Ok all I can say now is: I'm totally beat and I hate that ulcer at the back of my mouth. 2.4 totally owned the living shit out of me. I really can't believe I clocked 11.40mins. That's really slow btw (sry to Napfa failures). 2 years ago I was 1 minute faster than the qualifying time for A and now I'm 20 seconds to failure. Woo what a big contrast. I think 1 year of photog and no exercise has proven to be really bad for unfit Wei Shuen. I really miss the NCC trainings I used to have :( 2 minutes per round was a joke then. Gosh. I really really can't believe I clocked almost 1.54 minutes per round! 6 seconds slower per round and I'll be thrown amongst the overweight 3 months BMT pple. I must treat PE seriously now. New resolution no. 6.
Speaking about resolutions, I think I'm derailing from my plans for 2009. I'm starting to fall asleep during maths and econs lectures and I'm lagging behind on tutorials. No Matthew Ng Wei Shuen. Wake up. The going may get tough but it's the tough that gets going :D yay. That shall be my personal motto for 2009. But, seriously, apart from ambitious motto, I think school work and photog is really taking up any existing rest time I've. I can't even afford to be sick. After looking at the 2009 Events List, I can forsee that my j2 life will consist of just lagging behind hwk (due to lessons missed for event coverage) and chasing up on them and the cycle goes on. Gosh. I'm turning into a no-life freak soon!
I'm also getting rather distracted by music again nowadays. A fatal mistake I made in J1. Somehow after Zhi Ler told me he's going to play with Caleb's new band, I suddenly feel eager to give myself a new start as well. I've been losing sleep fantasizing about pro guitarists and vocalists from the new mainstream J1s. I really want to start jamming all over again. And this time with the right pple. No matter what you guys think, 3:45 was a failure and I'm eager to find a new bunch of people that matches my music preferences. I'm just worried I might fall into the same trap I did during J1. Haiz. Music you rock and you suck.
Ok I'm signing off already. Seriously very veryy tired.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
I'm too lazy to think of one.
Probably it's because CNY is coming close I kind of went on a buying spree today at IMM. I bought 2 T-shirts and 1 pair of Levis (and almost bought a Polo and a pair of Shorts) in a short 2 hours. And that doesn't include picking up a T-shirt within 10 seconds upon entering the store. In fact, I'm wondering what got into me today. Hopefully I will not regret any of my purchases.
While shopping, I kept on thinking of a lot of queer things; one of which includes how the things that we define as "hip" changes with age. I remember I used to like Power Rangers, Matchbox toy cars, Pokemon and Bayblades a lot when I was young. Owning a new Bayblade is like the most awesome thing one can own at the age of 10. And of course, nothing beats the feeling of your Dranzer beating someone else's Dragoon. (If you've got no idea wth I'm talking about, I suggest you google it).
A few years later, they became Billabong, OP, Sony Erisson Walkman phones (and occasionally still Bayblades...omg). They were perhaps the most expensive things I could afford then I think. Billabong shirts were overpriced but I loved them. In fact, I've only one Billabong shirt and I've been wearing it since Secondary 1. Somehow it grows with me. Meanwhile, OP was the cheaper alternative. And I thought a Walkman phone was the coolest thing on Earth because it saves me the money on buying a phone and an mp3 player. Fortunately, I never got to own one.
Next comes the more expensive iPods, Macbook, Canon camera and lens, Roland Drumsets, queer attention seeking T-Shirts and Branded long sleeves shirts and Levis Jeans. Contrastingly to my primary and secondary school years, I own almost all of the above except the Macbook. (My mum would never allow me to buy a T-shirt above 20 bucks or a phone beyond "Free with new 21 months Singtel contract" previously). I think if I've never got into photography or drumming, I can enjoy an additional 5k in my bank account. Lol. Too bad I've expensive hobbies.
