeij

Trust in God

2005-10-04T19:41:00.000+08:00

okay. to all brothers out there taking the exams.. perhaps some encouragement might do.. here's 2 verses we can meditate on to find peace and comfort.

James 1:4-5

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given unto him . But when he asks, he musy believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

God bless. And Work hard. just 10 days to freedom. Cya Guys.

-Oeij

Dear Madam

2005-10-01T15:40:00.000+08:00

Dear Madam,

Firstly I have to apologize for my strong response as I did not know where you were coming from. Initially I was rather confused, not knowing which "them" you were referring to.
My response was not meant to be strong, that was just my style of writing. I do not feel offended by the comment, I just wanted to explain that I would rather not be known as a buff boy in case anything spreads beyond control.

There is nothing wrong with being one of them, but I'd rather not be because their personalities are very different from mine. Nothing wrong with fun; until it gets harmful- which has happened before. I do wish to avoid association with harmful fun.

Thank you for your apology and kind understanding,

J

seniors nite

2005-09-30T21:13:00.001+08:00

time flies... we are 16, sec 4s, the big brothers of the sch. but seniors' nite is going on now and we ib ppl are stuck at home. well i guess this shows true segregation of the ib and express ppl. how are we different from the express ppl? next year we are going to move on to another stage of education. aren't we graduating from the pre-ib programme? its just sad after spending 4 years in the sch looking forward to our graduating day and being just "turned away". its just like telling us we haf spent the last 4 years in vain. yes we are still going to be in the sch next year but things are going to change next year. gals are going to come in, not everyone will be themselves anymore. wonder wat is the schs' stand on leaving us out. they dun seem to stop and explain rationales behind their moves. sometimes the thought of the road to greener pastures (pun intended) seems brighter.

ps linked mel.

charles
buried in books(pun intended)

Not a Senior Tonight?

2005-09-30T20:16:00.000+08:00

Look at the above photo. Is it true that out of the 6 here, only 1 is a senior? When we're all Yr 4 students? I dont think so....

i noticed....
i look so pale now
i was darker just
a few weeks ago
when this photo
was taken

Just a 1.5 months ago....

sigh...
now...
hmmm...

Okay. Hi everyone! The buff boyz... aren exactly buff anymore.. Liow and I looked at each other and we both answered almost simultaneously, after exams... 'we needa run'. Liow said at least '20 mins a day' and i was 'more like 40'. Mango cakes, moon cakes, half priced waffles at Gelares (including whipped cream and ice cream), subway sandwhiches, Orh Ni ( Sweet Taro), u name it, we've beeen eating. Im sure everyones seen the Dr Aerobics picture series... and boy does Dr Aerobics have to diagnose and treat himself. So im including some pictures of our old glory days, so u can see the difference. But i suppose we'l get bak into BettEr shape than b4 after the dam exams.

Right. I am unhappy. I am disturbed. I feel insulted. Why? Because "Seniors Night" was observed without half the "Seniors". In fact its on right now. The School has conveniently forgotten us. I've spent 4 yrs in sch... I WEAR LONG PANTS. I am a senior too! am i not? Well, im not sure if any1 else feels this way, but i gues i just wanted to express my displeasure.

Gotta get bak to books again. Sigh. Try squeeze in a bettter entry sometime soon peeps! cyaz
-Oeij

Dear Madam

2005-09-30T16:23:00.000+08:00

Dear Madam,

With all due respect...

I disagree with your comment "You are one of them".

Do allow me to clarify.

Yes, I do post on their blog, yes I am the web master, but I do not think I am one of them and would rather not be included in the group, or be known as "one of them". I volunteered my help to the four of them because 3/4 of them are my class mates, 3/4 of them are my friends, 3/4 of them are from JS, and 3/4 of them don't know HTML. As Uchendu said in TFA "We are better than animals because we have kinsmen. An animal rubs it itching flank against a tree, a man asks his kinsman to scratch him". Thus I help them out of friendship to my fellow Brave Heart Clanmates.

I do not agree with some of their ideologies, or some of their actions, or their workout programme. I do not know the people in their social circle; I do not attend their social functions and activities. I merely go to the gym with them every now and then, help upkeep their blog, post occasionally, and spend some time with them at school.

I do not think I am Buff, I do not think I'm a Buff Boy, and I don't think I'm crazy (in a whacky manner) to be one.

