EXAM IS OVER AND I'M PLAYING WITH STIKFAS!

Hi guys.

I have not been updating for a while, you know, with all the exams and all, mugging and etc. Striaght after exams we have projects to finish. ARGH!!! I NEED SOME REST!

Lets talk about something more relaxing, STIKFAS! I love stikfas. They are so fun! You can pose'em, interchange'em and customise'em! Although I only have 2 Stikfas, (Beta Female with Jungle Cat and Dark Samurai) I play with them everyday.



Here is a video of some people reviewing about stikfas. After seeing this video, You should know how fun they are.

Bye bye!

Another day...

Today was horrible. VERY HORRIBLE!



To start off, We had our Chinese CA1 right after assembly.



For the first section, out of 15 words, I did not know how to write 2 words. That was still OK, but when I came to the second section, constructing sentences, I was stuck at the first question. In fact, I was stuck there for 10 min! And we only had 60 min to complete the paper!!! I was quite disheartened as I felt that I could not finish the paper. I the end, I managed to finish as my CL teacher gave us a 10 min time extention as he felt that it was not enough time. All Hail Mr Chung!



Next, was Geography. Geography was ok and we got to taste and feel the difference between hydroponics and traditionally grown vegetables for our TfU project and we had to do a reflection about it. The day was ruined by MMMUUUUUUUUUUUSSTTAAAAAAQQIIMM as he kept insisting that I would infect the vegetables if I touched them and they would become retarded if they ate it. What is wrong about being retarded?

Then was recess. I GOT WHACKED BY CHARELY 3 times today. Yesterday he whacked me 3 times. IT WAS EXTREAMLY PAINFUL. I wanted to cry. I think he kinda hates me. OK. almost everyone hates me. But why hate a retard when you can like him?(OK, that might not be true.)

Then PE theroy, then Maths, then OPW. There is nothing much to say about it.

Oh yeah. Kai Hui got his **** jacked and M********D by me. He said that it was 'pleasurable' but uncomfortable. I did not understand what that meant. Who asked him to ask me to unleash my true self? If not, I would be nice and quiet to him. Well, he asked for it.

Ok. Thats all. Will write soon.

Combinded games day 09

Wow.

Yesterday was quite fun.

I had combined games day with my coy and 48th coy (Zhonghua sec).


We first gathered in the canteen and waited for fall in. Since there was 10min 2 fall in, I decided to retrieve my file I had left in Chinese class on friday.

When I got up to the fifth floor project room, I found out that I was locked. Furius and mad at whoever locked that dumb door, I dashed down to the eco-pond for fall-in. I thought I was early, but the CSM held the fall in 2 minutes earlier. Luckily the I arrived school the same time as him and he saw me. He thought I went to the toilet. If it was not for that, I'd be screwed.



Then we took the bus to Zhonghua. Squad 1,2,3 in bus 1 and squad 4,5,6 in the other. Being in squad 4, I sat in bus 2. When we were numbering off, we found out that Rayson, who is in squad 6, was in bus 1... and we were already halfway in the journey...



When we arrived at Zhonghua, We first saw the GB doing some activities. Being in a boys school, the sick guys like me was talking sick about the girls to the other innocent non-poluted people. When we got to the inside of the school, we had a closer look at the girls. We all puked. We thought they were sexy but they were actually VERY UGLY.


Then we were assigned to different groups in each of our companies. I was in group 2 with Ivan leading us, Wen Wei, Casper, Ting Jie and Wei Hang. First game for us was badminton. I totally sucked at badminton. I parnered Ivan, who was very good at badminton, to help me. But instead. I pulled him down. Badly. Our score was 16-17 (our target was 15 but we had a duece) and 10-15. I kept missing and hitting the wrong place. I SUCK!!!!!!!


The next game was basketball. A game where not only I sucked but my whole group sucked. WE DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW 2 PLAY BASKETBALL! AND I BROKE MY FINGERNAIL AND IT BLEED!!! IT BLEED!!! cough--cough. enough shouting... rest... rest...AND I WAS SO OPTIMISTIC, I CHEERED WHEN THEY SCORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Then it was frisbee. We did not know how to play frisbee but we owned them, suprisingly. They kept dropping the frisbee and we kept catching it. Allowing us to have a score of 9-0. That was a good encouragement to us.


Again, we owned them in captian's ball. That was the only game that I was good at. The score was 11-2. In fact, the whole of second coy dominated that game.

When my group was about to go to the futsal court to play, the officers decided to cancel all the last games as there was no time. We then had lunch and left.

Before I end, I still have a few points to add.
First, one of zhonghua's core values are 'courteous' and one of them had a fight with my senior, and that kid was only sec1.

Next, Zhonghua's class rooms are very small. Only half the size of our VS classrooms.

