25 years in the making , 1 day in the telling.
age 1 - 6 (1983 - 1989)
bare memories of this period , only remembering playing in the kampung and falling down and scar my left knee.
developed a love for chai tao kuey from this age when i moved on to live @ amk for a while.
schooled @ lutheren child care centre and only remember the final few days and the constant raids of the kitchen , and i think fighting with the kids there . those were the days.
Crushes during this time : chye tao kuey bananas and water melons
Age 7 - 12 (1990 - 1995) Chongfu 1G - 4G , 5A , 6A
Enrolled into chongfu primary school , this was a fun period.
incidents to note : played wrestling during chinese enrichment and fell. breaking my collar bone yet not telling anyone about the pain until my mum noticed that my shoulders are slanted.
i joined science club for fun as i was crazed by the bookworm series then , got the edison who always thinks his a scientist. collected 5 badges out of a possible 12!
i joined st johns for fun , i have no idea why i choosed to do so now.
did so many stuff to irritate teachers , including calling mdm tay mrs tay all the time , even when i met her out of school 12 years later
one of the biggest regret i had was when Mr lim gave away sweets in class and he was sick , so silly me co-related the sweets to his sickness and wished him " i wish you are sick all the time so that we can get more sweets" , immediately his mood changed for the day. till now i still dun remember why he gave out sweets lol.
Ms tan bee juat guided us tru from p1 all the way to p4 , one of my favourite teacher who doesn't give up on irritating me !
then there was the trend of journal / scrap books where people collected bio-data and phrases from other people
like "birds fly high , hard to catch , friends like you , hard to forget"
there was this pond in the backyard of the school where there were tadpoles and fishes in it used to scoop up with lots of tadpole eggs and store them in plastic cups
Then there was the trends of erasers with flags of different countries on it and we had these matches where you flip eraser with a thumb or finger over opponents to win that eraser over. Pure madness :D
Crushes during this time : xiuli when some alumni who crashed our lab lessons whispered to me that she is actually quite cute , then i realise so. Kept in touch with her but nothing happens
age 13- 16 (1996 - 2000) 1 - 4 E 4
enrolled into ytss , this was where i made some of my best friends. i was disappointed to get into ytss as it was my last choice , only 4 from my class of 6a got into this school , wenda , celine , xiaowei and me , subsequently celine got transferred out. i remember the 1st day where i felt so sad , then weixin told me to 脚踏实地which is to use your legs to step on solid ground , in short being practical , which i did.
i remember chasing alvin down a flight of stairs and we were leaping off it
i flew down a flight and clumsily landed on my ankle and dislocating it till you can see the socket . it was the 2nd time in my life i got handicapped.
after this incident , i start to slow down and think more and improve my grades.
my class was also moved from 4th floor to 2nd floor just for me . especially grateful to sooying that time cos i was never conscious of people who help me and take them for granted
during this period , i joined chess club and followed by playing magic cards , there were the rage !
my results peaked after studying @ nee soon east community centre
Crushes during this period : Wenqi , but nothing happens cos then she was with zhiyong , later on had a few dates with her , chat often with her on the phone , but when she say a guy in school was keen on her , i didn't make use of that chance to grab her , one of the biggest regret
age 17 - 18 (2001 - 2002)1s3 , 1s1 , 2s7
1st 3 months was the most volatile period , cos the results for A levels only come out later , so 1st 3 months is decided based upon promotional results
there was an influx of students from all over the island , so you get to see many school's uniform in a single school.
Changing uniforms and swapping them is often. i was even dared to swap with a gal's pinafoe or something like that , in the end i didn't have the balls to do so.
enrolled into yjc , this was when i lost most of my studying momentum , i got addicted to broodwars and even joined a clan called extreme massacre. still in contact with some of them till today.
i even took up computing and joined computer club cos i tot i get to play games when i do those lol . now i think i would have more fun if i joined rugby instead
the major change was probably in end of year 1 where i had to drop F maths as all my subjects cannot make it
till today , i regret not not studying but rather not playing hard enough then , man what a waste !
there was the ICQ and IRC rage then.