It's kind of interesting how our choices change as we grow up ain't it? From Pokemon to Walkman phones to the iPods. Although they're a lot more expensive, we're also given increasingly more freedom to buy them. Haha who knows, maybe I will collect branded watches next time. And maybe some limited edition guitars :P
Oh well, that's what I've been thinking about while shopping this evening. I think my multitasking skills are not bad. Rights. Time to sleep. Adios.
While shopping, I kept on thinking of a lot of queer things; one of which includes how the things that we define as "hip" changes with age. I remember I used to like Power Rangers, Matchbox toy cars, Pokemon and Bayblades a lot when I was young. Owning a new Bayblade is like the most awesome thing one can own at the age of 10. And of course, nothing beats the feeling of your Dranzer beating someone else's Dragoon. (If you've got no idea wth I'm talking about, I suggest you google it).
A few years later, they became Billabong, OP, Sony Erisson Walkman phones (and occasionally still Bayblades...omg). They were perhaps the most expensive things I could afford then I think. Billabong shirts were overpriced but I loved them. In fact, I've only one Billabong shirt and I've been wearing it since Secondary 1. Somehow it grows with me. Meanwhile, OP was the cheaper alternative. And I thought a Walkman phone was the coolest thing on Earth because it saves me the money on buying a phone and an mp3 player. Fortunately, I never got to own one.
Next comes the more expensive iPods, Macbook, Canon camera and lens, Roland Drumsets, queer attention seeking T-Shirts and Branded long sleeves shirts and Levis Jeans. Contrastingly to my primary and secondary school years, I own almost all of the above except the Macbook. (My mum would never allow me to buy a T-shirt above 20 bucks or a phone beyond "Free with new 21 months Singtel contract" previously). I think if I've never got into photography or drumming, I can enjoy an additional 5k in my bank account. Lol. Too bad I've expensive hobbies.
It's kind of interesting how our choices change as we grow up ain't it? From Pokemon to Walkman phones to the iPods. Although they're a lot more expensive, we're also given increasingly more freedom to buy them. Haha who knows, maybe I will collect branded watches next time. And maybe some limited edition guitars :P
Oh well, that's what I've been thinking about while shopping this evening. I think my multitasking skills are not bad. Rights. Time to sleep. Adios.
Love & Life
I'm blogging here on my iPod touch. V late into the night. Or rather early into the morning. In fact, I'm totally beat after going out with brother chun and going for 4C reunion dinner but I just can't sleep after reading zhiler's latest blog post about living life.
Seriously, although sometimes I feel that my life is full, there're certain times when I feel there's still smthing missing. Something which I admit I've been wanting to try but haven't got to. I think it's getting into a relationship. Ok I bet I'm talking like some ignorant adolescent here. But I think it's pretty true. I don't think my drumming, photog and studies are so pro I don't need to pay anymore attention to them but I suddenly feel like trying out smthing new in life that's close to my heart. In fact, it has been ages since I last chased someone 'cause I found RS lame then. Drumming and jamming was everything to me during the previous year. I remembered telling myself I don't mind sacrificing a RS if I could be a pro drummer. lol Maybe I'm just blabbering all these nonsense because I'm no longer as committed to my band stuff. Is love a distraction? Hmm no idea.
It's really kinda hard to live life to the fullest I guess. Esp when our lives are ran by smone else. Ever since stepping into RV i could predict that im going to become a salaried worker in the future. Sometimes I feel not enough time and opportunites are given to us to experiment what we really like. For all I know, music could be my career. But I don't dare to venture in that direction because life is short and I shldnt risk wasting it. But could it be exactly for the fact that life is short I shld pursue smthing that I truly enjoy? Gee irony.
Right it's getting late. If you are reading this post as soon as i'm finished with it, you shld sleep.
