Wednesday, December 31, 2008,10:50 pm
well, it izz ze lazt day of ze year. zo i zhall ztart by uploading zome of ze best zongs zat i have heard over ze whole year. by ze way, it iz in alphabezical order accorzing to artizte'z namez
i Beautiful - 10 Years
ii It's Not My Time - 3 Doors Down
iii Never Going Back to OK - The Afters
iv MySpace Girl - The Afters
v Dear Maria, Count Me In - All Time Low
vi Poppin' Champagne - All Time Low
vii I'm No Sure Thing - The Appreciation Post
viii Black Mirror - Arcade Fire
ix Hey Nightmare, Where Did You Get Them Teeth? - A Skylit Drive
x Falling Down - Atreyu
xi Technicolour Eyes - Backseat Goodbye
xii Catch Me If You Can - Beyond Hope Lies
xiii I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You - Black Kids
xiv Shockwave - Black Tide
xv Practice Makes Perfect - Cute Is What We Aim For
xvi Sadist Nation - Darkest Hour
xvii Cath... - Death Cab for Cutie
xviii Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie
xix Title and Registration - Death Cab for Cutie
xx Code Black - Easton Legacy
xxi Love In Your Arms - Eleventyseven
xxii Situations - Escape The Fate
xxiii Second Chance - Faber Drive
xxiv When I'm With You - Faber Drive
xxv Unbreakable - Fireflight
xxvi Friday - Goldspot
xxvii Walk This Off - The Goodnight Anthem
xxviii Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye
xxix The Greatest Story Every Told - Ice Nine Kills
xxx No I In Threesome - Interpol
xxxi I Was a Man - Jape
xxxii Platform Moon - Jupiter One
xxxiii Lips Like Morphine - Kill Hannah
xxxiv Love You to Death - Kill Hannah
xxxv I'm Good I'm Gone - Lykke Li
xxxvi One Last Kiss - Madina Lake
xxxvii Point Me Toward the Morning - The Matches
xxxviii Miserable at Best - Mayday Parade
xxxix Senses on Fire - Mercury Rev
xl Shake It - Metro Station
xli Kids - MGMT
xlii Amaranth - Nightwish
xliii The Revenge of Holden Caulfield - Nothing Ever Stays
xliv The Start of Something Beautiful - Porcupine Tree
xlv America - The Prospect
xlvi The World Was a Mess But His Hair Was Perfect - The Rakes
xlvii We've Only Just Begun - Run Kid Run
xlviii The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script
xlix Let Me Go On - Seabird
l Fall For You - Secondhand Serenade
li The Priest and the Matador - Senses Fail
lii If You Could See Into My Soul - Silverstein
liii Revival - Soulsavers
liv Oh Yeah - The Subways
lv That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
lvi Dreams - TV on the Radio
lvii Sleepless - Until June
lviii Praise and Adore - Wavorly
lvix Check Yes Juliet - We the Kings
lx Skyway Avenue - We the Kings
for those who dunno roman numerals, i = 1, v = 5, x = 10, l = 50, c = 100, d = 500
so yeah. prob going to have another mugging session with Ying next week which is next year. also gt econs tuition...hopefully can get at least B for a levels. and of course A for chem and maths
lets see. 2008 has been a fun year.
