childoftheking;

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

dont break it.

listen to Him.

10:14 PM

pissy mood.

what fuckin awesome friends.
shitheads.

listen to Him.

1:12 AM

Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

wahhaa. i think that line is funny. :)
anyway, spent the whole day at home today. right infront of this stinkin' computer. i told you im addicted.
sigh.

today..read through most of the photoshop book. interesting stuff (im such a geek, i know)
hallelujah. haha.
oh and i went into the kitchen n did some creative... stuff
took a bowl, threw in chocolate, peanut butter, butter.. melted them. then added cereal n milo powder n wala! superbly sweet fattening food!~
hahaha.
im glad im not an aneroxic health freak or anything. ( i know, aneroxic n health dont match but blah.) to them a balanced diet is what.. a biscuit in each hand?
eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
no use right? haha. its good to eat good food. :D
im kidding

anyway, its friday. (ok a lil over friday)
high achievers hasnt contacted me yet which spells bad news. looks like i gotta look for a job again. shucks. how very tiring.
why should i work now? i mean, after i go school, graduate, i'll be working my whole life. might as well enjoy life now right? right.
someone needs to explain that to my mom.
who once again is complaining about why i keep so much junk on my table. bah, she doesnt seem to understand that junk is what ppl keep for years and throws away a week before they need it.
lols.

cant wait for church service tml. daddy exceed my expectations k. :)

listen to Him.

12:02 AM

HAIYA. Just put me into the courses i want la

would really, really like to have this wacom tablet, although it'd probably be an waste because I wouldn't be able to really bring out the best in it.

Still, it's so bloody awesome.
technology is taking over my life.

its strange when guy's mood move from being so damn miserable to sudden extreme happiness. they dont have PMS, so that cant be the reason..
lols

sometimes i wonder who r e ones who considers me as a friend, and not just some dispensable acquaintance.

i must say, i have nthing intellectual/mind provoking/insightful to write about, but hey, it is after all just a blog right?

anyway, i really should be sleeping right now (ok hell with that), but being the geek i am i couldn't resist logging online to check up on stuff. i think im addicted. ... Okay, i know im addicted.

listen to Him.

12:32 AM

whoo. CNY is here! hallelujah.
here comes the arrival of HONGBAOS! *ching ching ching!* $$$
wahaha.
the recieving part is awesome.
the confiscation of hongbaos to parents is uh, well, not so awesome?
lol.
here comes the relatives with the "wah, u grew ALOT taller". after 16 yrs of that u would think im a giant or something already. haha.
the "become prettier" part i dont mind la. AMEN AMEN AMEN!

anyway, my hair is RED! just in time for new year. hallelujah. hahaha
its not really extreme la.. haha
wanted highlights actually but they say do a base colour first nicer so, ok lo :)
its free anyway

jealous? heehee.

went for the high achievers interview on thurs. went quite well, i think. favour favour! grace grace! haha. there were quite alot of ppl there for the interview, all very nice ppl. haa.
Daddy bless me with the job k?

listen to Him.

4:32 PM

its valentines day!
whoo~
love is in the air..

i've got a date! n its to be a lightbulb. RAR.
haha, im going out with my parents tml. to do some CNY shopping!! :):):)

to all the guys who nvr ask me out:
YOU ARE ALL BLIIINNNNDDDDD!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHA

hallelujah, jesus is my date. <3

god is love.
when i fall, i fall into the hands of my loving daddy.
therefore, i fall in love with Him all over again :)

listen to Him.

1:06 AM

okay, gonna enter in the courses now.
DADDY BLESS ME TO GO TO THE BEST COURSE!
hallelujah :):)

1 -	T34 DIPLOMA IN INTERNET & MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)	7 -	C84 DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN (NANYANG POLYTECHNIC)
2 -	N78 DIGITAL VISUAL EFFECTS (NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC)	8 -	T23 DIPLOMA IN MOVING IMAGES (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)
3 -	T21 DIPLOMA IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA DESIGN (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)	9 -	N55 MULTIMEDIA & ANIMATION (NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC)
4 -	S93 CREATIVE MEDIA DESIGN (SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC)	10 -	S57 DIGITAL MEDIA (SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC)
5 -	T16 DIPLOMA IN GAME & ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)	11 -	S56 GAMES DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC)
6 -	C70 DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY (NANYANG POLYTECHNIC)	12 -	R31 DIPLOMA IN INTERACTIVE AND DIGITAL MEDIA (REPUBLIC POLYTECHNIC)

oo i ~~died~~ dyed my hair.
red is e rage im tellin u.

listen to Him.

