"Ex-leprosy patients? Not in my eatery"
ST Saturday November 27, 2004
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have some singaporeans lost all compassion.... have their hearts withered in the face of profiteering.... let me give you the gist of the article... volunteers wanting to bring a group of abt 40 former leprosy patients out for a dinner treat was turned away by more than a dozen restaurants before one restaurant agreed to take them without knowing that they were former leprosy patients....
personally... i'm shocked.... no doubt leprosy has a reputation to be a highly infectious disease... but these people have suffered and are now totally non-infectious.... some of them are in wheelchairs and all bear the tell-tale marks of the disease... lost limbs, missing fingers etc.... but the fact of the matter is, that "once treated, the disease is not infectious"....
the residents of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association home go out abt three to four times A YEAR but very rarely for a dinner treat like this.... have they not suffered enough with the disease... must they be still cast aside.. out of sight, out of mind?
excuses, excuses, excuses..... one restaurant said that they would not accept the elderly residents because the sight of them will unnerve the other guests.... well... but is that really a good excuse... with a guaranteed group of forty guest, most restaurants shd be able to make up any "losses" due to "unnerved" patrons.....
another bastard said:"'We are running a decent business, not a charity organisation,' he said. 'Let's say it's just too inconvenient. I wouldn't allow them even if you pay me.'"... what a bloody asshole... okie fine... you are not a charity organisation.. you are a businessman... fair enough.... but would you take in a party of forty normal people?? of course wad... so what's the difference... they are paying customers...
haiz... don't think that Singapore has progessed that far as a society... sure money is in a way impt for survival in a city island state like Singapore... you can't ask someone to live off the land in urbanised Singapore... its not like in some parts of the States or something where you can hunt for food.... as such without a doubt, money is necessary in our country... but people have allowed the pursuit of money to become their main goal in life... its not always abt the money ppl.... life is abt a lot of things.... be thankful that you wake up everyday and for most of us, be thankful that you can live out a normal active life.... its time that we did something for those who can't....
dun treat CIP as a mandatory sentence that you have to serve out as a student in Singapore.... look at it in a different light... spending time with some ah pek or ah mah in a nursing home doesn't have to be torture... listening to their life stories can be incredibly interesting.... working with kids with disabilities like the children at MINDS can be fantastically fulfilling... they have soooooo much love to give but some don't have anyone to give it to... you can be that person....
spread the love.... if you are to do something nice for just three people and they each do something nice for another three people, etc, etc, etc, the world will become a much better place for everyone to live in....
Thursday, November 25, 2004
tired... so tired... mentally... physically.... just plain tired...
can't seem to get enuf sleep...
its all a facade... dun take me for granted...
feel like locking myself up in a soundproof room and cursing out all my frustration.... all my fatigue... all my inner pains....
war, fighting, bombs... wad purpose do they serve other than to destroy what God has created.... to destroy the lives of innocents.... no matter how advanced weaponry gets, there is no way that civilians will not be affected by them... wars are fought right on their doorsteps... not in some far away battlefield that is totally isolated frm the real world....
why do ppl say that they hate their lives.... what use is it to jump or slash themselves or wadeva... will that help them... their lives can't inprove when THEY'RE DEAD.... death isn't just a fling.. its a permanent affair... you can't go back... when you're alive there is still hope and ways and means of improving your life.... no one is without oppotunities to improve themselves... its just a matter of whether they are strong enough to do something and to go thru with it...
they say that happiness can't be bought... yet one can't live without money....
life is full of contradictions... bear with it...
when two people swear to spend their live together for the rest of their lives, it is a sacred event... it is the union of two souls...
don't go changing yourself trying to please someone.... don't go trying some new fashion... when you fall in love... she/he shd want you just the way you are...
i am the way that i am... there is no way that i can change myself for you... i know that now... i have tried and failed.....
can't seem to get enuf sleep...
its all a facade... dun take me for granted...
feel like locking myself up in a soundproof room and cursing out all my frustration.... all my fatigue... all my inner pains....
war, fighting, bombs... wad purpose do they serve other than to destroy what God has created.... to destroy the lives of innocents.... no matter how advanced weaponry gets, there is no way that civilians will not be affected by them... wars are fought right on their doorsteps... not in some far away battlefield that is totally isolated frm the real world....