Seriously, although sometimes I feel that my life is full, there're certain times when I feel there's still smthing missing. Something which I admit I've been wanting to try but haven't got to. I think it's getting into a relationship. Ok I bet I'm talking like some ignorant adolescent here. But I think it's pretty true. I don't think my drumming, photog and studies are so pro I don't need to pay anymore attention to them but I suddenly feel like trying out smthing new in life that's close to my heart. In fact, it has been ages since I last chased someone 'cause I found RS lame then. Drumming and jamming was everything to me during the previous year. I remembered telling myself I don't mind sacrificing a RS if I could be a pro drummer. lol Maybe I'm just blabbering all these nonsense because I'm no longer as committed to my band stuff. Is love a distraction? Hmm no idea.
It's really kinda hard to live life to the fullest I guess. Esp when our lives are ran by smone else. Ever since stepping into RV i could predict that im going to become a salaried worker in the future. Sometimes I feel not enough time and opportunites are given to us to experiment what we really like. For all I know, music could be my career. But I don't dare to venture in that direction because life is short and I shldnt risk wasting it. But could it be exactly for the fact that life is short I shld pursue smthing that I truly enjoy? Gee irony.
Right it's getting late. If you are reading this post as soon as i'm finished with it, you shld sleep.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Beezy Beezy Beezy
Here's an update on what has been going on for the past 1 week. Basically, I've been beezy with lots of Orientation One stuff. From event coverage to OG photoshoots to selling of OG photos. And I've missed like a gazillion minutes worth of tutorials and lectures so that means I've alot of hwk and reading up to complete :( Although Orientation One was tiring but it was certainly rewarding :D Our OG photo shoot/sales had quite a good response from the JH1/3 people. Kudos to the SC for helping us out. Seriously, people like...Lennon, Zi Yi, Xiao Peng...I own you guys one. We made a haha too bad undisclosed sum of money, which would most likely be used to purchase a set of China studio lights and backdrop. Haha finally some of our stuff in the Darkroom can be labelled as NJPS and not AEP. :)
During Orientation I also got to try out Ilyas new 2nd handed (haha ironic) D200 and Edwin's new (really new) 70-200 Tamron lens. Man...I must say I'm kind of tempted to switch to Nikon now. Suddenly, I feel like giving my whole gear a big change. Expensive mistake...haiz. Ok back to studying. Resolution one of 2009 must be fulfilled!
Btw why isn't busy spelled as beezy? Isn't busy bus-sy? :/
During Orientation I also got to try out Ilyas new 2nd handed (haha ironic) D200 and Edwin's new (really new) 70-200 Tamron lens. Man...I must say I'm kind of tempted to switch to Nikon now. Suddenly, I feel like giving my whole gear a big change. Expensive mistake...haiz. Ok back to studying. Resolution one of 2009 must be fulfilled!
Btw why isn't busy spelled as beezy? Isn't busy bus-sy? :/
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Drums and Drummania
I found out this Friday that Drums and Drummania are actually 2 very different types of fruits. I tried Drummania for the (maybe) fifth time in my life at Lot One arcade on Friday with 3:45 and failed almost like 10 seconds into the song I dunno how. I thought playing Tap Tap Revenge on my Ipod would make me better at this falling bars shit but I was wrong. Somehow I just keep anticipating the notes. That's why I missed almost everything. Damn. I wonder if any other drummers experience the same problem. Fucking Zhi Ler was having a good laugh at the arcade. Wtf.