As such, I'd rather not be known as "one of them".

Thank you,
J

Comments?

Donald Ong

2005-09-25T22:26:00.000+08:00

Local News -BB News Co

Donald Ong's Advertisement

After a more than successful launch of the hit series The Educator, CEO Donald Ong seems to be venturing into other markets in his conquest for global domination. His advertisements have been spotted in the Bras Besah region of Singapore, already claiming to be the "1st Choice in Real Estate".

No one truly knows what his company "HSR" stands for, but there are speculations. It could possibly mean "Health Conscious, Scholar, Researcher", a new vision to replace the fast becoming cliche "Officer, Scholar Gentleman". After all, Donald Ong's organization has been presented with awards with regards to Health and Physical development, and the educational sector is pushing towards life science and research. Could this be his latest "Secret Weapon"?

Others speculate it could stand for "Homo Sapien Redevelopment", perhaps a covert name for brainwashing and redeveloping Homo Sapien samples into perfectly manufactured speciments.

The most likely meaning to "HSR" would be "Huge School Realestate", as suggested by Donald Ong's number one fan who would only like to be known as Integrity. "Recenty, Donald Ong has made several purchases in Huge School Realestate. And when I say huge, it means plots greater than 4.3Ha. I think that HSR is one of his holding companies for real estate. Trust me hor, I'm Integrity." Intergrity's comments could not be verified before press time.

When contacted, Donald Ong rejected both speculations and declined to comment.

Reporter Sanguinary
BB News Company
Singapore, Singapore

Disclaimer
This story is entirely fictatious. Any references to real life individuals or insituitions are entirely coincidental.

Bio Remedial

2005-09-25T21:15:00.000+08:00

hey had bio remedial in school yesterday. was kinda fun. exams coming up pretty soon. and still we are having fun. maybe its the pre-exam stress haha. some pics from the remedial.

our shy bio teacher mr cheong

me (i dunno wat i was doing)

in the lift, we shouldn't be here

me and Dr aerobics

stoppign the ABUSER

censored

the things we do in sch....

charles

2005-09-23T21:52:00.000+08:00

yang, oeij & uncres

Oeij, victim of Dr. Aerobics evil kiss. muackS!

dr. aerobics with his sidekics, mr. and mrs. dumbell

dr. aerobics

he sure packs a mean punch!

but he was defence-less against his evil nemesis, chee bile, whose bile attack proved to be stronger than aerobic's heavy sweat zaaaap

chee bile's evil followers exposed dr.aerobic's tummy fat and let the world know that their fitness guru/superhero finished one whole mango cake this week

however, dr.aerobics broke free and scared chee bile's demons with his 'fat-tease', permanently damaging their corneas and transferring his mango cake fat to them

the hero of the hour, dr.aerobics with his sidekicks, mr. and mrs. dumbell

the mango cake fat was transferred off dr. aerobics, an amazing skill

dr.aerobics, the man of the moment

whats up with the hair mate?

haha hey mates
well today was bad

i got badly raped(without the sex) in class
i tried to resist with my supernatural powers
but i could not match up to chee bile
that bugger
but i got free later

haha i had fun

after school we had the orientation meeting
it went pretty alright
four new ladies in our committe
i think we shd be able to work together

its gonna be great

see ya mates

The article that started it

2005-09-22T21:02:00.000+08:00

2005-09-21T16:10:00.000+08:00

yang john & dim

they call him...Dr. Evil Lips

uncres...another victim of dr. evil lips

uncres feels good after that kiss

our sportsboy of the year..uncres chares

Resume

2005-09-21T00:09:00.000+08:00

hey as promised charles' sports boy resume. sorry we cant update often now. we are amist our mugging season. hehs. anyways we might just upload a few pictures when we get them for our dear dimitri. so be sure to check us out soon.