2009: jc2 (hopefully i don retain)
2010-2011: national service
2012 onwards: university and reservist (if the world doesnt end)
2015/2016 onwards (depending on my uni course): work, married, children, retire, splurge CPF money, have another recession in 2035, die
Monday, December 29, 2008,5:23 pm
fun sunday
lets see. church in ze morning. then mee-pokked for lunch. then went to limbang park to play footyball. yours truly scored a brilliant goal. brilliant in the build-up, cos there were like 7 or 8 passes leading up to it? and it was street soccer as well. to string 7 or 8 passes tgt before scoring in street soccer is an achievement unto itself
den had the party. i seriously need to master semi pro and professional levels in Fifa09. also played TAITI, BRIDGE and HEARTS. whoever created poker cards and games involving poker cards is a genius. also watched football throughout. den when everybody else had gone home, watched blackburn vs man city at 12.15am. pro game lah. up until the 88th minute blacky were leading the other team in manchester 2-0. and then the supposedly richest club in the world scored in the 89th minute to make it 2-1, and then a 94th minute equaliser. wtf??? drama. also watched vietnam score the last minute tyco header against thighland i mean thailand. theyre prob going to name the stadium after Le Cong Vinh. i mean, they did name their capital after Ho Chi Minh
10.5 more hours to Man Utd vs mee rebus! also prob going to watch Blackpool vs Wolves
if Waisiong and/or Daren are reading this, let me copy ur chem and maths when sch reopens. i wouldnt mind if u lent me before tt as well. chankyewps
Sunday, December 28, 2008,12:39 am
weird christmas
its been a strange christmas 2008. something's missing. today got 2 presents frm my relatives. and yet it feels damn weird. like i don't deserve those presents. =x dunno. this year i havent wished as many ppl as i did the previous few years. excluding relatives, i only wished like 7 or 8 ppl? and tts excluding smses. hmm. maybe its just the realisation and acceptance that Christmas isn't about presents or shaking ppl's hands. It's about Jesus being born into the world (read my post on 17 dec) and that alone makes Christmas much more meaningful than any amount of presents and/or well-wishes
anyway went to mug with Ying today. supposed to go to jrl, but then decided to go lot 1 library instead. must say kudos to the twits behind the reconstruction. the new library is much much much much much more conducive than the old one in every way. the mugging session only confirmed one thing: IM GOING TO FLUNK A LEVELS. crappppppppp. although at least my AP/GP and integration skills are still intact. but distinguishing tests and deductive qns for chem? im dead
also saw this super big housefly at e library. it was about 3cm long? uber creepy
den munched at kfc before going home to nap before going to uncle's house for dinner. man oh man. the first of many steamboats =xxx esp with chinese new year next month
yea. going to play football tmr (?) before ze party!!! prob watching newcastle vs kidneypool with Ying. im hoping Microwave Oven (michael owen) scores against his former club, if only to ji seow kidneypool. and then Man Utd vs mee rebus on tue morning! wooo
Wednesday, December 24, 2008,2:50 pm
fun tuesday
lets see. first met some 4/8 guys at yew tee mrt. den trained all e way to somerset. and during e entire journey, we either played bridge or big 2. pro eh. now im expecting our picture to appear on stomp or in the new paper. den went to cineleisure to watch Yes Man, but it was sold out! so bussed down to Plaza Sg instead. ended getting seats in e first row, which were e only seats left. urgh. gt neckache and headache because of tt. but anyway e movie rocked
den trained to clarke quay to meet e rest before heading to liang court for dinner. had to wait until 7.45. bleah. and after dinner we spent like half an hour settling the bill? double bleah. den crapped around near central until 11.15 before 190ing home. shiok
yea Christmas midnight mass in 9.5 hours! woots.
also cant wait for sunday. so far abt 6-7 ppl confirm, with another 2 tentative. too bad e girls couldnt come, as well as guys like Andy and YY. ah well
also gt NS registration letter! bbbbbbb. e only things im looking forward to in bmt are playing with grenades, rifles and the obstacle course. but nvm. just to let you know, you are reading the blog of future LG (Lieutenant-General (the highest army rank)) Terence Lee. ok im being damn ambitious. but before that i'll have to endure the nightmare called A levels
yea. now for a boatload of pics
stoning at clarke quay mrt
Friday, December 19, 2008,9:02 pm
fun days
ytd: went to metro @ paragon for cip. first 3-4 hours were quite fun. den e last couple of hours were totally draggy...urghhh. id rather have gone to Cambodia or Vietnam and help out with e underprivileged kids there. hopefully there'll be a trip like tt next yr
den aft tt went to Kino to nab Man Utd magazine. shld have brought more money...den can also buy some Star Wars novels and The Killing Joke...apparently someone i noe was working there and saw me. but i didnt see tt someone. awww. den 190ed home
today: met e 4/8 guys for lunch. den went to cck stadium to play football and later handball. played frm 3-6...now pooped...
yea. The T is totally addicted to
I'm Good, I'm Gone by Lykke Li and
Kids by MGMT. thanks a lot, Fifa09 soundtrack. now i cant get those two songs out of my head.