why do ppl say that they hate their lives.... what use is it to jump or slash themselves or wadeva... will that help them... their lives can't inprove when THEY'RE DEAD.... death isn't just a fling.. its a permanent affair... you can't go back... when you're alive there is still hope and ways and means of improving your life.... no one is without oppotunities to improve themselves... its just a matter of whether they are strong enough to do something and to go thru with it...
they say that happiness can't be bought... yet one can't live without money....
life is full of contradictions... bear with it...
when two people swear to spend their live together for the rest of their lives, it is a sacred event... it is the union of two souls...
don't go changing yourself trying to please someone.... don't go trying some new fashion... when you fall in love... she/he shd want you just the way you are...
i am the way that i am... there is no way that i can change myself for you... i know that now... i have tried and failed.....
Saturday, November 20, 2004
wah lau.... after all the matches were through, we ended up as shield runners-up... there were eight teams... so do the math yourself... haha...
the results don't actually show the whole storey... we played some excellent rugby but we let ourselves down in the last few minutes of each game, letting in some stupid tries....
NY was put into a pretty tough pool... not to make excuses, but our opponents were all physically tougher than us... TP, ITE and SAS...
NYJC vs. TP:
the first eight minutes of the match was all NY... we made many raids into their 22 and had a couple of opportunities within their 5 metres... even had a five metre lineout frm a wonderfully kicked penalty frm fawwaz... we did a short pass to boon to take the crash and set up the pick and drive... abang followed up and then the ref called the penalty against us for holding on... abang had just hit the deck and he made a clear attempt to release the ball but there were some bodies on top of him pressing the ball down... and the ref deemed that as holding on... frm that penalty, our game went all the way downhill and we conceeded the try just before the horn went... haiz... gotta play to the ref lar so bo pian... that was the referee's judgement and we gotta accept that.... wasted match that we could have won against a physically stronger and larger pack...
NYJC vs ITE:
we played an excellent game against the eventual cup finalists.... as the ITE coach said to us after the match was over,"you boys really gave them a run for their money"... not to sound too proud or arrogant, but i think that we seriously under-performed during that match... we again had many ventures into their 22 and we attacked their tryline on a number of occasions.. but we couldn't convert them into tries... in the end another series of penalties gave them a couple of tries.... again we played a good match against a fitter and harder running team... but i doubt all of us put our entire effort into the match and we could have done better...
NYJC vs. SAS:
it's the singapore american school... not the saints... it was supposed to be a revenge match for us and i so wanted the win... not just for revenge but also because it might give us a lifeline to get into the bowl finals... in the end we lost to three tries... the only thing that i was happy abt in the game was that i tackled two of them out of bounds.... first this tall guy frm their senior team then another guy frm their junior team... overall, it was a much improved performance frm the last time that we met them... better play and better defense....
i so desperately wanted to win something for NY rugby... this was our chance to prove that we weren't a pushover team and that we could compete for larger titles in national competitions... we showed our grit by holding such teams as SAS and ITE to a couple of tries and we did show that we could attack as well making several runs at the opposition defense line... but i don't think that it was near enuf and there has to be a lot more work done on our side....
we also lost the shield to SRJC... a match that was more like a training game than an actually competition due to the many bonds btwn the two teams.... congratulations to SR on their win and a big thank you to them for bringing us down to earth... we needed that kind of wake up call... i couldn't do much in that match... we were attacking all the way in the first half and i was taken off towards the end of the first half... so i couldn't do anything abt the penalty try that they scored towards the end.... but they have spoilt NY's 100% win record against them and my motivation for the rest of the trainings is to keep them to that one win...
NYJC'll be back... and trust me... it'll be with a vengence....
the results don't actually show the whole storey... we played some excellent rugby but we let ourselves down in the last few minutes of each game, letting in some stupid tries....
NY was put into a pretty tough pool... not to make excuses, but our opponents were all physically tougher than us... TP, ITE and SAS...
NYJC vs. TP:
the first eight minutes of the match was all NY... we made many raids into their 22 and had a couple of opportunities within their 5 metres... even had a five metre lineout frm a wonderfully kicked penalty frm fawwaz... we did a short pass to boon to take the crash and set up the pick and drive... abang followed up and then the ref called the penalty against us for holding on... abang had just hit the deck and he made a clear attempt to release the ball but there were some bodies on top of him pressing the ball down... and the ref deemed that as holding on... frm that penalty, our game went all the way downhill and we conceeded the try just before the horn went... haiz... gotta play to the ref lar so bo pian... that was the referee's judgement and we gotta accept that.... wasted match that we could have won against a physically stronger and larger pack...