1:33 AM

despite much laziness and proscratination, i have made it past Olvls to my current freedom. HALLELUJAH. alright, got back pretty satisfactory results, now im one step closer to going the course i want (which im still not sure is what.. YET. hallelujah. hahaha).

officially out of chung cheng. whoo. nothing would be like a kickass punch into dear EXprincipal's face, but praise god, im merciful. HAHAHA
jus jkin, im better than that.

darn.. so many poly courses to choose. HEADACHE.
lol, Daddy i jus anyhow whack la.. then You let whatever course that suits me to accept me ok?
hurhur. im so lazy.

hehe, i see my blue notebook - PEACE, Let not your heart be troubled.
okay, daddy. :):)

so far... :

TP -
games n entertainment technology
internet n multimedia development*
interactive media design
moving images
visual communication

SP-
digital media
games design n development
creative media design*

NYP-
digital entertainment technology*
digital media design*

RP-
interactive and digital media

NP-
multimedia n animation
digital visual effects*

*courses i prefer.

whoo.. anybody want to promote their courses? hahaha. i need whatever advice i can get :)
although choosing the wrong path doesn't mean my future is screwed since its promised to be good, but why go thru the trouble. haha

if u survived reading till here, hallelujah.
im sick of thinking of which course to go, so i ripped a quiz off someone's blog. don't groan, its not like im spamming your friendster bulletin board with it or anything. :)

10 REALLY RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME
01. I don't like meeting new people.
02. I am pretty tolerant, I think.
03. I don't like licorice. hate the damn things.
04. I set high standards for many things, but not everything.
05. I would rather talk to somebody in person than on the phone.
06. I don't like talking on the phone (with some exceptions)
07. I can be quite insecure.
08. I'm terrified of horror movies.
09. I'm absolutely totally so in love with chocolates.
10. I think I'll die if Jesus is not in my life.

9 WAYS TO WIN MY HEART
01. Be taller then me, cute, older, christian, and hopefully angmoh. (but e angmoh part is not necessary if you are REALLY cute)
02. Don't be a know-it-all
03. Know when to shut up.
04. Be honest, always.
05. Responsibility, seriously.
06. Be reasonable. If you cannot be reasonable, I'd be very tempted to slap you around.
07. Talk to me often, but don't smother me with sms-es and phonecalls every hour of the day.
08. Charm me by being extremely witty
09. Love me.

8 THINGS I CARRY/WEAR EVERYDAY
01. Brain.
02. Stomach.
03. Handphone
04. EZ-Link card.
05. Contact lens
06. Tissue paper.
07. Wallet.
08. Clothes.

7 THINGS THAT ANNOY ME
01. Insincerity.
02. Irresponsibility
03. Mahts.
04. Arrogance.
05. Realising my phone died when I'm nowhere near the time of going home.
06. Shrill voices.
07. Chinese girl group singers, etc S.H.E (They're not a 'thing' but they still annoy me).
08. People who stare, like seriously. CHEEKOPEH ARH.

listen to Him.

11:23 PM

results:

ENG -A2
COMB H. -A2
GEOG -B3
EMATH -A2
AMATH -B3
SCI -A2
CHI -B3

L1R4 -11
L1R5 -14 (minus 2 CCA pts = 12)

whoo. pretty good.
seemed esp good when i jus took my results cos b4 that million of *ah shit, im gonna flunk* thoughts ran thru my mind, haha
actually, quite ok la.
my classgirls all did damn well
ailin- 7,10
shern- 8,10
sher-9,12
steph-?,12
adelyn-?,12
alicia- 7,9 (whoo! alikoo im super happy for u!)

and im in e last comb sci class. haha
in the natural, if i compare i'll get disappointed, like why my class girls all score so well. why i dun have a single a1? and i'll start to whine. (which would then most likely cause my sis to whack me on the head. owww)
but daddy opened my eyes. at least the worse is only a b3. haha. wanted 10,13 but aiyo, one pt only. one pt might not make a huge diff my future, but Daddy will, and he will make it good :D. my future is blessed! my results make no difference for my life, Daddy has made sure that it will be AWESOME.
haha. my class did well. praise jesus.
and if i think carefully, i would have never expected some of the subjects to score so well.
Comb H. was a shock. A2..my god.. i've hardly every passed it!! and the things i studied for hist.. NOTHING came out.
wah jesus, you really make a difference!
geog also.. i studied on rivers n never come out.. instead some funny sand dunes thingy came out.. but B3. woah.
A for science, never happened.
AND MY CHINESE IMPROVED. hallelujah!!

improvements from prelims. 25 to 14. haha i jumped by11 pts!

satisfied. :):)
THANKYOU DADDY!

listen to Him.