Nomination of Honor’s Day Sports Boy of the Year

Nominee: Tan Wei Jie JoelSecondary 1 Year 2002

1st SASA National Junior Age Group Swimming Championship
23 February – 2 March 2002

Event
Placing
Medal
Remark
Boys 12 year old 200 Breast
1 of 8
Gold
Selected For Sea Age Group
Boys 12 year old 200 Back
1 of 3
Gold
Boys 12 year old 100 Back
1 of 9
Gold
Boys 12 year old 200 Individual Medley
1 of 7
Gold
Boys 12 year old 200 Free
1 of 10
Gold
Boys 12 year old 100 Breast
2 of 14
Silver
Boys 12 year old 100 Free
3 of 16
Bronze
Boys 12 year old 50 Breast
3 of 23
Bronze
Boys 12 year old 50 Back
3 of 20
Bronze
Boys 12 year old 50 Free
5 of 33

1st Asean Cup – SEA Inter-Club Age Group Swimming Championship
Kuala Lumpur
29 – 31 March 2002

Event
Medal
100 Back
Gold
200 Individual Medley
Gold
4x100 Medley Relay
Gold
4x100 Free Relay
Gold
200 Free
Silver
100 Free
Bronze
50 Free
Bronze

26th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship
Bangkok, Thailand
7 – 9 June 2002

Event
Placing
Medal
400 Free
3 of 7
Bronze
200 Individual Medley
3 of 8
Bronze
50 Breast
5 of 8

100 Back
8 of 10

200 Free
4 of 6

200 Back
6 of 9

100 Breast
5 of 6

200 Breast
4 of 6

43rd National Inter-School Swimming Championship 2002

Event
Placing
Medal
200 Individual Medley
3rd
Bronze
200 Breast
4th

Awarded Individual Champion for ACS(I) Annual Swimming Championships
Awarded School Half ColoursSecondary 2 Year 2003

2003 Queensland Open & Age Championship
Brisbane, Australia
12 – 17 January 2003

Event
Placing
200 Individual Medley
8th
200 Free
9th
400 Free
9th
200 Back
Prelims
100 Free
Prelims

34th SASA National Open/Age Group Swimming Championship
15 – 22 March 2003

Event
Medal
Remark
400 Free
Gold (Meet Record)
Selected For SEA Age Group
400 Individual Medley
Gold (Meet Record)
1500 Free
Gold (Meet Record)
200 Individual Medley
Gold
200 Free
Gold

SSA Grand Prix 1 / SEA Games Trials 1
16 – 20 June 2003

Event
Placing
Medal
1500 Free
1st
Gold
400 Free
4th

200 Free
9th

44th National Inter-School Swimming Championships

Event
Placing
Medal
4x50 Free Relay
1st
Gold (Meet Record)
200 Free
1st
Gold
200 Individual Medley
1st
Gold

SSA Grand Prix 2 / SEA Games Trials 2
11 – 15 August 2003

Event
Placing
Medal
1500 Free
2nd
Silver
400 Free
5th

200 Free
10th

27th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship
Philippines
September 2003

Event
Placing
400 Free
7 of 8
1500 Free
4 of 7

SSA Grand Prix 3 / 2004 Queensland Trials
24 – 28 November 2003

Event
Placing
Medal
200 Individual Medley
3rd
Bronze
400 Free
3rd
Bronze
1500 Free
3rd
Bronze
200 Free
5th

Awarded South Zone Colours, School Colours and National ColoursSecondary 3 Year 2004

35th SSA National Age Group Swimming Championship
13 – 20 March 2004

Event
Placing
Medal
Remark
400 Individual Medley
1st
Gold (Meet Record)
Selected For SEA Age Group
400 Free
1st
Gold
200 Individual Medley
1st
Gold
200 Free
1st
Gold
1500 Free
1st
Gold
100 Free
4th

SSA Grand Prix Series 1/ 4th Asain Age Group Trials / Athens Olympics Trials

Events
Placing
Medal
Remark
400 Individual Medley
2nd
Silver
Selected For Asian Age Group
1500 Free
2nd
Silver
200 Free
5th

400 Free
4th

200 Individual Medley
5th

2nd Asean Cup Swimming Championship
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Event
Placing
Medal
400 Individual Medley
2 of 13
Silver
200 Free
2 of 21
Silver
4x100
2 of 8
Silver
4x100
2 of 8
Silver
400 Free
3 of 16
Bronze
100 Back
3 of 23
Bronze
50 Back
7 of 27

28th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship
Da Nang City, Vietnam
4 – 6 June 2004

Event
Placing
Medal
200 Individual Medley
2nd
Silver
400 Individual Medley
3rd
Bronze
200 Free
3rd
Bronze
400 Fee
3rd
Bronze
47th Malaysia Invitational Open Swimming Championship
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24 – 27 June 2004