NYJC vs ITE:
we played an excellent game against the eventual cup finalists.... as the ITE coach said to us after the match was over,"you boys really gave them a run for their money"... not to sound too proud or arrogant, but i think that we seriously under-performed during that match... we again had many ventures into their 22 and we attacked their tryline on a number of occasions.. but we couldn't convert them into tries... in the end another series of penalties gave them a couple of tries.... again we played a good match against a fitter and harder running team... but i doubt all of us put our entire effort into the match and we could have done better...
NYJC vs. SAS:
it's the singapore american school... not the saints... it was supposed to be a revenge match for us and i so wanted the win... not just for revenge but also because it might give us a lifeline to get into the bowl finals... in the end we lost to three tries... the only thing that i was happy abt in the game was that i tackled two of them out of bounds.... first this tall guy frm their senior team then another guy frm their junior team... overall, it was a much improved performance frm the last time that we met them... better play and better defense....
i so desperately wanted to win something for NY rugby... this was our chance to prove that we weren't a pushover team and that we could compete for larger titles in national competitions... we showed our grit by holding such teams as SAS and ITE to a couple of tries and we did show that we could attack as well making several runs at the opposition defense line... but i don't think that it was near enuf and there has to be a lot more work done on our side....
we also lost the shield to SRJC... a match that was more like a training game than an actually competition due to the many bonds btwn the two teams.... congratulations to SR on their win and a big thank you to them for bringing us down to earth... we needed that kind of wake up call... i couldn't do much in that match... we were attacking all the way in the first half and i was taken off towards the end of the first half... so i couldn't do anything abt the penalty try that they scored towards the end.... but they have spoilt NY's 100% win record against them and my motivation for the rest of the trainings is to keep them to that one win...
NYJC'll be back... and trust me... it'll be with a vengence....
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
so friday's the big day... the M1 ten's at YCK stadium...
for those who are interested, the ten's will start at abt 1530h, with nanyang's first match at 1600h.... it won't be an easy task... with ITE, TP and SAS in the same grp as us it definately will take some willpower to achieve the results that we so desire.... but i believe in our squad... and i think that we can at least bring back some pride after our loss to the americans.... we have seen how they play and i feel that we can counter them this time ard....
training these two days has really been a fantastic learning expirience.... training with the SRJC has been both fun and educational... in the sense that we have enuff players to create a full team run and train in a full match format... instead of playing against air... hopefull that will help improve both nanyang and SR at the same time.... training with a player like linesh(don't know how to spell his name) is really fantastic.... watching how he plays and runs really allows you to learn and gain frm having an experienced player on the field...
played a sort of training match against SR on tues... finally mananged to get a try for nanyang.... down the blindside of a scrum... on the LEFT side of the field summore... haha... duped the whole defense... all due to a exchange of looks btwn me and BX.... shows the value of communication in a match.... hopefully we'll be able to do the same on friday...
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went to go watch the gurls comp after training today at YCK.... they were taking part in the touch comp of the M1 school's series... same series that we're taking part in on friday...
they managed to clinch the plate runners-up in the U17 div and the bowl runners-up in the U20 comp.... not bad gurls... nice going.... congrats to yas....
hope that we can achieve that level of success or better... hopefully higher lar.... haha...
cheers
-bONg-
for those who are interested, the ten's will start at abt 1530h, with nanyang's first match at 1600h.... it won't be an easy task... with ITE, TP and SAS in the same grp as us it definately will take some willpower to achieve the results that we so desire.... but i believe in our squad... and i think that we can at least bring back some pride after our loss to the americans.... we have seen how they play and i feel that we can counter them this time ard....
training these two days has really been a fantastic learning expirience.... training with the SRJC has been both fun and educational... in the sense that we have enuff players to create a full team run and train in a full match format... instead of playing against air... hopefull that will help improve both nanyang and SR at the same time.... training with a player like linesh(don't know how to spell his name) is really fantastic.... watching how he plays and runs really allows you to learn and gain frm having an experienced player on the field...
played a sort of training match against SR on tues... finally mananged to get a try for nanyang.... down the blindside of a scrum... on the LEFT side of the field summore... haha... duped the whole defense... all due to a exchange of looks btwn me and BX.... shows the value of communication in a match.... hopefully we'll be able to do the same on friday...
