in a blink of the eye, school is back.
in less than twelve hours, i will be having to peel my butt off the bed to go to school, and the vicious cycle of routine will begin again. after a week of dance practice, we finally performed yesterday at Serenade to resounding crowd of five hundred. got my contact lens from nicole. it will probably last two weeks more, and i guess i might continue after that. okay, back to serenade. it was kinda and still quite surreal, five hundred! anyway, moving on, its still the last day of the holidays, and thus signifying my birthday which is in on wed. so all you people out there, you have three days to get me my present. well, i guess its gonna be a drag to go to school. now i shall go off and prepare myself mentally by watching tv.

Stop complaining ; You don't even know me-

Today was such a horrible day, especially in school! The stupid LeeHwaPaik (LHY), and the stupidity of her ignorance really irked me so much, that i gotta blog about it! Its started like any normal day, but as we stepped into the hall, we were greeted by an extremely irritating voice. As we sat down, and were beginning to check the number of pages, i bent down to get a sip of my ice lemon tea. Then, i started to check the number of pages. That was when everything went wrong. LHY, an extremely old grumpy witch started to scream to CLOSE the BOOKLET, lest we get a head start to look at the questions. At first, i didn't think anything about it, as i was innocently starting to check the paper. Then she shouted again, and i looked up to look at what the commotion was. She was three tables away, staring at me, eyes daggers and all, as if i had severely offended. At that moment, i felt as if everyone was staring at me. I felt such an urge to just stand and shout that i was just checking the bloody paper. But no, me being the "gentleman", sat right there at my seat deciding to return the stare. Then we proceeded to start the paper. Then she started to wail in her unearthly voice. Don't write on the topo map with pens, she screamed again. Are we in a prison, i thought to myself, again ignoring her voice as i was using a pencil. Then she screamed again, and by instinct i looked up ; she was staring at me again. I looked at my pencil, and realised it looked like a pen. Stop jumping to conclusions, so badly wanted to shout, but being in an exam, i sat right there, fuming, but sitting there. Decidedly, she has become my no.1 public enemy! But then again, its just my speculation.

-Jem, now can? -
Well, 11 days to the end and i think i've done not bad thus far, maybe except for today's paper, Physics. My dad was in such a crappy mood yesterday, kinda affected my studying. Mid-life crisis? Anyway, regarding my previous post, i didn't say the girls were chasing me, Suresh. But there's one really wierd KC girl who Jason idiotly set me up by telling her that he knew me. Aargh, not wanting to be mean, she's quite the epitome of ugliness and wannabeness. Its not that she is physically ugly (i'm not such a surface person) but i just get this vibe that just reeks UGLY! She's really desperate too. There i was sitting in front of the bus, innocently listening to my music and drowning myself in my own world, when she just had to wake me up by asking Jason to tell me to go sit with her! And you know what? Her excuse , to cover the desperado spirit, was that she wanted to give some nice chocolates! I'm not falling into your trap, you ugly witch! She told Jason that she liked me, and i don't even know her! Frankly, i was irked by the incident and how people just go by the surface to feel "love". Futhermore, Jason told me she had quite a few ex-s, so we were contemplating whether she was really rich or something. Either that or they were blind.
Well, enough of flaming her and on to something more cheery. I just got a new MP3 player, actually it was last week but yah, WOOHOO! Its a Sony Walkman something 1000, and i bought for such a bargain - $283! Haha, now Jun Jie wants get want too. But still, i had to flex my persuasive muscles to talk my parents into buying another of their "useless and unimportant" stuff. Anyway, i got it in the end, downloaded songs from Timmy's computer (aargh, he got techno!) and now rocking my study table away! But its such a battery parasite, like i have to charge almost everyday, and they said 20hr playback. Nonsense. But i still like it loads, unless i get a IPod Video, but hey, you can't always get everything.
Its 2.41, gotta go mug for Geograpy soon. Wanted to go Jem's house to study, byt after yesterday's almost non-existent studying at his house, we decided to go our separate study ways, till Sunday. So Geography, here i come!