Event
Placing
400 Free
7th
200 Free
Prelims
400 Individual Medley
Prelims
200 Individual Medley
Prelims

45th National Inter-School Swimming Championships

Event
Placing
Medal
400 Free
1st
Gold
1500 Free
1st
Gold

SSA Grand Prix Series 2 / Trials for 7th Asian Swimming Championship
2 – 6 August 2004

Event
Placing
400 Individual Medley
3rd
200 Individual Medley
5th
400 Free
5th
200 Free
5th
1500 Free
7th

SSA Grand Prix Series 3 / Trials for 2005 Queensland State Championship
1 – 5 November 2004

Event
Placing
400 Individual Medley
4th
400 Free
6th
200 Free
7th
1500 Free
10th

Awarded Individual Champion for ACS(I) Annual Swimming Championships
Awarded the South Zone Colours, School Colours and National Colours
Secondary 4 Year 2005

36th SSA National Age Group Swimming Championship

Event
Placing
Medal
400 Individual Medley
2nd
Silver
200 individual Medley
4th

400 Free
5th

100 Free
6th

200 Free
11th

3rd Asean Cup Swimming Championship
Jakarta, Indonesia

Event
Placing
Medal
400 Individual Medley
1st
Gold
400 Free
1st
Gold
4x100 Free Relay
1st
Gold
200 Free
4th

Hipop League Dual Meets 2005
Event
Meet
Placing
Medal
4x100 Medley Relay
1
3rd
Bronze
200 Free
1
3rd
Bronze
100 Free
1
5th

4x100 Medley Relay
2
1st
Gold
200 Free
2
1st
Gold
200 Individual Medley
2
1st
Gold
4x100 Free Relay
2
1st
Gold
4x100 Free Relay
3
1st
Gold
200 Individual Medley
3
2nd
Silver
200 Free
3
3rd
Bronze
4x100 Medley Relay
4
2nd
Silver
200 Individual Medley
4
2nd
Silver
4x100 Free Relay
4
2nd
Silver
200 Free
4
4th

200 Individual Medley
6
1st
Gold
200 Free
6
2nd
Silver
4x100 Free Relay
6
2nd
Silver

46th National Inter-School Swimming Championships

Event
Placing
Medal
200 Individual Medley
1st
Gold
400 Free
1st
Gold

6th Asean Schools Swimming Championship
Sophanburi, Thailand

Event
Placing
Medal
4x100 Free Relay
2nd
Silver
200 Individual Medley
4th

400 Free
6th

1st Asem Youth Games
Bangkok, Thailand

Event
Placing
Medal
4X100 Free Relay
2nd
Silver
4x200 Free Relay
3rd
Bronze
400 Individual Medley
4th

200 Individual Medley
6th

Asian Age Group Swimming Championship
Bangkok, Thailand

Event
Placing
Medal
4x100 Free Relay
3rd
Bronze
4x200 Free Relay
4th

400 Individual Medley
10th

Awarded Individual Champion for ACS(I) Annual Swimming Championships
Awarded the South Zone Colours and National Colours

the BUFF team

Patch Adams

2005-09-16T23:30:00.000+08:00

wat is the reason behind sitting down and studying, craming those facts into ur mind in hope for doing well in your exams? does it make u a better person? "oh i beat u in this and that, u are stupid" u may noe all the facts and theories in the world come up wif the best inventsions and theories, but without life skills u are a nobody. u are not able to relate to other ppl.

i just watched an influential film called "patch adams", he was a doctor who believes in laughter as medicine and will do just about anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career. this is just a light hearted way saying wat he actually did. he was a doctor would took patients as frens, relate to them, talk to them entirely scrapping the title of "doctor".

he believed that everyone was a "doctor", he was generalising the term "doctor" to mean someone who is more experience that helps another. basically, even if u know all the facts and theories in the world, a child can teach u something as simple as showing compassion or even to simle and be happy.

this is the reality of life. u need to relate to ppl. u learn from ppl. being a doctor isn't just knowing all the medical terms and facts. u cant cure a patient if he or she doesn't take your medication for example. or if he refuses to eat, wat are u going to do? put him on drip? so even as u are mugging for the exams, remember that watever u are studying for its not just those lines in the text, there is more to it den just the facts and theories u are studying.

charles

Announcement

2005-09-16T22:03:00.000+08:00

Hi ppl! If you didn already know, you all can mail us at thebuffboyz@hotmail.com so please feel free to mail us. You've been hearing lots from us but we've not heard from u ppl! (besides ur tags n comments). O yes. Pls do feel free to comment on our posts. or mail us about it if you've got smthin to say. We'l be posting still, but i suppose less. And we'l try to get more photos up but we're a little busy trying to convert ourselves into muggers for a few weeks.