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went to go watch the gurls comp after training today at YCK.... they were taking part in the touch comp of the M1 school's series... same series that we're taking part in on friday...
they managed to clinch the plate runners-up in the U17 div and the bowl runners-up in the U20 comp.... not bad gurls... nice going.... congrats to yas....
hope that we can achieve that level of success or better... hopefully higher lar.... haha...
cheers
-bONg-
Sunday, November 14, 2004
boring boring boring...
that pretty much sums up my whole week... didn't really do much lar....
i decided to go ahead and get the guitar.... 290 is really too good a price to refuse... at first i went into the shop just to enquire abt the price and i was ready to start bargaining... but the guy really took me by surprise when he told me that it was only 290.... man.. i was totally taken off guard by his offer.. haha...
still gotta wait thou... the last aria he had left was this kinda awful looking wood finish guitar... and i really didn't want it... so i'm waiting for his new stock to come in.... going for a black and white guitar.... super cool nia... haha...
don't know why but i'm really looking forward to the next training.. i guess we have something to prove after the american school match... and i want us to prove ourselves at the M1 ten's next weekend... we have the chance to bring some silverware back to NYJC and i really wanna take full oppotunity of the absence of RJ and AC to win something... there's still gonna be schools like SA, MI and PJ which all have pretty good teams... but whatever it is, i'm hungry for victory... its abt time that we started winning and i know that this team can do it... we have tasted victory and suffered defeat... i don't think that i need to say this, but i like victory better....
hey.. guess what... next year rugby is becoming a core CCA... so they are assigining more teacher's to be in-charge of rugby... guess who's going the rugby management next year.... none other than Mr. Richard Bong a.k.a. ... .. .. my uncle...
damn... haha... guess it'll be kinda fun having him in charge... plus it'll be easier to get things done... haha.. can just call uncle richard... haha...
well.. got nothing esle to say.... no real profound meaning in my post today... just didn't have anything to do...
c ya peeps...
that pretty much sums up my whole week... didn't really do much lar....
i decided to go ahead and get the guitar.... 290 is really too good a price to refuse... at first i went into the shop just to enquire abt the price and i was ready to start bargaining... but the guy really took me by surprise when he told me that it was only 290.... man.. i was totally taken off guard by his offer.. haha...
still gotta wait thou... the last aria he had left was this kinda awful looking wood finish guitar... and i really didn't want it... so i'm waiting for his new stock to come in.... going for a black and white guitar.... super cool nia... haha...
don't know why but i'm really looking forward to the next training.. i guess we have something to prove after the american school match... and i want us to prove ourselves at the M1 ten's next weekend... we have the chance to bring some silverware back to NYJC and i really wanna take full oppotunity of the absence of RJ and AC to win something... there's still gonna be schools like SA, MI and PJ which all have pretty good teams... but whatever it is, i'm hungry for victory... its abt time that we started winning and i know that this team can do it... we have tasted victory and suffered defeat... i don't think that i need to say this, but i like victory better....
hey.. guess what... next year rugby is becoming a core CCA... so they are assigining more teacher's to be in-charge of rugby... guess who's going the rugby management next year.... none other than Mr. Richard Bong a.k.a. ... .. .. my uncle...
damn... haha... guess it'll be kinda fun having him in charge... plus it'll be easier to get things done... haha.. can just call uncle richard... haha...
well.. got nothing esle to say.... no real profound meaning in my post today... just didn't have anything to do...
c ya peeps...
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
man.. i've always hated americans... but now i hate them even more....
don't really feel like bloggin abt it.... just don't ask me what happened... the events of today have been erased frm my mind... i wanna rmbr what we did right and what we did wrong.... but beyond that, its all out of my mind....
to all asians reading my blog(most of you guys who read my blog are asian right?):
don't ever let some westerner come into your country and tell you what you can or cannot do... and most of all... don't ever let them make you feel inferior and never treat them like they are royalty.... without sounding too nationalist... what i'm saying is that we shd learn frm the mistakes of the past.... the land is ours.... we shd never let some ang mos come in and exploit us... if they come here, they are here to work for us.... NEVER let it be the other way ard....
singapore is a nation governed, inhabited and run by singaporeans.... no matter how screwed up the place is, its OUR home.... its OUR way, or the expressway... i'm not going to use american terminology.... we have expressways, not highways.... i'm singaporean... i have pride in my screwed up country.... i don't live living here... but its home... MY home...