Lastly, I went to watch BREAKOUT that night. It was hilarous but not as funny and the previous play, JUMP.

Ok. That is so much for yesterday. Gotta do my chinese compo. BB!

A first real post.

Err, this is my first time blogging, with the exception of the english assignment. So, here goes...

Today was quite ok, I was still being retarded to everyone in the class, and to my other friends.

D&T was quite inspiring, in the sense that Ms Choo gave us some ideas to make our diorama better. She gave us the idea of splitting the pirate ship in half and the inside of the front part could be seen. That was a great idea. I hope I can get good marks for that. Of course, there were new assignments, and alot of journal compling to do. And I still have to assign the roles to my group members!

Maths was quite disaterous. The whole class, except for 4 fast people, had to stay back 10 minutes for recess just because we were a bit noisy. Wong Li Meng then took her own sweet time to pack up her stuff and then reprimand us for being 'a bit noisy' and blablabla. This is what i dislike about her. She always spend 10 minutes reprimaning us over a trival matter and then make us stay back.

Chinese was ok, despite the fact that I wasted $2 on Ben Chua and $1 on Marcus so that I could sit next to Darren Gan and disturb him. Then Darren Tan changed place with him. DAMN IT! Well, it looks like I have to settle for second best...
Then something funny happened. I was talking random and sick stuff to Darren Tan and then I got punished. Then Mr Chung was talking about 启发, explaining and making a sentence for those who did not do their homework, I then made up a random sentence saying that Mr CHung is so handsome that I gained and Inspiration to work harder. He was happy and made let sit down. Everyone laughed.

Science, as usual, Mr Koh was making his jokes and then suddenly, Jun Xuan came to the front of the class. Mr Koh asked him what he was doing. Jun Xuan then replied " I lost my boobs".

OK, that was what we thought he said. He then clarified and said " I lost my book". Mr Koh thought that is was the Physics Theory Book he lost. It was actually his Eragon book.

Well, that was what happened today, will write soon!

My CCA - The Boys' Brigade

This is the last post for my English assignment. And I shall end it off with something that happens very regularly in my daily life. My CCA – The Boys’ Brigade (BB).

The BB emblem

“Why did you join the BB?” some of my friends would ask me,” What is the use of joining a uniformed group?” Well, I have a few reasons. First, BB helps me train up for the National Service (NS), Second, I was attracted by all the different fun and interesting activities BB offers. Third, I am a Christian and BB is a Christian Organisation. Fourth, BB can help me attain at least an ‘A’ grade in the LEAPS CCA point grading system and this can help me cut-off 2 points when I go into the Junior College of my choice. Lastly, BB is the FIRST uniformed group in history and I feel quite honoured joining it.

Now, I will go into a bit of history – how The Boys’ Brigade was founded.

Sir W.A.Smith

BB was founded in 1883 by Sir William Alexander Smith (Sir W.A.Smith) in the Free College Mission Hall at North Woodside Road, Glasgow. He was a Sunday school teacher and he had a hard time controlling a group of unruly Boys after Sunday school. So, he thought of making an organisation for Boys as a part of the church. It proved very popular and 50 boys in the church joined. Many different activities were added to make it fun for the Boys. That also marked the start of camping for the young. This also led to the formation of other uniformed groups such as Scouts and Girl Guides.

In Singapore, BB has been around for over 70 years. We have over 6700 officers and boys and over 100 companies (or units). BB was first founded in Singapore in 1930. The company in VS is founded in 1931, which also means that it is the second company in Singapore.

The BB Programme in Singapore is divided in to three groups:

1) The Juniors: Primary School.
2) The Seniors: Secondary school.
3) The Primers: Post Secondary.

The Primers are mainly those who are old boys and they have come back to help serve their company as Cadet –Lieutenants (CLT).

There are many different ranks in BB and they all come with responsibility.

For Boys (Seniors):
1) Recruit (REC)
2) Private (PTE)
3) Lance Corporal (LCP)
4) Corporal(CPL)
5) Sergeant(SGT)
6) Staff Sergeant(SSG)
7) Warrant Officer(WO)

For Officers:

Uniform for:
Cadet - Lieutanents (CLT)

Uniform For:
2) Officer Cadets (OCT)

Uniform for:
3) 2nd Lieutenants (2LT)
4) Lieutenant (LTA)

For now, all the Sec 2s are just PTEs. But soon we will be LCPs. But the maximum rank a boy can attain in Sec2 is CPL.

There are 5 main attires for BB.

REC/PTE/LCP/CPL/SGT SSG/WO

1) Day Dress (Full Uniform)
This attire is for normal day to day activities

REC/PTE/LCP/CPL/SGT

SSG/WO

2) Ceremonial Dress
This attire is for grand occasions.