We look forward to hearing from ya'l!

The BUFF team.

Life

2005-09-15T17:38:00.000+08:00

I've been feelin mentally drained of late. I haven't even had enough energy to squeeze an entry out over the past few days. Well, since I've got a pending philosophy essay to be written, I embarked on the search to the 'meaning of life'. Yup, on top of all that mindless mugging and those robotic equations, we're expected to ponder over philosophical questions about life, perception etc..

What is the meaning of life? What is the very essence of our existence? Theres so many views towards life, and really, how u view life is like an un-ending debate. One factor affects another factor but that factor might be something another person disputes. Philosophy is the search for 'knowledge' and to search for 'truth' even though we establish that there is no wrong view, or no 'ulimate truth'. For example, I might say how u view life is due to your upbringing and society, but another person may disagree and say that how you view life depends on your own perception and your own thinking. So basically its like a chicken and egg issue.

From a scienfic point of view. We live to reproduce. We live to mate and ensure the survival of our species. Then there are some people who say, 'love makes the world go round' and love is what makes life meaningful. Then there's lust. Not just lust in the sense of sex. But lust for everything. Like the CNA show featured, mens' lust for watches, cars, beautiful women etc. Not like women don't lust anyway...

From my point of view. I feel life is the way u make it, and the way u live it. No im not an atheist. I believe in the theistic point of view too. So i suppose my philosophy is a hybrid of existentialism, and the theistic view. I believe life is given, and that the universe was created by no one else but an omni present, awesome God. So lets just go along the lines that God gave us life and life on Earth is not just a product of impossible probabilities and insane evolutions.

Life. Whether you believe in God or not, or whether you believe life is an illusion (like the matrix). Life is linear. If its just a dream, its a really long one. really. So you live once. Reincarnation of not. You got this life to worry abt, so live it. So all this points to.... existentialism. We give our own life meaning. Fate, to me is bullshit. You are your fate. Its a simple concept of cause and effect. What you reap is what you sow, sometimes u have to work a little bit harder, other times u have some luck. But life is linear. It moves forward, just like history, as Soren Kierkegaard said, ‘Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.’

Well, this can lead to you having 2 choices, which basically branch out into lots of different paths. You either go 'Okay. Live life to the fullest' or you go 'life has no meaning. since it ends anyway'. What ur definition of 'full', 'meaningful' life is specific. and when ppl believe life has no meaning thats where suicide comes along or demotivation to ur life. Thats just plain stupid to me. But i guess, no one can control how u think eh? Thats proof of ur own existence, alas Descartes famous line 'I think, therefore i am'.

You live life once. So live it.

I actually wanted to write on life, love and lust. But that wuda been an epic. So... i'll keep love and lust to another entry. ^^ Cya soon peeps.

-Oeij

LOVE?

2005-09-14T00:07:00.000+08:00

as i was doin my philo essay i came across a quote by a philosopher which said tat before adam ate the apple he was able to 'have sexual intercourse without feeling lust'. the definition of lust is an intense or unrestrained sexual craving. this meant tat love shouldn't have existed then since love is a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance. life probably was much simpler den without all these complicated emotions.

no one even till this day is able to say he/she is able to control these complicated emotions. love can be defined but wat exactly is love? how do u express the feelings of love inside u? 'love is a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person' 'true love is the soul's recognition of its counterpoint in another' these alone cannot express true love.

loving a person doesn't neccessary mean having to see the person everyday. this person could be someone who has already left them. u dun even need the other person to love u.

haha. this post is kinda out of point but they are just some thoughts that came to my mind when i was writing my philo essay on the meaning of life.

charles

nothing

2005-09-13T22:26:00.000+08:00

hmm i really dont have much to blog about today
so i'll just update u guys on the orientation planning progress

alright so we have had just one meeting so far. we kinda settled on the chairman and the different teams we had been split up into. oeij and charles are in the HR(human resource) team and me(yang), i'm the games leader. okay so our meeting went rather well, not the smoothest of meetings but i guess it was alright.