Oh wow school is starting tomorrow in exactly 630mins. Although I haven't finish some hwk (oh man), I still kind of anticipate school tomorrow. Finally I'll be able to see everyone in school like any other days. I seriously hope I can skip chem test tomorrow cause I haven't bothered to really study it. Besides, I don't want to fail my first test of the new year. I would be totally betraying my new year resolutions. Alright I'm going off to sleep lest I can't wake up in time tomorrow. Sleeping at 2am and waking up at 11am everyday hasn't really been helpful. D:
Oh wow school is starting tomorrow in exactly 630mins. Although I haven't finish some hwk (oh man), I still kind of anticipate school tomorrow. Finally I'll be able to see everyone in school like any other days. I seriously hope I can skip chem test tomorrow cause I haven't bothered to really study it. Besides, I don't want to fail my first test of the new year. I would be totally betraying my new year resolutions. Alright I'm going off to sleep lest I can't wake up in time tomorrow. Sleeping at 2am and waking up at 11am everyday hasn't really been helpful. D:
Thursday, January 8, 2009
I helped a tourist get to the National Museum and that makes me happy :D
Ok so Mrs Look was right after all. You feel good when you do good. I felt relieved when I saw the elderly Jap (I think he's Jap) dude reached the entrance of the National Museum as my bus was passing by. :D
Life for this whole week has been...dull. Like any other NJCians out there, I'm trying to finish up my holiday hwk. GP in particular. Just when I thought I could get a breather at the end of the hols (finally) I got bombarded by mum's $%$#%#$. I wanted to go out with Pearlyn but she's out of order too. 3:45 is currently so inactive. I can't foresee a single jamming session in the next 1 month at least. Oh mans but I really don't feel like entering a new schooling year without finish doing all the stuff I wanna do. D:
And on a random note, I notice that my blog posts and GP essays are of equal length. :/
Life for this whole week has been...dull. Like any other NJCians out there, I'm trying to finish up my holiday hwk. GP in particular. Just when I thought I could get a breather at the end of the hols (finally) I got bombarded by mum's $%$#%#$. I wanted to go out with Pearlyn but she's out of order too. 3:45 is currently so inactive. I can't foresee a single jamming session in the next 1 month at least. Oh mans but I really don't feel like entering a new schooling year without finish doing all the stuff I wanna do. D:
And on a random note, I notice that my blog posts and GP essays are of equal length. :/
Sunday, January 4, 2009
1 Down and alot more counting...
Man writing lesson notes for photog is totally not fun. One of such notes takes like 5 hours (not straight of course) when it looks simply just like Copy and Paste. Gahh. But well this is a good start to one of the resolutions I've made for 2009, which is to make sure the new 2009 NJPS batch learn something from my properly scheduled lessons. Hopefully, I can finish all my lesson notes before school kicks in on 12th Jan. After school starts, I'll most probably be busy with Orientation 1 coverage and more coverage and catching up on the 5 days of lessons I would be missing during Orientation 1. So I wouldn't have huge fully unoccupied days like today to write lesson notes for 5 hours.
Hmm...probably why I'm so determined to make sure things work out well for photog this year is because I felt that I've not done a really proper job for the past 4 months as CIP (Chief Instructor & Photographer). To be fair (to us the current Exco), I felt that the previous Exco didn't really do a proper handover. I didn't really have a proper lesson plan I could follow up on. The handover was rather late too (perhaps due to other reasons). The current Exco was only officially formed at the start of August and very soon it was Promos. Kind of like 2 months wasted. And the next 2 months was holidays...wasted again because it's hard to coordinate everyone's timing. Apart from the time wasted, I felt that I couldn't really teach anything to the current batch of people, especially the members who have been staying in NJPS since IP1. Probably that was the reason for a lack of commitment from majority of NJPS.
For far too long, Photog has been treated as a second CCA. Almost everyone places their other commitments infront of photog. Unsurprisingly, I've been guilty of that too during the Rock Night period too. I've this feeling everyone is more interested in any other things (like cushions in the Darkroom) than photog, which is really terrible.