Platform Moon by Jupiter One and
I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You by Black Kids are two other songs. aint bad
The T is also addicted to Hexic. my record is 11 starflowers! But I still havent managed to create a single black pearl! If anyone reading this is an expert on Hexic, tips and hints are much appreciated
The T also wants to watch these three movies:
Yes Man,
Benjamin Button and
Bedtime Storiesand finally, the Champions League draw for e round of 16 saw Man Utd vs Inter-Milan. me is absolutely chuffed, cos we'll get to see the Special One at Old Trafford again. plus here's hoping Real Madrid stuff kidneypool. I'd love to see either a Man Utd-Real Madrid or Inter-Milan-Real Madrid final. simply cos i support those three teams from England, Italy and Spain. another all-English final wouldnt be bad either. so come on you Mancunians, Madridistas and Milanese (not manchester city, atletico madrid or ac milan btw. they all suck.)
PS barcelona
SUCK. and may Singapore thrash vietnam on sunday
Wednesday, December 17, 2008,11:09 pm
Christmas. What do we think of when we see or hear that word? What images plant themselves into our minds? A big, luscious christmas tree with either an angel or a star on top? What about opening the presents on Christmas morning, hoping and praying that for once, you actually got what you wished for? Perhaps a certain red-nosed reindeer whose name rhymes with golf? And of course, what about a fat, jolly chap, decked out in red and white, head covered with a cap to shield him from the winter (not that he needs it; his obesity ensures eternal warmth) and a long, silver/white beard? Unsurprisingly, those thoughts and images are the first things to permeate one's consciousness when one thinks about Christmas. And given today's modernised world, where money talks the loudest, that is only to be expected.
But are those really the true meanings of Christmas? hell NO.
Christmas is the day when Jesus was born, so that He would die for the world. The world's most powerful king ever was born, not in a fancy hotel, not in a glittering palace, but in a stinky manger, surrounded by animals. That was about 2008 years and one week ago. That, to me, is the true meaning of Christmas: the birth of the Saviour. If not for Him, would our sins be so readily forgiven? Obviously I'm not in a position to predict what God would or would not do, but I think the answer to that question is no. I mean, He even sent a flood to drown the earth because He was getting pissed with the way humans were behaving. Hence with Jesus's entrance into the world, it ensured that all of us would be saved.
Back to the first point. Some people find it hard to fathom Christmas without dear old Santy Claus. No good old Saint Nick? What in the world? No presents for me under the tree?? WTF?!
Sadly, this attitude is prevalent in today's world. We have reached a stage where practically everyone has a 5-megapixel phone, a 100 Mbps laptop, and an 80 GB mp4 player. So-called "necessities" of life. To be honest, I don't know what I would do without my computer, handphone and ipod. Hence I don't want to criticise others for doing so, as that would be disgustingly hypocritical.
But what I do want to criticise people is when they put all these materialistic things over what is truly important. When you see people regarding Christmas presents as more important than Jesus's birth, or merely dismissing Christmas as "just another season", that truly is tragic. This shows the apathy regarding Christmas, or a lack of appreciation as to what the 25th of December truly means.
Likewise, Chinese New Year. Is it purely about receiving red packets? Adding those delicious, crisp notes to our bank accounts? First, let me admit that I do take the amount of money I receive into account. After all, only a fool would dismiss money's worth, especially with the current recession. But is money the be all and end all? Once again, to look forward to CNY purely for the money one will receive shows a failure to understand the true meaning of CNY. Which is what I have been trying to emphasise for Christmas: to see Christmas purely as a season of presents totally defeats its whole purpose.
Having said all that, I honestly declare that in a week's time, I will be eagerly looking forward to whatever presents I receive (if any). And one month from now, I will be going through just how much paper (or rather, plastic) bearing numbers and Yusof Ishak's emo face I have collected. But I will not allow that to deviate from the true meanings of the occasions for which they are commemorated.
Thursday, December 11, 2008,2:34 pm
pics from Xueyi's musical @ NUS (5.12.2008)
dinner at pastamania
waiting for 188...
playing bridge on ze bus
walking on the bridge (poetic, innit)
playing some more
moi
the stage
doni being interviewed
squeezing in the bus
mark acting retarded
mark acting cool
ohwen in the transitional state between full consciousness and blissful contemplation moulded within the intrinsical subconscious
yea. all of the above taken by Jackie
grp photo! taken by Chunyong