our expected numbers for the acsibws orientation 2006 is around 350. so excluding helpers for the oritentation, we are gonna have around 20 groups of 15 people. thats a rough estimate. so we're gonna have OGLs(orientation grp leaders) for each grp. this will prolly be on a voluntary basis.

all this is gonna happen on either the 1st week or the 2nd. If we do have it on the first week, it would be more difficuult in a sense because the whole school is around. however if we have it on the 2nd week, most of the levels would have been gone due to the OEPs. so we would have a lot more freedom. my personal view is that we shd have this all conducted on the 1st week, its better i dunno. its weird to have it on the second week.

the rough timing for each day would be from 8am to 5pm. with the last day probably longer because of the 'ending' dinner. more like a beginning i should say. duration of the orientation is prolly gonna be round 3 days.

one thing to note is that there will be hell alot of talks for the newbies. with many many many hours of TOK/EE and subject briefings. so i'm not sure whats gonna happen to us oldies during that time. i suggest slacking off in the new campus while the ppl are at talks.

games games games. fun to play hard to organise. we're dealing with a huge huge mass of ppl, and although our cohort is way smaller than other JCs, it will still be tough. first day will consist of icebreakers and team building games. and the main game of the day. which is based on a theme like the Lord Of The Rings or Titanic? i dunno i hope you guys will leave some comments and suggestions on possible themes for this game. would be greatly appreciated. another major game would be the amazing race. second or 3rd day i dunno.

overall i think even though we're in the really really early stages of the planning. i have a feeling it will be great.

we're all really gonna work our asses off after the EOYs for this event.
please leave any suggestions/comments on the orientation.
would be appreciated
thanks a mil

hmmm that was a boring post.
thanks for bearing with me.
=)

yang out

VOTE UNCRES FOR SPORTS BOY

2005-09-12T22:52:00.000+08:00

i seriously think uncres stands a very good chance in getting the sports boy of the year award. i mean, hes winning most of his competitions represents school and singapore and somehow he seems to do better as it seems to me than kwong. i mean hes so good they din win this year. thats not a personal attack but one superstar cannot win the whole sport. i guess this was what happened in most of our sports this year. for rugby, we were hoping to get the ball out to this mad speed runner that burns everyone on the field but we did not even secure our ball long enough to get it out. in sailing, i guess there was much responsibility on kwong and probably the others slacked off a bit. bowling c div seems somewhat similiar to me. the only sport that seemed to break free of this was polo when their superstar, shawn phoon, left for australia last year. i guessed everyone just stepped up their game and it just went well. credit to the whole waterpolo team. but actually swimming is also the same and that shows that uncres has a very good chance. GO CHARLES!

hmm.. today was really quite a stone day. everyone is studying like mad already and here we are me shawn rui and jj still training with the club, SRC. we had to kill time before the match which was postponed from saturday to 7pm this evening. so we went to eat subway. mmm.eat fresh. shawn had meat balls. so did jj. thats unhealthy. i had oven roasted chicken. all had foot longs. we intending to grow bigger to get buff. subway should be our daily meal. if only our school had one outlet.mmm. da pao to class and eat during slack periods. after subway. we went to burger king to study for a while. shawn did his probability worksheet, jj was doing e math paper 1 and i was doing my chem revision on moles. speaking of mole. i miss moley. but back to it, mole is really hard. gotta mug more. but with training still on for this week, i wonder how we going to do that. sigh. in the end, the match got cancelled because of thunder. what a waste of time. and its postponed to tomorrow! we can never study like that. the things we compromise for our sports. but oh well the only fun part about today was play category games at the hawker centre. each game lasted about 10 or 15 min but there was only one that we went on for quite a long time. i shall not say what the category was but seriously it made us feel like we were in the VIPs area. hmm. okay link link. so.. i guess its back to studying now.

snowskin icecream mooncakes rock my world. esp those from shang. their really good. pandan snowskin. mmm. but recently, i think we have been slacking off weights since the exams are drawing nearer. we'd better start to buff up after the exams again. we gotta pump more iron. (do weights since the weights are made of metal.) so.. yup. exams exams exams exams. ps. uncres resume would be avaliable for download soon.

dabid
rentokil

our sportsboy of the year

2005-09-12T22:47:00.000+08:00

the buff team is pleased to announce that one of our buff boyz, uncres charles has been nominated for the upcoming Lee Jan Jee(i think i'm wrong) Sportsboy of the Year award at ACSi. we are extremely proud of uncres's achievements in the swimming pool. even though we feel that his sport sucks so bad, nevertheless, it is an honour to have one of us, being nominated.