10:59 PM

hallelujah.
jesus, all my fears they fade away, when i see You.. :):)

the path of e righteous get brighter n brighter!
i will not fear, i will not worry. daddy you take everything.

JESUS, FOR YOUR GLORY
blessed olvl results!
now somebody agree with me!

listen to Him.

11:52 PM

DAMMIT NO
devil, i am NOT under you. there is no open doors to you.
hallelujah.

the battle is fought by the Lord.
Daddy, i cast my worries all to you!
hallelujah, i have victory in life. i am above n not beneath. i will be the head and not the tail.
i see your finished work.
and i am blessed.

in jesus name, no sleepless nights!

RARRRRRRR!!!!!!!

listen to Him.

11:47 PM

Release of 2006 GCE O-Level Examination Results
The results of the 2006 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Examination will be released on Friday, 9 February 2007, 2.30pm.

oh shit.

anybody free to eat lunch with me b4 that? haha. i wont be fun company tho, i think i'll be freakin out. lols. but.. company would be really nice. :D

listen to Him.

10:30 PM

argh.
its 3:45 am and im still awake.
JESUS HELP.

devil, what right do u have to steal my sleep?!gah.

hallelujah, qinmei got saved :D
ok i do not know how to put how i feel into words.
just.. praise god la.

daddy, help.
open my eyes to see you.
im so blinded now..

listen to Him.

3:44 AM

blah.. was reading thru blogs n koped some stuff

Was in the train on the way back yesterday when I overheard a group of caucasians discussing Singapore's education system. Apparently our education system is magnifique because statistics show that blah blah blah(I admit, I forgot what was said But hey, I don't normally eavesdrop). Frankly, having graduated from secondary school I feel more or less qualified, at least to a certain extent, to pass judgement on Singapore's education system. Especially why it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Apparently, Singaporean students produce better results because our standard of education is high. That is to say, or at least, what the Government says, we learn things at an accelerated rate. In actual fact, we don't have much of a choice, really - not until we get to Primary 4(that's when we're ten, go figure out what grade it is yourself), where we're streamed into the EM1, EM2, or the EM3 streams. To cut the story short, if you're in EM1, you're considered smart. If you're in EM3, well, let's just say you're gifted in "other areas". The only difference between EM1 and EM2 though, is whether you're taking an additional Higher Mother Tongue subject. And not to forget the special GEP program that's meant for the child prodigies.

Either way, you're sent along your merry educational route for the next two years, at the end of which you'd be required to take a pretty major exam which decides which Secondary School you would be posted to. Again, you're streamed into the Special, Express and Normal streams. No prizes for guessing which is the academic elite. The Normal stream is again divided into two - Normal(Academic) and Normal(Technical). As the names suggest, Normal(Academic) is for the students who are more academically inclined while Normal(Technical) is for the students who are more practically inclined, e.g. woodwork. Both streams run for a full five years as compared to the four that's run by the Special and Express courses.

Now I don't know about you, but subjecting poor, innocent 12 year olds to such stress is unfathomable. Nothing to worry about? Kids have killed themselves worrying about the damn exam(literally), so there you go. While the exam isn't that important per se(it's only used to gain access to a good secondary school), parents being parents intentionally or perhaps unintentionally stress their children out as they urge their kids to make it to so-and-so elite school. Given that these parents are Singaporean... Oh my(Singaporeans are very well known for their kiasuness).

[Kiasu
(kee-ah-soo)
Hokkien adjective literally meaning, "afraid of losing". A highly pejorative description beloved of Singaporeans. Possibly our defining national characteristic. The nearest English equivalent is "dog in a manger", though even that is pretty mild.
"You went to get a handicapped sticker just to chope a parking space? How kiasu can you get?"]

... And "chope" literally means "reserve". But I digress. Back on topic. You would have thought that after such an exam - and having endured relentless nagging/bribing/death threats from their parents, no less - these kids would be given a break for, oh, ten years. But no, barely two years after they enter their secondary school of choice (or not), they're subjected to yet another streaming, this time determining the number of subjects the student would take for his 'O' levels two/three years later. Now, I wonder, what's with Singapore and streaming? Singaporean children are treated more like foodstuff in a high-quality packaging plant than humans - why else would you want to perform this many "quality checks"?