don't really feel like bloggin abt it.... just don't ask me what happened... the events of today have been erased frm my mind... i wanna rmbr what we did right and what we did wrong.... but beyond that, its all out of my mind....
to all asians reading my blog(most of you guys who read my blog are asian right?):
don't ever let some westerner come into your country and tell you what you can or cannot do... and most of all... don't ever let them make you feel inferior and never treat them like they are royalty.... without sounding too nationalist... what i'm saying is that we shd learn frm the mistakes of the past.... the land is ours.... we shd never let some ang mos come in and exploit us... if they come here, they are here to work for us.... NEVER let it be the other way ard....
singapore is a nation governed, inhabited and run by singaporeans.... no matter how screwed up the place is, its OUR home.... its OUR way, or the expressway... i'm not going to use american terminology.... we have expressways, not highways.... i'm singaporean... i have pride in my screwed up country.... i don't live living here... but its home... MY home...
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
haven't blogged in abt a week... didn't have the inspiration to write anything....
so i didn't....
even now i'm just blogging for the sake of blogging... i don't like leaving my blog idle for too long... scared i might forget abt it... haha... unlikely, but possible...
on the eve of the first round of matches that we've played in a long time, i can humbly admit that i'm nervous... i don't wanna screw up any match and esp not this match... we'll be playing the team frm the Singapore American School and i wanna show some angmos that size ain't a factor when you got the heart... as the no fear t-shirt says:"it isn't the size of the dog in the fight. its the size of the fight in the dog"
and i don't care what happens... i just wanna make sure that those americanas rmbr the nanyang scrumhalf when and if they wake up....
found a good offer on an electric guitar...
$290 for:
-guitar and cable
-15W amp
-guitar bag
-strap
-5 picks
-pick holder
shop owner said it was an Aria... waddya peeps think... i haven't tried out the guitar yet so i have no idea how good it is.... but it's a really good price... for a 290 package i'm not expecting the greatest guitar... but i guess a usable guitar is good enough... but the sound must be up to standard....
i'm going to selegie to check out that shop again and try out the guitar... and also to upper serangoon... there are a couple of music shops along there so i might be able to get a better deal there... i think i'll prob be going on friday or saturday.... anyone interested to follow me give me a buzz...
so i didn't....
even now i'm just blogging for the sake of blogging... i don't like leaving my blog idle for too long... scared i might forget abt it... haha... unlikely, but possible...
on the eve of the first round of matches that we've played in a long time, i can humbly admit that i'm nervous... i don't wanna screw up any match and esp not this match... we'll be playing the team frm the Singapore American School and i wanna show some angmos that size ain't a factor when you got the heart... as the no fear t-shirt says:"it isn't the size of the dog in the fight. its the size of the fight in the dog"
and i don't care what happens... i just wanna make sure that those americanas rmbr the nanyang scrumhalf when and if they wake up....
found a good offer on an electric guitar...
$290 for:
-guitar and cable
-15W amp
-guitar bag
-strap
-5 picks
-pick holder
shop owner said it was an Aria... waddya peeps think... i haven't tried out the guitar yet so i have no idea how good it is.... but it's a really good price... for a 290 package i'm not expecting the greatest guitar... but i guess a usable guitar is good enough... but the sound must be up to standard....
i'm going to selegie to check out that shop again and try out the guitar... and also to upper serangoon... there are a couple of music shops along there so i might be able to get a better deal there... i think i'll prob be going on friday or saturday.... anyone interested to follow me give me a buzz...
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION....
there is a theory that every person on the big blue earth can be connected to another person by no more than six degrees of separation.... they aren't talking abt the physical definition of degrees... protractors don't have a part in this theory... they are talking abt friends of friends... if you have used friendster before you'll know what degrees they are talking abt...
just hypothetically..... if everybody in the world knew 100 different people each....