Uncres's biggest's challenger for the title is probably going to come in the form of Leong Kwong Ming. An excellent sailor who has represented singapore in countless international meets unlike our very own uncres.

However, Uncres is unfazed by the intense competition, and i quote uncres, ' i am going to beat ALL of them', posed not only by kwong, but by other potential sportsboys of the year including russell ong.

Uncres has all our blessings and we would be very very happy for him if he attains this accolade.

and even if he doesnt. we will still be very proud of him, for having the balls to go for this prestigious title. and we will laugh at him for weeks of course.

uncres chares, you have our blessings

yang out

ims party and recent posts

2005-09-11T18:10:00.000+08:00

hey guys
nothing much happened this holiday week
in fact, i spent most of my time wasting myself away at home
doing a lil bit of studying here and there
kinda wasted

anyway, recent posts have been rather weird
i must admit
thing is...nothing much has been happening
terrible times these exam periods are

nevertheless, we hope that better posts will be coming up
hopefully we'll get some pics coming along too

yesterday was imran's bday
had a lil bash over at his place
scary place..near macritchie
after that chopping up murder

we had fun
soccer, fifa, food
and we watched pool vs spurs
it was a good match

nice party for a good friend of mine
we go back to i think P4?
been friends for a long time
and hopefully for years to come

happy bday mate

yang out

3 个好人

2005-09-10T23:41:00.000+08:00

today me oeij john lechern and wei watched 3 个好人. haha. kinda weird watching a chinese film but we had to watch it for our chinese homework. well it is a local film and we didn't expect it too be great but the show was really touching. it showed the true situations in the heartland of singapore. the fact tat we are not able to accept exconvicts as normal ppl. comments abt them are passed without thinking which are actually really hurtful. the fact tat a father could not even pick his own daughter up from sch because her sch mates mocked her. this stereotyping should stop. we should gif them a chance to show tat they have corrected their ways. just brushing them aside thinking tat they will go back to their old ways is a closed mindset. they are ppl after all who have just gone a little off track. besides the sentence they serve should be a good enough time for them to reflect on their mistakes.

"the judge sentenced me to 10 years in prison. u guys (our community) sentenced me to death."

charles

Title-less

2005-09-10T23:00:00.000+08:00

I think maybe bloggin is actually quite a good thing. Our blog started out as a little joke... it was just another one of those stupid things we did i guess. But i realized after i started blogging i became more aware of my own thoughts.. I mean.. Yeah. everyone thinks LOTS, but we never really take time to process our thoughts properly. We deem them as 'passing thoughts' or 'trvial things'. I think ima start carryin some pen and paper, to pen down otherwise considered 'random' thoughts down. Besides the reason i just mentioned, i think it actually improves your writing skill and makes you a more reflective person. I mean of course that if u actually blog abt more interesting/serious things.

I had no real time to pen down too much today. I watched one more chance today. I found it rather amusing. Perhaps it was the pleasure of enjoying a movie SIngaporean style, but the ending was horrendous, and storyline wasn too strong either. Wasn worth my 9.50 at gv.. maybe its worth the good old 7.50. but those Bastards raised the price! grrr...

I read some philosophy today. About existentialism. Im pretty much for it man. 'Put aside the problem of philosophy and focus on experience'. Life's all about experience. I agree that we shudn worry abt what can be considered an ULTIMATE truth, or what is REAL or ILLUSION or how to prove an ETERNAL TRUTH. man... just live life man. So tonight. Just be happy.. ANd be happy being alive... Im exhausted. O yes... But i must brag abt the great Orh Ni i had at East Ocean tonight. I love sweet taro.... Mmmmm... Jealous Yang? Gd night.