When Was The Last Time You Were Praised?
When Was The Last Time You Praised Somebody?
When? Wow, this two sentences flashed at the start of the movie, I Not Stupid 2, has definitely impacted me! Prior to watching it, i was highly skeptical of the movie, and more precisely of Jack Neo's work. BUT, after watching i'm a staunch supporter of the movie! Not only did i laugh my heart out, i cried! It was one of the most engaging,accurate and touching movies i've ever seen! It potrayed teenagers so well, that i really felt whatever the characters were feeling. Though it appeals more to the teenage angst, its an extremely good sounding board and eductional experience for the adults too.besides the tons of hilarious scenes, the heart-rending performance by the actors, especially young Jerry, was simply Oscar-winning! Their ability to connect with the audience was simply awesome, and the movie is a definite must-watch. in comparison, the much lauded movie, Memoirs of a Geisha, just pales.though a generally good movie for the less artistically and mentally inclined, the movie comes of as an art-house wannable flick, that fails to provoke the audience to see through the eyes of Sayuri, the lead actress. lacking of emotion, the movie with all its Hollywood stars, is too much of a actor showcase of their "beauty", showing little depth into the life of a geisha. the movie is saved by Michelle Yeoh as Mahema, who plays a kind and experienced geisha. however, the movie does shock with the horrors of a geisha's life, that to be the top dog, you've to sacrifice everything, even love. the only good thing that i've recieved from the movie is respect for the geishas, for their sheer determination and mental and emotional strength. overall, i'm quite confident (and patriotic) enough to say that I Not Stupid 2 trumps Memoirs of a Geisha in almost every aspect, expect maybe its aesthetic quality and star factor.

i just watched a really heart-wrenching+horrendous+joyous movie, Hotel Rwanda. the movie focuses mainly on the racial discrimination between two classes of the same race, the Hutus and the Tutsis. Before 1994, Rwanda (which is in Africa) was controlled by the Belgians. They had picked the fairer and longed nose Rwandians, because they looked more like them. These were the Tutsi, the elite of Rwanda and ruled Rwanda. However, when the Belgians left, they (STUPIDLY) left the Hutus in charge. The Tutsi who have long been told they were better because of their lighter skin color, had always looked down on the Hutus, although they were all of the same race. This therefore led to a major civil war, with the Hutus wanting revenge on the Tutsi. The main lead, Paul is a Hutu and a hotel manager. The movie shows how, he "adopts" and cares for almost a thousand people in his hotel, defending time and time again against the armed Hutus. The emotional and mental burdens placed upon him is tremendous, as in his hands are placed with mainly Tutsis which were wanted by the Hutus rebels. what i felt most heart-wrenching was the fact that almost 80,000 thousands innocent Tutsis were killed in the civil war and how the UN had BETRAYED Rwanda in its most needed hour. What was horrendous was how the human nature could be so vengeful and so cruel, and because of a STUPID mistake by an external force, unleash a genocide on Rwanda.the joyous part came mainly in the form on how Paul managed to save 800 Tutsi and ophans, and kept the people together admist all the madness. what touched me was when Paul , though had immunity to leave the war-stricken country, chose to stay behind to care and protect the people he had taken in. the story shows on how love prevails, and that even times of need, all you need is a little hope and determination. like what Mr Low said, its all about self-fulfilling prophecies. if Paul had told himself that they would not make it, the 800 survivors would have definitely been chopped to pieces by the Hutus rebels.therefore, what i've learnt from this movie is to always stay optomistic (and alert), and that a friend in need is a friend indeed! i give the movie ***** for its potraying of unity,love,hope,courage and impartialty.

School's in, and lazy butt out. Can't believe that i'm finally 16 and taking my Os at the end of the year! In a crazily fast blink of an eye, the whole of sec3 has been swallowed up and big 4 has appeared. Coming back to school for the 10th time has still somehow retained a bit of its ability to excite for a mere ten seconds before plunging you into the pits of study hell. For now, i feel extremely motivated (experts say its only temporary) to do uber well this year and score well (hopefully) in all the exams. Almost the whole world has asked to do some form of new year's resolution or another, and i think maybe this year i shall blog them down.(with one star being the easiest to acheieve, and five the hardest)
(i)Get 10 points and below for prelim [*****]
(ii)Getting my iPod (mini/nano/photo/???) [* for difficulty deciding]
(iii)Finally getting a pair of Converse shoes [* again difficulty deciding ]
(iv)Getting a dog (preferbly a Siberian Husky) [******]
(v)Staying without a girl until the last day of my Os [***]
(vi)Go out lesser - max 20. hrs? [***]
(vii)Spend more time with my dearest blog [******]
(viii)Laughing in your face [ ]

well, coming to a new year is always exciting, but living the rest of the year is even more so. hopefully, at the end of 06. i can honestly tell myself i've achieved all my goals (how cheesy!)...say cheese! its for rememberance =)