1st degree friends = 100
2nd degree friends = 100x100
3rd degree friends = 100x100x100
4th degree friends = 100x100x100x100
5th degree friends = 100x100x100x100x100
6th degree friends = 100x100x100x100x100x100 = 1,000,000,000,000 friends = A LOT OF PPLE
considering that i know a lot more than 100 people both family and friends, the number of 6th degree friends will just keep growing and growing with every new person that i meet...
so if every person in the world in the world are friends of friends(to a certain power) why is there still so much animousity amongst the people sharing this planet together... we have not advanced far enough to be able to travel to and live on another planetary body and we probably will never be able to in our lifetimes... so why can't people realise that there isn't going to be a restart button which we can press and the world will come back to the way it used to be...
there is really no such thing as a entirely renewable resource... eventually everything will sooner or later be used up.... fossil fuel resources seemeed to be inexhaustable a few decades ago... but now... scientists estimate it will only last for another fifty++ yrs... are we really that selfish to use up all that we have now and give our children a barren desolate world...
guns, WMD, navy warships, tanks, aircraft of war.... all wonders of human constuction... but consider... what is man's work compared to that of the Creator.... the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the food that we eat, the animals that hop, run, swim and fly about the earth... that is something that man cannot create... and through such weapons they are destroying what He has made....
Six degrees... within six degrees i might know a guy called Anders frm Sweden or a Sarah from the States or Jacque frm France or Dimitri frm Russia... isn't it fascinating... within six degress i might even know the men that flew airliners into building over three years ago... i might even know the person sitting in Row D of the plane or the person sitting in her cubicle in the building doing her daily "chores" when the liner crashed into the towers.... it is saddening to see people dileberately killing each other of no real purpose... would killing those people grant them their demands... would killing themselves with bombs strapped to their bodies in the middle of crowded marketplaces grant their desires...
Six degrees... would the knowledge that everyone in the world is connected by no more that six degrees prevent these "men" from carrying out the task they so fervently wish to carry out.... i doubt so...
will there ever be lasting peace on our planet... i'm not talking abt "ceasefires" or "dialogues"... i'm talking abt true lasting peace... not the flower power kind... but peace as in the definition of the word... harmony in personal relations...
if the people of the world cannot accept the ways of another people, is it too much to ask if they could just be tolerant and accepting of their differences and learn to live with each other side by side....
if only it could be so....
there is a theory that every person on the big blue earth can be connected to another person by no more than six degrees of separation.... they aren't talking abt the physical definition of degrees... protractors don't have a part in this theory... they are talking abt friends of friends... if you have used friendster before you'll know what degrees they are talking abt...
just hypothetically..... if everybody in the world knew 100 different people each....
1st degree friends = 100
2nd degree friends = 100x100
3rd degree friends = 100x100x100
4th degree friends = 100x100x100x100
5th degree friends = 100x100x100x100x100
6th degree friends = 100x100x100x100x100x100 = 1,000,000,000,000 friends = A LOT OF PPLE
considering that i know a lot more than 100 people both family and friends, the number of 6th degree friends will just keep growing and growing with every new person that i meet...
so if every person in the world in the world are friends of friends(to a certain power) why is there still so much animousity amongst the people sharing this planet together... we have not advanced far enough to be able to travel to and live on another planetary body and we probably will never be able to in our lifetimes... so why can't people realise that there isn't going to be a restart button which we can press and the world will come back to the way it used to be...
there is really no such thing as a entirely renewable resource... eventually everything will sooner or later be used up.... fossil fuel resources seemeed to be inexhaustable a few decades ago... but now... scientists estimate it will only last for another fifty++ yrs... are we really that selfish to use up all that we have now and give our children a barren desolate world...
guns, WMD, navy warships, tanks, aircraft of war.... all wonders of human constuction... but consider... what is man's work compared to that of the Creator.... the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the food that we eat, the animals that hop, run, swim and fly about the earth... that is something that man cannot create... and through such weapons they are destroying what He has made....
Six degrees... within six degrees i might know a guy called Anders frm Sweden or a Sarah from the States or Jacque frm France or Dimitri frm Russia... isn't it fascinating... within six degress i might even know the men that flew airliners into building over three years ago... i might even know the person sitting in Row D of the plane or the person sitting in her cubicle in the building doing her daily "chores" when the liner crashed into the towers.... it is saddening to see people dileberately killing each other of no real purpose... would killing those people grant them their demands... would killing themselves with bombs strapped to their bodies in the middle of crowded marketplaces grant their desires...
Six degrees... would the knowledge that everyone in the world is connected by no more that six degrees prevent these "men" from carrying out the task they so fervently wish to carry out.... i doubt so...
will there ever be lasting peace on our planet... i'm not talking abt "ceasefires" or "dialogues"... i'm talking abt true lasting peace... not the flower power kind... but peace as in the definition of the word... harmony in personal relations...
if the people of the world cannot accept the ways of another people, is it too much to ask if they could just be tolerant and accepting of their differences and learn to live with each other side by side....
if only it could be so....
