looking better?

yay. Finally a day when school rocked. Ok...at least it was better than normal days. =))

You know what? I totally love the subjects I'm doing now - especially bio and econs! Oh man oh man. I know I'm sick in the mind...but still, that doesn't affect my love for the subjects! wheee. No more physics. No more literature. No more chinese! Can you beat that? hehehehe.

que la vie est difficile!

Bah! I've to make a decision...about whether to join choir or not. I emailed my french teacher about it and he's kindly agreed to allow me to skip half an hour of french on fridays just so that I can go for choir practices. sigh. It's so hard to decide. On one hand, it's a good start that at least I can skip a little bit of french...but I'm not too sure whether the teacher-in-charge will allow it. On the other, I was also thinking about joining something new, since I've already been in the cca for 4 years...and I'm not particularly all that good a singer.

That brings me to the audition today. Gee. Miss Lim was really nice about it...guiding me through the tests. But the thing is, I was waaaay too soft. It's sad because I was so nervous I could hardly sing anything at all...I just get wrecked nerves everytime I've to sing solo. Darn. Why must I be like thaaaat? Bummer.

I've been attempting hard all this while to convince myself that perhaps hwachong isn't all that bad. It sucks having to be a second intake student. There seems to be this stigma about second intake students being "less capable" than the first intake students. Apparently, they even got the statistics to back them up! Can you beat that? *groans* That's why we (as in the poor second intake students...) have to contend with horrible treatment like teachers passing insensitive remarks (now now, won't go into specifics...) about how we should really work doubly hard. Hey. Let's get our facts right. Most of us did go to a junior college in the first three months...and we know our stuff alright. Ok...at least I did. I paid attention to most of the lectures...

And here's another newsflash. 12 hours of economics lectures after school. 4.45pm to 6.45pm every tuesday. Hohoho. Lucky us! Revision for all the topics I've already covered. I admit that I've done most of the topics already covered in hwachong, like the central problem of economics, demand and supply, elasticity concept. Well, except for a small chunk on consumer surplus and production deficit. But surely that doesn't warrant for a full 12 hours of lectures on stuff I've already learnt? It's horribly unfair...but for now, swee and I are going to take those multitude of lectures as a good form of revision. God forbid the tragedy of it all. I'm wondering how long this will last. A good whole term, I reckon.

Darn. Why am I such a "blog-bitch" sometimes? I complain sooooo much it gets on my nerves.

Ok. Mission impossible number one. Integrating into 05S71. All the boys there are from the school next door except me! Geeeee. But at least they're friendly enough...despite the fact that they've more or less formed a clique already. I'll try...my best to make friends.

Sometimes I wonder if raffles was all that bad....ARGH. Here I go again!

hyped up!

Yes! My new laptop's arrived!! Grooooovy baby.



Haven't yet set it up, 'cause I don't know how to, considering how dumbass I am with computers...so I've gotta wait for my Dad to come back from the States which is God knows when!

*wooooooot.

Good Friday

Wheee. Good Friday has been fantastic. Conference at Swissotel was great! The speaker was engaging but it was rather disheartening seeing so many people losing concentration. The topic discussed was in fact quite interesting...at least compared to the normal sermons every Sunday!

Anyway, have a look at the animation below. Really cool! Please watch the whole thing as it's really meaningful...even if only to listen to the wonderful vocals!

hwachong thus far

Now now, it's been two days at hwachong. What's my opinion of it? I think it's worlds apart from raffles, to say the least. Both colleges are academically strong in their own rights, each year churning out truckloads and truckloads of students with stellar results, but the fact still remains that hwachong will never be the same as raffles.