Money money money

2005-09-09T22:18:00.000+08:00

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Friday, September 09, 2005
-'can money make the world go round?' - thebuffboyz.blogspot.com-
buff boys had this article about money, and how money cannot buy everything...i would just like to elaborate some more on this...oeij said that money cant buy everything, for example, true love, friends, and family...it doesn't make ppl cool, it doesn't make ppl feel cool...definitely, i agree on this, and im sure almost everybody does too...but there are some things which i would like to say...my observation is that ppl who are rich usually hang out with ppl who are rich. This is UNLESS a person is really nice, and decides to hang out with people who are not-as-rich-as-him, that is my observation of the ppl around me and how this rich/poor things workand its a lot simpler to click together coz lets say we have a group of friends who are cool and have a cool, not-so-rich guy, and they decide to go for some restaurant dim sum wadever, the poor guy cant afford, so he goes home. He hangs out less with them, and those rich friends would be closer to each other than to the not-so-rich guy, aint this true?so you see, money does buy you friends, although i wish it weren't true, but true friends, some ppl just don't know it or don't need it...another example would be a class t-shirt, or a group t-shirt, lets say a class wants a t-shirt, then the class would be seen as 'together'...BUT along comes a guy who cannot afford the t-shirt, then the class blames him for sabo-ing the class...c'mon man, what's this...NOT COOL...and those who actually confront this poor boy and 'boo' him are not cool people at all...i would define a super cool person as some1 who has great personality, some1 who acts natural and still can impress people because of his gd character, it doesn't matter what car he drives, what clothes he wear (he can wear a slinglet, she can wear a simple t-shirt), it doesn't matter...so long as hes cool, and im sure we all know what's real coolone that is not cool:
one who hangs out with cool people, not one tries to be one
cool people cliqueing only with cool ppl
outside, wear fashionable clothes, quite ex, but inside, just another ol person, nothing great
people who despise poor people because they are poor, GET LOST lah
people sticking to the group of friends who are think they are cool, and act like they are cool...yeah, juz these few pointers
BUT...money DOES buy u the label 'cool' if you want it...u can choose to do all those stuff i mentioned up there, and you will earn yourself a label 'cool' by perhaps ppl on the streets, mrt, schlmates, teachers, wadever...but seriously, to REAL ppl, u aint cool, you're just some1 trying to be cool, and thats loser...its BAD...
but it really depends on the individual, to decides what's cool for himself, if for him, money works, then yes, money can buy 'his' world, but if cool's my type of cool, then money cant buy that, because it is pure heart that buys friends, buys what people call 'cool', pure heart that wins people...
to me, one does not have to sit round an expensive restaurant table, or cafecartel/coffee bean/or whatever expensive place to have a gd time chatting with ONLY the friends who can afford to pay for the meal...i mean, if all the friends happen to be well-to-do, then by all means have the meal there, just dont get STUCK together because you are rich and can afford to be with each other, but because you are GREAT friends...and u must never think your clique better than outsiders, never think superiority...
to me, a meal at a hawker centre with friends having a GREAT time is cool enough...for me, friends, family, they are the most impt...and it is NEVER because of $$money$$ that gets me there, but character, and by what i do...
WELCOME to the real world, get REAL...
living in self denial6:25 AM

menopause kills

2005-09-09T18:19:00.000+08:00

oeij's comments about 40-something year old women going berserk on the 'nephews''s post has given me inspiration to write another to my ever growing collection of extremely deep posts

menopause.

no no no.
dont get me wrong.
this aint a sexist post.
i love women.
i truly truly do...

menopause is the stage of the human female reproductive cycle that occurs as the ovaries stop producing oestrogen, causing the reproductive system to slowly and gradually shut down.

at this point, all our beloved<3 women of the world will encounter vast fluctuations in their body hormonal levels.

this causes well we all know...

mood swings*damn they suck
hot flashes
depression
anxiety
irritability
lack of concentration
vaginal dryness
urgency of urination

okay...women...moms...
we gotta give it to you
toiling through years of menstruation
giving brith to your sexy, good looking, charming, charismatic and hunky children

but honestly its been rather hard in my home
my mom is going through menopause
u name it... mood swings(seriously), impatience, irritabilty
she has got it all
not sure about the vaginal dryness though

she's a fantastic mom
but its just that at times,
we, the men in the house
just dont really get much of a breathing space

she's just so impatient all the time
i see my mom screaming at the maid
and the next moment she's fine
talking nicely

i often have to tell my mom to...u know
cool down a lil
then her female brain concludes that her son
does not understand her feelings and the plight she is going through

its really tough for me at times
to control myself
from shouting at her
cause she really does get a lil bitchy

but i guess shes my mom after all
it must be hard for her too

women women women...
i love women...

cheers to life, mates and women

yang