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
class pics that i took last thurs are now up on mah blog....
look to the left under the "Mug Shots" section and the pics are under 04S4B....
TO MY CLASS 04S4B.....
haiz... my wonderful, fastastic, beautiful, marvellous, divine, immaculate, sensational, swell, amazing, stupendous (i could write down alot more adjectives but i don't really wanna waste your time reading it) class....
its been a really briliant year that i have spent with you guys... even thru wadeva difficulties that have come up within the past year, i think we have come out of it as a class...
TO MY LIBRARY STUDY PALS...
loba, peiwen, yeesiong, and all the rest that stayed back to study in the library before the exams.... it was really a great time studying together... and the breaks we had frm studying were fun too... haha... and it was really a privilege to share secrets with you guys... i think that it really strengthened the bond between us....
TO MY PW GRP... NY118....
NY118.... me, kitlam, baoling, peiwen and xiemin... it was such an enriching experience working with you guys... we did a lot faking here and there but we mananged to get our project finished.... in a way its sad that PW is over cuz we won't be able to meet (and slack) like we used to... the only thing that i can thank PW for is the oppotunity to get to know such great people and if i had to go back and change anything, i doubt that i would change a single thing.... thanks you guys...
TO THE RUGGERS....
hey you guys... its november... in abt five months time we'll be playing the A divs... we have really come a long way as a team... we might not be as big or skilled as teams frm AC, SA, or RJ... but i swear we'll make them work for every single point they get... and i want them to remember the NYJC rugby team as a team that fights as hard as bulldogs.... we came into rugby to achieve something... to bring back something, if not for the sch then for ourselves... we have a clear goal and we have a mission to accomplish.... i know that we can do it but there is still a long road ahead.... let's bring something back and make jamal, mr tan and mr foo proud...
TO MY FRIENDS THAT WILL BE REDOING YR ONE.....
i wish with my whole heart that you guys could join us for the graduation party next year... i just want you guys to know that although we might not see each other everyday like we did this year, i'll still be there standing by ya to provide support and companionship... continue to work hard next year and i wanna see ya guys on the honour roll next year k... haha... lurve ya peeps...
TO MY TOUCH RUGBY SISTERS....
ning, eileen, irene etc.... hey there.... ning and eileen... thnx for letting my dump my worries and stresses onto you guys... its been such a great time getting to know you guys.... thanks for all the good time....
it that time of year again.... the time when Vitamin C's "Graduation: Friends Forever" will be storming the airwaves... every radio station seems to be playing that song... they always bring the CD out of storage at this time of year.....
the A's and O's are coming for the JC2s and the Sec4s respectively.... whichever, A or O, it represents a turning point in a teenager's life...
the question eating at the Sec4s... which course to take in poly? or which JC shd i go to? both weigh heavily in their minds.... for the JC2s.... the thought of going into the uni or the looming prospect of NS shadows over them...
even at the primary sch level.... PSLE and the posting... which sec sch to go to....
whichever level you look at, all three examinations come with changes... new faces, new school, different environments to cope with.... i went into peicai with just a small handfull of pple frm serangoon garden south sch (my pri sch) and came out with many close brothers and sisters.... i went into NYJC with only a few pple that i knew and now have such wonderful pple like my class and the ruggers which i can call my second family.....
God has really blessed me by bringing such fantastic pple frm SGSS, peicai as well as NYJC into my life... i don't thank Him often enough for all the blessings that He bestows upon me... its incredicle how when you look back at your life you notice how many things He has done for you without you even realising.... i can't imagine what my life would be like if i had taken a different path in life... He lead me down this particular path to allow me to experience the magical pple that i have met and to enjoy their friendships.... pple like Mrs Juliana Er frm Peicai and Mrs Chong frm NYJC have really had pretty profound impacts on my life and studies and i doubt i would have even met them without the help of His guiding hand.....
to all the fabulous people that i have met.... thank you and God bless
look to the left under the "Mug Shots" section and the pics are under 04S4B....
TO MY CLASS 04S4B.....
haiz... my wonderful, fastastic, beautiful, marvellous, divine, immaculate, sensational, swell, amazing, stupendous (i could write down alot more adjectives but i don't really wanna waste your time reading it) class....
its been a really briliant year that i have spent with you guys... even thru wadeva difficulties that have come up within the past year, i think we have come out of it as a class...