Fortunately for us, all becomes clear. The Ministry of Education(hereon referred to as MOE) was smart enough to include a really.. Interesting subject. Social Studies. Supposedly the purpose of such a subject is to educate the students about global infrastructure and how countries manage to survive; in reality, Social Studies is merely a thinly veiled source of propaganda intended to brainwash students who study it intensively. Read: Everyone. They've taught us one important thing though; Singapore's only natural resource are her people. And what better what to harvest your resource than by ensuring that what comes out is all cream? "Quality check", lah.

Add another two years and these students are again forced to sit for their GCE 'O' levels. I'm not sure what the standard is outside Singapore, but since Cambridge collaborates with MOE to set most of our papers, I'm guessing it's supposedly tougher since it's filled with the crap "accelerated learning" syllabus. Having just completed that particular exam myself, I have no wish to comment on it's level of difficulty. I don't even want to speculate about the results. So shush. Singapore's education system sucks. And before the authorities throw me into jail for gross misconduct(misrepresenting the country), I must add that other than an absurdly hectic/crammed/retarded education system, Singapore is indeed a lovely place. Oh, and feel free to browse around talkingcock.com for a more satirical view of Singapore. Especially our weird but endeared national language, Singlish. More in the Coxford Dictionary.

And finally... This entry was not meant to be taken seriously. (;

and another.

et another entry about how I think I'll fare badly in my O-levels. Strange, it seems as if nobody is even aware that the release of our results is just around the corner. Maybe they're too busy working. Or maybe I'm worrying too much. Anyway, having tired of worrying about how much I'd get, I've decided to come up with several contingency plans if I don't do well. Yeah, I'm quite a pessimist.

1. Retake the Os - Quite an obvious albeit expensive option. I'd only consider this if... Well, I'd consider this if I don't do well. Which is very likely.

2. Check whether I've got the right cert - I know I'm not stupid. I may not be academically inclined but I can't fall below my expectations, can I? After all, they aren't exactly very demanding expectations... Right? Sigh.

3. Forget about education in Singapore; study overseas - Refer to Contingency Plan No.1 Except that it's probably never going to be considered. Especially since the examination fees for me to resit the Os would be far less than a single plane ticket to Australia/Canada/Switzerland.

4. Forget about conventional education and enrol in an esteemed music school, attempting to master both the drums and the guitar in four years - I'd consider this if I had the cash; maybe several hotels full of hard cash, since I'd probably graduate and end up as a busker for the rest of my life. Not that busking is an unworthy job, just that I don't think I'd be good enough to be a good busker, therefore... being useless. Hence the gargantuan cache of money to fall back on.

5. Appeal to the relevant person(s) in charge of the course I'm interested in - One of the more sensible plans so far, I'd intended to put this one into action the moment I realised my grades weren't going to cut it, but I've just been informed that appeals aren't going to be paid any heed. Therefore, I shall camp at the office and stage a one-man protest, proclaiming the utter injustice of their actions(or inaction, in this case).

6. Complain to whoever'd listen that Singapore's education system is too tough - Of course, if I happened to come across anybody who did well, I'd just have to pretend that they didn't exist. Or grudgingly admit that they have a highly developed brain. Not that I don't, but...

7. Cry - Messy, unglam and ultimately useless, it still manages to serve as a deterrent since it ensures that nobody would approach me to ask me "what's wrong?", thereby reminding me of how I've managed to fuck myself up.

As you can see, I'm very pessimistic. I'm not even going to list Contingency Plan No.8, because although 8 is a lucky number, the Contingency Plan of that number isn't. Why? Because, Contingency Plan No.8 is... *drumroll* Death. No, not really. Hah. Someone save me

listen to Him.

1:50 PM

im like tired, you know?
im telling you, exams should be banned! waiting for the return of results is such a nightmare.
quit obsessing, quit obsessing.

i dreamt that i received my results slip which had a nice number of A1s on it. so i woke ready to start jumping for joy when i realized it was just a dream. damn i hate dreams like that.

but.
i prefer it to dreams where i fail everything. sigh.

who cares about sounding positive.
im not ready to get disappointed again.
not once more.

listen to Him.

1:25 PM