This year, I'm pretty determined not to commit the same mistakes I made last year as well as those that my seniors made. In fact, I can feel that the current Exco is putting quite a fair amount of effort to make sure things work out better for NJPS and to instil commitment in the current batch of members we have. Amongst the things we've plan are changing of an instructor, introduction of basic and intermediate groups and setting up of a National Photography Competition (As in National JC...although it's Nation wide too). I hope NJPS can very soon be placed amongst the ranks of VJPS, RJPS, etc. Hopefully, all that the current Exco has carefully planned will work out well during 2009 and we'll be getting alot more commitment from the peeps in photog. :)
2009 seems rather bright :D
Hmm...probably why I'm so determined to make sure things work out well for photog this year is because I felt that I've not done a really proper job for the past 4 months as CIP (Chief Instructor & Photographer). To be fair (to us the current Exco), I felt that the previous Exco didn't really do a proper handover. I didn't really have a proper lesson plan I could follow up on. The handover was rather late too (perhaps due to other reasons). The current Exco was only officially formed at the start of August and very soon it was Promos. Kind of like 2 months wasted. And the next 2 months was holidays...wasted again because it's hard to coordinate everyone's timing. Apart from the time wasted, I felt that I couldn't really teach anything to the current batch of people, especially the members who have been staying in NJPS since IP1. Probably that was the reason for a lack of commitment from majority of NJPS.
For far too long, Photog has been treated as a second CCA. Almost everyone places their other commitments infront of photog. Unsurprisingly, I've been guilty of that too during the Rock Night period too. I've this feeling everyone is more interested in any other things (like cushions in the Darkroom) than photog, which is really terrible.
This year, I'm pretty determined not to commit the same mistakes I made last year as well as those that my seniors made. In fact, I can feel that the current Exco is putting quite a fair amount of effort to make sure things work out better for NJPS and to instil commitment in the current batch of members we have. Amongst the things we've plan are changing of an instructor, introduction of basic and intermediate groups and setting up of a National Photography Competition (As in National JC...although it's Nation wide too). I hope NJPS can very soon be placed amongst the ranks of VJPS, RJPS, etc. Hopefully, all that the current Exco has carefully planned will work out well during 2009 and we'll be getting alot more commitment from the peeps in photog. :)
2009 seems rather bright :D
Friday, January 2, 2009
Fraq Party and I got pwned at Halo 3 again.
Hmm...I wonder why do I always get pwned in Halo. Especially when it comes to 1 on 1 melee attacks. Is my reaction too slow or YS's reaction too fast? Gah...
Fraq party at my house was kinda enjoyable today. Meeting up with YS and Bear to fraq on Halo 3 and Guitar Hero, playing Cassie Me and You on Techno Drums simply rocks. Too bad Bflu couldn't drop by today. Stupid dude...he thought the party was at 3rd Jan. Surprisingly, the fraq party has been held for the 4th time in a row although this year we didn't head down to McDonald's at CCK after fragging to stack our fries together to make giant monster fries. It was nice to experience the good old days of fragging on the Xbox (not 360 back then) again. I remember back then we would head down to Bflu's house to play multiplayer Halo 1/2 on his xbox on his super small pea-sized television and blasting "Pushing Me Away" on the xbox. Those were the days the TV was so small the only way to identify an opponent was to find the "SHINY MAN!" or get shot down by them first. I remembered I was so addicted to fragging on Halo I ponned chinese remedial during Sec 2 and got blasted by Zhen Lao Shi in front of a gazillion people during assembly. Although fragging got me into hot soup, it really bonded Bflu, Bear, YS and me together. And it certainly feels nice to know that my bestest friends from 2B haven't left me before. You guys made my day. :) rock on!
Fraq party at my house was kinda enjoyable today. Meeting up with YS and Bear to fraq on Halo 3 and Guitar Hero, playing Cassie Me and You on Techno Drums simply rocks. Too bad Bflu couldn't drop by today. Stupid dude...he thought the party was at 3rd Jan. Surprisingly, the fraq party has been held for the 4th time in a row although this year we didn't head down to McDonald's at CCK after fragging to stack our fries together to make giant monster fries. It was nice to experience the good old days of fragging on the Xbox (not 360 back then) again. I remember back then we would head down to Bflu's house to play multiplayer Halo 1/2 on his xbox on his super small pea-sized television and blasting "Pushing Me Away" on the xbox. Those were the days the TV was so small the only way to identify an opponent was to find the "SHINY MAN!" or get shot down by them first. I remembered I was so addicted to fragging on Halo I ponned chinese remedial during Sec 2 and got blasted by Zhen Lao Shi in front of a gazillion people during assembly. Although fragging got me into hot soup, it really bonded Bflu, Bear, YS and me together. And it certainly feels nice to know that my bestest friends from 2B haven't left me before. You guys made my day. :) rock on!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year and.....