3) Musketry Kit (Half Uniform)
This attire is for less formal occasions

4) Fatigue Dress

5) PT Kit
These two attires a worn when more physical activities are performed

Every Saturday is when BB parades (trainings) are held. The parades normally last for about 5 hours, from 8am to 1pm.

First, we will start off with Muster Parade (fall in). This is when every one will fall in their squads and the squad leader will report to the Company Sergeant Major (CSM) of their squad strength. Then the CSM will attend to the late comers and they will have to explain why they are late. If the reason is invalid, you will have to ‘Knock it down’ (do push-ups). Then the Officers will check your cleanliness and ‘shininess’ of you uniforms. It is like taking attendance, except that you get punished it you are late and if you uniform does not look good. Sometimes there are a lot of late people or there is a lot of people moving during the parade, then they will have to ‘Knock it down’, and this will cause the parade to lengthen and result the rest of us in leg cramps. A normal Muster Parade lasts for about 45 min - 1 hour. Sometimes it might even drag on for 2 hours!

After that we will go on with our badge work for about 2 hours. This is when we learn all the skills and prepare for the theroy and practical test to attain the badge.

Next is Physical Training (PT). PT lasts for about ½ - 1 hour. For me, I am the lazy type and I will always slack off. Until the PTI comes chasing after the slackers, I will pretend that I am doing my best. But in the end I will get caught and results in doing more push ups. Sigh.

After PT, it will be games and this is the time where squads go at knuckleheads with each other and try to win the games for squad points. The Games IC will plan the games and scores and he will determine the winner for the game.

Finally, it will be fall out and announcements. But before every fall out, we will sing a prayer called the BB Vesper to thank God for giving us the opportunity to get together and learn, and this is an oppurtunity to remember Him.

After this, I hope that my readers would understand more about BB and the importance of Uniform Groups like us.

A photo of our company taken last year.

Besides all these, BB also cares for the society. One of our most well known programmes is the Sharity Gift Box. Here is a video of other companys doing the Sharity Gift Box

My Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner

It was the time of the year again. The time where the whole family gets together. It is Chinese New Year!

Yesterday was the eve of Chinese New Year, and all Chinese will go to their paternal Grandparent’s house and Celebrate this day.

For me, the day started with a nice hotpot at home.

Our delicious hot pot.

My mum decided that we should have a hotpot for lunch that day as all my other relatives can only make it there at 3 o’clock. The day before I had to help my mum carry all the food from Isetan. As you can see from the image above, there was a lot of food, and we had too many left, so we had hotpot for lunch again for tomorrows lunch.

Then we went to our Grandparent’s house by cab. Along the way, we collected a suckling pig for the reunion dinner as Grandma asked every of her children to bring at least one dish to the dinner.

The suckling pig Grandpa, Grandma, and Me.
My favourite cousin Edric and me.

Even though he is only 4 and I am 14, we like to stick with each other because we are the only boys there. The rest of our cousins are girls!

Grandma and me with all the food she and my relatives prepared

Today, there was a great piece of news. My generation of cousins have become Uncles and Aunties (to be exact, 2 Uncles and 19 Aunties). My eldest cousin, Cindy, who is now 24 years old, just gave birth to my now 2 month old nephew, Aden, last December (Okay that was good news to me because I just knew it that day.). He was such a cute little pink thing. When it was my turn to carry the baby, I could feel the baby in my arms, and I tickled his cheeks. He responded to me by ‘hitting’ me on the face. Everyone laughed at the sight, and I felt a little embarrassed.

Then it was dinner time! Time to eat all the scrumptious food we and Grandma prepared, and boy, it was delicious. Especially when you are eating with all your relatives, there is a special feeling that makes it feel and taste good.

Finally, a climax to all of us young ones. ANG PAO!!! This is also a ‘judgement time’ to see whether you have been a good child this year. The more money you get, the ‘better’ child you are. And again, I got the ‘best’ child again 7 years running (We compared the money in secret once our parents started playing mah-jong and ‘ballack’.).

My first Ang Pao from Grandma.

Edric and I Receiving our Ang Pao from Auntie Irene

After that, the adults played Black Jack (a.k.a. Ballack) and we watched TV and talked about school stuff. Edric then pulled me away from the ‘condemned’ girls and played with him dinosaurs and read his story books to him.

After a great and happy night we all gathered at the living room for the countdown to the Ox year.

Some of us on the living room sofa awaiting the countdown. From right to left: Dad, 1st Uncle Thou Sei, Edric, Grandma, and Me.

A happy and wonderful night, a great reunion party to start of the year of the Ox. To my readers, I wish you a very happy Chinese new year.

This is a New Year Song 新年到, by your favourite meadiacorp artists, enjoy!