Hwachong, on the whole, gives off a different vibe from raffles. You can feel the warmth of the school just upon entering the canteen. It did help that my ex-classmates were there to "welcome" the new kids on the block, especially those from raffles. But I recall feeling really good in hwachong - comfortable and "at home". I must admit that raffles is waayyyy larger than hwachong in terms of land size per se, although hwachong trumps with the fact that it has done a fantastic job in landscaping and making sure that the place retains some "life" and diversity in colour. At raffles, it's just green, white and well...green! (except for the orange walls surrounding the lift which do add some colour to the school...but still!) Hwachong's definitely nicer on the whole.

That being that, I couldn't help comparing the lecture theatres at raffles and at hwachong! =( I was so used to having a colossal lecture theatre at raffles that when I entered LT1 and LT2, I was going, "This is it??". Lol! Abel and I confessed that the LT it smaller - much smaller. But to do some justice to the school, raffles in spanking new but hwachong has been around for donkey years.

For the duration of the past few days, we've been preoccupied with briefings after briefings. Bah. So Abel, Yunmin and I decided to "pon" (skip) the last briefing on student welfare matters *rolls eyes*. Hehehe...We hope there were at least some people left! Hahaha...

I can't yet judge whether I've made a right decision in coming to hwachong, but it has felt good. Really good, in fact, to be able to be a hwachongian. Corny name, but it a lot goes to being one.

That aside, the gastric flu has been wracking me for the past few days. I've hardly any appetite to begin with and I can't eat a lot at one go. The other day before baptism classes, I only managed to finish my soup and nibble at the *seemingly* large croissant. Darn! And it's only once in a blue moon that I get to eat at Delifrance without feeling guilty about having burnt a hole in my pocket! Lois, you rock! =))

Good Friday's tomorrow. It's an important day because it marks the crucifixion of Jesus. For the first time, I'll be joining the English Prebytery of Singapore at Westin Stamford for a combined service! That'll be wonderful! Hahaha...can't wait for it. =)

Have a jolly holiday! God bless. =D

I just want to kill myself

Ok. This isn't a last minute suicide entry or anything, but more like pointless rambling. =(

I'm so vexed now I wish I could take it all out on...on...something!! Arrrrrgh.

Whatever. I'll calm down and think it through once and for all. And this time, I'm not going to let anyone interfere with my decision, whatever they might say. Amen!

I'm just hoping God will give me a sign like when the dew clears tomorrow, it reads "Go to RJ/HC and stop worrying you silly boy!" =(

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. friggin' choices.

revision?

Yep! I've made myself a new diary here at blogger. Even though I've hardly accustomed myself to this entirely novel server, I'm trying. =))

Either way, I've been doing my revision today (last minute spurt! =P) and I realised that studying can be fun! Lol! It's actually quite fun reading through your notes again...and especially Sloman! Oh yes. I've finally understood the concept of elasticity. Gee. Took me quite some time despite the fact that it's so easy. Bah!

March holidays are officially over. Ok, in four hours that is. But not like it really matters. I was thinking about whether to skip school tomorrow since tomorrow'll be the last day I step into the garishly green campus of raffles but after having considered it through, at least I can say my final goodbyes to my friends over at raffles. Hehehe. Not like they'll miss me a whole lot since I've been really unenthusiastic about class outings at anything of that sort, but it's just a...form of courtesy. Lol.

Sigh. Starting afresh at hwachong won't be easy, I'm sure, but I sure do hope I end up in a class with at least someone I know? It'll really be bad if I land myself in a class filled with unfamiliar faces..and yet even MORE unfamiliar personalities. People can be such a tricky bunch sometimes, I find them hard to comprehend. Talk about having split personalities! Gee. Thing is, I don't want to find myself in a class like the one I've got in raffles, where the guys just stick amongst themselves and have their own "class lunches". It's irritating...

Good thing I'll be skipping PE tomorrow...since I'm still feeling a little woozy from all that medication. I hope they aren't going to slave-drive us tomorrow...Hahaha...Not after that long break!

Highlights tomorrow will be the lectures, 'cause at least I'll learn something then! =))

Comments on this template will be appreciated. =D Till then!