And happy birthday to myself too. Heh. Somehow...just somehow...I didnt really get the countdown mood this year. I was just following ziyi to be self-high when the fireworks came out. I couldn't feel the excitement this year, unfortunately. Maybe I've seen too many countdowns....or maybe I don't really yearn for a new year that much. I was trying to recite the resolutions I've made for 2009 in my head during the fireworks but it just didn't work out. I stopped after..."I must study hard". Dubious.
But anyway. Still lots of thanks to the Ziyi, Kok Leong, Lemin, Shi Rui, Si Hui, Sherman and brother Koh and Chun for singing a birthday song (embarrassingly) in public and (oh) the birthday card! Altho there are definitely less 4C people who turned up for the countdown this year, I certainly appreciate these bunch of people so much more. Thanks guys :D
I remember I used to count the no. of birthday smses I received on the today of previous years but somehow for this year, I completely skipped it. Probably because I've realised that I've been such an egoistic asshole for the past few years and it's time I put a stop to this. I've partly realised (means still trying to realise) that it's not the quantity that counts really. Some people might have stop appreciating you. But definitely, there're others who start to appreciate you more. The people you appreciate may not be the people who appreciates you. On the contary, the people you have yet to appreciate could be the ones that really appreciates you afterall. It's the simple actions, such as remembering your birthday, that really show that they care and concern for you. For far too long, I've been neglecting the ones around me. I've never managed to remember most of my close friends' birthdays. Putting it crudely, I've not made an attempt to find them out. Yet, I expected them to return the exact opposite. I expected presents and well-wishes. I was disappointed if I didn't receive them. But I had never really realised that what goes around (indeed) comes around until today. And I suppose I was just getting my desserts for not treating people with sincerity. It's rather sad I realised it only today.......
Hmm...I think I could go on with this self-reflection for hours but it's like 3.30am in the morning and I had better go sleep (lest I lose badly in the frag party at my house tomorrow). And on a lighter note, please don't flame my blog. I'm open to negotiations. Thanks. Happy New Year.
But anyway. Still lots of thanks to the Ziyi, Kok Leong, Lemin, Shi Rui, Si Hui, Sherman and brother Koh and Chun for singing a birthday song (embarrassingly) in public and (oh) the birthday card! Altho there are definitely less 4C people who turned up for the countdown this year, I certainly appreciate these bunch of people so much more. Thanks guys :D
I remember I used to count the no. of birthday smses I received on the today of previous years but somehow for this year, I completely skipped it. Probably because I've realised that I've been such an egoistic asshole for the past few years and it's time I put a stop to this. I've partly realised (means still trying to realise) that it's not the quantity that counts really. Some people might have stop appreciating you. But definitely, there're others who start to appreciate you more. The people you appreciate may not be the people who appreciates you. On the contary, the people you have yet to appreciate could be the ones that really appreciates you afterall. It's the simple actions, such as remembering your birthday, that really show that they care and concern for you. For far too long, I've been neglecting the ones around me. I've never managed to remember most of my close friends' birthdays. Putting it crudely, I've not made an attempt to find them out. Yet, I expected them to return the exact opposite. I expected presents and well-wishes. I was disappointed if I didn't receive them. But I had never really realised that what goes around (indeed) comes around until today. And I suppose I was just getting my desserts for not treating people with sincerity. It's rather sad I realised it only today.......
Hmm...I think I could go on with this self-reflection for hours but it's like 3.30am in the morning and I had better go sleep (lest I lose badly in the frag party at my house tomorrow). And on a lighter note, please don't flame my blog. I'm open to negotiations. Thanks. Happy New Year.
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