TO MY LIBRARY STUDY PALS...
loba, peiwen, yeesiong, and all the rest that stayed back to study in the library before the exams.... it was really a great time studying together... and the breaks we had frm studying were fun too... haha... and it was really a privilege to share secrets with you guys... i think that it really strengthened the bond between us....
TO MY PW GRP... NY118....
NY118.... me, kitlam, baoling, peiwen and xiemin... it was such an enriching experience working with you guys... we did a lot faking here and there but we mananged to get our project finished.... in a way its sad that PW is over cuz we won't be able to meet (and slack) like we used to... the only thing that i can thank PW for is the oppotunity to get to know such great people and if i had to go back and change anything, i doubt that i would change a single thing.... thanks you guys...
TO THE RUGGERS....
hey you guys... its november... in abt five months time we'll be playing the A divs... we have really come a long way as a team... we might not be as big or skilled as teams frm AC, SA, or RJ... but i swear we'll make them work for every single point they get... and i want them to remember the NYJC rugby team as a team that fights as hard as bulldogs.... we came into rugby to achieve something... to bring back something, if not for the sch then for ourselves... we have a clear goal and we have a mission to accomplish.... i know that we can do it but there is still a long road ahead.... let's bring something back and make jamal, mr tan and mr foo proud...
TO MY FRIENDS THAT WILL BE REDOING YR ONE.....
i wish with my whole heart that you guys could join us for the graduation party next year... i just want you guys to know that although we might not see each other everyday like we did this year, i'll still be there standing by ya to provide support and companionship... continue to work hard next year and i wanna see ya guys on the honour roll next year k... haha... lurve ya peeps...
TO MY TOUCH RUGBY SISTERS....
ning, eileen, irene etc.... hey there.... ning and eileen... thnx for letting my dump my worries and stresses onto you guys... its been such a great time getting to know you guys.... thanks for all the good time....
it that time of year again.... the time when Vitamin C's "Graduation: Friends Forever" will be storming the airwaves... every radio station seems to be playing that song... they always bring the CD out of storage at this time of year.....
the A's and O's are coming for the JC2s and the Sec4s respectively.... whichever, A or O, it represents a turning point in a teenager's life...
the question eating at the Sec4s... which course to take in poly? or which JC shd i go to? both weigh heavily in their minds.... for the JC2s.... the thought of going into the uni or the looming prospect of NS shadows over them...
even at the primary sch level.... PSLE and the posting... which sec sch to go to....
whichever level you look at, all three examinations come with changes... new faces, new school, different environments to cope with.... i went into peicai with just a small handfull of pple frm serangoon garden south sch (my pri sch) and came out with many close brothers and sisters.... i went into NYJC with only a few pple that i knew and now have such wonderful pple like my class and the ruggers which i can call my second family.....
God has really blessed me by bringing such fantastic pple frm SGSS, peicai as well as NYJC into my life... i don't thank Him often enough for all the blessings that He bestows upon me... its incredicle how when you look back at your life you notice how many things He has done for you without you even realising.... i can't imagine what my life would be like if i had taken a different path in life... He lead me down this particular path to allow me to experience the magical pple that i have met and to enjoy their friendships.... pple like Mrs Juliana Er frm Peicai and Mrs Chong frm NYJC have really had pretty profound impacts on my life and studies and i doubt i would have even met them without the help of His guiding hand.....
to all the fabulous people that i have met.... thank you and God bless
Monday, November 01, 2004
i don't care what adidas says...
the existance of impossibilties are not as absurd as they make it out to be....
there are things in this world that was not intended to be and things that shd never happen...
it's not the most optimistic way of looking at this...
but what can i do....
i just need to listen to something loud like union underground or something.... something really metal.... to numb my mind.... to get my mind off thinging too much... i'm blasting my speakers now.... dun really care if my grandfather complains or wadeva....
screw the world....
the existance of impossibilties are not as absurd as they make it out to be....
there are things in this world that was not intended to be and things that shd never happen...
it's not the most optimistic way of looking at this...
but what can i do....
i just need to listen to something loud like union underground or something.... something really metal.... to numb my mind.... to get my mind off thinging too much... i'm blasting my speakers now.... dun really care if my grandfather complains or wadeva....
screw the world....
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