West USA

This is West USA
Day 6 – New Jersey/Detroit international airport/Los Angles.

Finally, to the west coast! After a total of 8 hours (including transits) we finally got to Los Angles!

My whole body was jumpy and filled with all the happy emotions I could describe. This was the real climax of the trip for me. First, from now on, it will be a free and easy trip, meaning no need for early wake up calls, no rush, and no time limits! Next, I get to go to two of the greatest theme parks in the world! Disneyland and Universal studios! To me, rides are just nothing, but what is most important is the thrill and entertainment factor.

After we collected our luggage, we headed to our hotel, but on the way, we spotted the mother of all fried chicken restaurants. No, if you think it is KFC, you are wrong, terribly wrong. It is Knott’s Berry Farm. It has the best chicken in the whole world! Unlike other fast food restaurants, Knott’s serve with quality plates, metal forks and spoons, and mugs. The chicken is extra crunchy on the outer skin layer, but it is surprisingly easy to bite and chew on the under side of the skin. The meat is juicy and tender and it has a strange fragrance which no other company has. The chicken is not oily at all. You will not be able to smell or taste the oil, and you can eat as many as you like, and you will not feel the oil! After stopping over for a while, and spending about US$45, we had a take away of 22 pieces of chicken, 3 clam chowders, 1 corn soup, three bottles of special berry jam, and it all cost about US$70. When we got to our hotel at 3.30, we finished it all at 5.00.

Knott’s Berry Farm

Knott’s Berry Farm even had a theme park! It is even the first ever theme park in the United States! But unfortunately, I was not able to go because we did not have time.

Knott’s main business is manufacturing jam. Their jam was very tasty. Unlike some other jam, their Jam was just nice. It was very sweet, but not until your mouth screws up, there was the flavour, rich, but does not overwhelm the sweetness, and the jam was rather easy to spread on your bread.

Here is a short video of Knott's Berry Farm and Its rides. Enjoy!

Day 7 – Los Angles (Anaheim county, Orange county), California

I could not sleep. I was all jumpy. I was about to go to a Disneyland!

Me and dad at the entrance of Disneyland.

The whole day was fun, fun, fun. There were countless rides we have been to, Star Tours, Indiana Jones, Splash Mountain, Thunder Rails, Buzz Lighter Space Rangers, etc., etc. and etc. But the most disappointing was that Space Mountain was closed for repairs. I was flabbergasted. The last time I went to Disneyland (Tokyo), Space Mountain was also closed for repairs. I had a bad tantrum but the other equally thrilling rides made me forget about it.

The only ride I got a picture. Toy Story’s Funfair. (An interactive shooting ride)
Me and dad at ‘a bug’s life’ 4D movie.

Besides rides, Disneyland also provides quality 3D and 4D Movies and behind-the-scene shots of how they made the movies.

And I am extremely pleased with ‘California Screamin’ ride. It was the best of all Disneyland Rides. It has the fastest speed, the highest amount of Gs, and the most number of twirls!

That was a thrilling and entertaining day.

Day 8 – Los Angles (Anaheim county, Hollywood), California

I could not sleep again. Darn it!

Today was the day where I go to the most thrilling and exciting theme park. Universal Studios Hollywood!

All of us at a queue for a show
Me at the Universal Studios Hollywood Entrance

Although this Universal Studios is a little small, but it has some of the most adventurous rides, The Return of the Mummy, Jurassic Park, and the funniest, The Simpsons Ride.

The Return of the Mummy was one of the scariest. Although it was an indoor rollercoaster, it was fast! There were mummies following your cart, mummies trying to grab you from above, scarab bettles 'crawling' into your cart (it was a special effect below the seat and a woman beside me screamed very loudly), and the king mummy sucking you into his pit of doom. I was not scared easily, but this scared me out of soul.

The Jurassic Park

There were not many people around, so I took the liberty of sitting in front! It was so much fun! But to ride this, you must wear a poncho, or you will get drenched.

The Simpsons Ride

If you a Simpsons fan like me, this ride is a must! An all star cast, this is a hilarious ride! You will be laughing and screaming all the way!

Day 9 – Los Angeles/ Tokyo Narita International Airport/ Singapore

The end of tour has always been the most heartbreaking days of my life, to leave behind so many fond and fun memories.

Breakfast pizza?

This is the most interesting of all the food I have eaten in USA. This is sold in the Wolfgang Puck express restaurant in the Los Angles international Airport. This pizza contains all the goodness you need in a healthy breakfast. There are tomato slices, egg, cheese, bacon, ham, and a tinge of mayo. I am a pizza fanatic and I have to say that this is a good pizza.

Well, that concludes my fantastic trip to USA. Where will I go next time? I will have to wait and see!