ICQ = I Seek you and IRC = internet relay chatline
ICQ = instant messaging while irc = channel speaks
i even remember my icq id till now 57997502 and irc nick ranges from boss83 to pokpokkeh . the name boss occured was bcos i saw this variety show and there was this guy smilling like a silly goose from the start of the show till the end , with a silly hair style , and a silly shirt , i was hooked. i came up with pokpokkeh later on cos there were many animals in my class , i remember erwin = ostrich , chongzhi = worm , timonty = prince , zhilun= mouse , kevin - sexy lips etc.
i loved to chit chat , habit brought over from ytss , then i talk and talk so much that mr tan my F maths teacher told me to get out , which i did. little wonder why i hated that subject subsequently.
crushes in this period : too many le lol there was this girl from bowen whom i oggle for 2 weeks then i offered an umbrella to her when she reject , anna who was close by was laughing non stop @ me
then there was another from chongboon one , i was bioing her blatantly for a few weeks but never took any action. Then her friend came over and ask , you want to know my friend is it ? i was shocked stiff and didn't know what to do. lost another chance !!
age 19 - 21 ( 2002 - 2004)
NS lor
best lesson learnt from here is how to say no from my mentor who i hate then but now think his the best person to have taught me anything indirectly
1st 7 weeks was bmt
then after that was posted to maju as storeman
but the chief clerk saw my background in computing and said no no no put him in CAI
CAI boy , computer aided instructions = play game + run away from responsilbities ! perfect !
but the slack times ended when the previous copa left.
regrets from this stage : i was troubled by lack of vitamin M $$$ and no future ahead , as i don't have a place in local uni. I should have looked around for options and perharps took a part time degree instead of wasting time . i should have heeded maruice's advice.
age 21 - 21 (4 years experience of 21) (2004 - 2008)
SIM lor
joined cca include : SRC - welfare , INC - investment club , FPA
soci was the biggest worry of this period as failing it 3 times would mean leaving without a degree , i failed twice and only passed on the 3rd attempt
imagine the estacy when i recieved the results and it showed pass
the other worry i had was finance , i had to finance the bulk of my education
so i worked in quite a few places
in chronological order
For Touch and tech ( marketing for some timeshare company ) pull people up to be put under duress and i felt bad about it but its huge money then as pull a couple = 40 SGD but i quit after a month
Then there was SCO , singapore chinese orchestra.
it was an eye opener experience as an usher. You have to stand truout the concert and then you get to wear suits like men in black and equip with walkie.
tho i got kicked out as i never turn up for one concert , i wrote the wrong date into my scheduler and didn't turn up.
after that i worked for starhub corporate road shows , Novita as a promoter , for comex , uob credit card promoter and last but not least , as a tutor upon weisin's recommendation.
its when teaching tuition to kids that i realise how tough it is to teach me , and i start to realise the problems i myself face. i grew a lot mentally by teaching.
SRC welfare was utter boring cos of the context i was put in
when i was went into the 1st day , i was saboed into being in charge of a project no one else wanted , a blood donation. the other 2 groups , sports and projects was like so clique but mine was in tatters.
INC was very interesting and an eye opener
FPA i joined it to really just watch the girl who lept tru time on the big screen
Crushes during this period : year 1 = weiling asked he out but ruined it on the 1st date lol , remembered watching initial D but when she asked me what i like about her , i was dumb strucked like in the movies. so gg-ed =(
crush on all sorts of girls in skirts lar too many and too sensitive to say now
But now I am at a transition phrase into the next quarter of my life. Do hope i will have a better life ahead
3 main aims in life now = Live healthy , do no evil , save gaia
live healthy includes eating exercising and sleeping healthly
do no evil is an idea after watching google's video , just do no evil
gaia on the other hand , is a long story but is basically a belief that all beings on earth form a large organissm , we are all but a small part of a single living being.
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since 15 Dec 08 here is a summary of things done
course ended on 21st dec
had a mask party organised by angeline @ sam's place
met natasha and passed her ICP notes on 26th then went to andy's chalet
went to see the games yao had @ his house
the most surprising encounter = meeting mingwang and his mum while jogging
his now called raymond chia and working @ dsta as a researcher. recognised his face staight away and even chatted about memories then. as he forgot his keys and no one was @ home , we had to try to use a ladder to scale the roof and maybe enter tru there ( watched too much home alone haha) in the end , we just waited till his mum was home and she gave me some coins to take bus home but i just used it to buy drinks and walked home.
Tuesday my comp had a : product key invalid , so i went out to get funds and bought a 2nd hand mini pc 2113 2 gig 160 hdd 1.2 ghz processor. i suspect my old sata hdd spoiled so i think i might either replace the hdd of that old comp or sell off everything.
wanted to try ubuntu but apparently i can't boot up without the disc
went to countdown @ khatib for nye with trixie , weisin , valerie , andy , qiaozhen , soanne , rong hua , jo i think the cheese tofu was the 2nd best dish , prawns stil the best. there were insects and all sorts of flying adbomination @ the field area and it was an interesting experience.
after that we went to ginza but the place looked cheesy so we went to sembawang ktv to drink and sing.
thats all for today , tired and sleepy
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