Recently, just learned of a small spat between two frens tat i hv known since seconday school. Apparently, it started with a letter sent by snailmail and later responed by email. Dun reali want to deal with the specifics here, but it kinda concerns me. Basically, the reason for the small spat was due to a series of incident tat occured many years ago and i guess old wounds do take quite awhile to heal, i think...
Not trying to act as some self justified peace maker here, but reali hope tat the situtation will not reach a stage where both parties find it hard to talk to each other. I treasure both this two frens and do not want to see myself caught in the middle or worst still, taking sides here. Actually, like all spats, both parties are kinda at fault here... and i really hope that there can be someway where misunderstanings can be cleared between them. Sometimes, though, in a situation like this, it would be great for someone to step forward and take the first step in apologising. Though what i feel is most important is that there must be sincererity in what is been said.
Fortunately, both parties have already taken the first step and reach out to the other in one way or another to try to explain and clear some misunderstandings tat mite hv occured. A letter, a phone call, what is used is not important, but what you truely mean is important. What u say must be genuine, cause it is only then can you trust yourself and the other party. So having said that, i really and sincerly hope that the current spat, be they due to misunderstandings or hurt feelings form the past can be resolved, and as a fren to both parties, this is really what i want to see.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Movie outing 2: Red Cliff
Went out with 3 of my secondary schoolmates to watch Red Clift the following day. It was like our long awaited gathering cus we hv been like postponing previous gatherings due to our heavy school schedules. So it was great tat we could finally meet up...
Dun reali know much of the actors or actrees fm this film except for perhaps Tony Leung and Zhao Wei. But saw the trailers a few months back while watching another movie and my first impression was this is a 'must watch' movie! However, the movie did not reali meet my expectations though, but generally the battle scenes was quite good. There was of course that famous scene where the soilders under Liu Bei used thier reflective shields to blind of Cao CAo army though the CGI effect made it look quite fake. My favorite battle scene was when the allied forces led by Zhou Yu lured Cao Cao's amry into the Eight Tiagrams Formation and utterly slaughterd them. Then just like a scene out from Dynasty warriors as Cheng You commented, the various good side generals came out and personally took on 30 to 50 soilders each which was a tat unrealistic, but then agian who cares as long as the action scenes were nice.
Only gripe with the show was tat it was kinda long winded at times and this was not helped by the fact tat the movie was like 2.5 hrs long. Kinda fel ta little slow moving at times but in general i tot it was quite a nice epic movie for the summer, just not the 5 stars tat some hv rated for this movie...
After tat, went on to have dinner at cavana and chatted with them. Apparently, JCTs had taken a toll on most of us given most if us had failed one or two subjects but its ok, we shall persevere!
Then talk about our stuf regarding our secondary school frens and reminisice(sort of) about the past. Then tok about our plans on wat to do after this whole crazy Alevels was over, like how we were goona to enjoy ourselves etc... haha, hopefully can act as motivator for me to work hard! Stayed at white sands untiul bout 10pm, then took the bus hm for a well rested rest before the next cyle of the "battle for the Prelims" begins next week...
Dun reali know much of the actors or actrees fm this film except for perhaps Tony Leung and Zhao Wei. But saw the trailers a few months back while watching another movie and my first impression was this is a 'must watch' movie! However, the movie did not reali meet my expectations though, but generally the battle scenes was quite good. There was of course that famous scene where the soilders under Liu Bei used thier reflective shields to blind of Cao CAo army though the CGI effect made it look quite fake. My favorite battle scene was when the allied forces led by Zhou Yu lured Cao Cao's amry into the Eight Tiagrams Formation and utterly slaughterd them. Then just like a scene out from Dynasty warriors as Cheng You commented, the various good side generals came out and personally took on 30 to 50 soilders each which was a tat unrealistic, but then agian who cares as long as the action scenes were nice.
Only gripe with the show was tat it was kinda long winded at times and this was not helped by the fact tat the movie was like 2.5 hrs long. Kinda fel ta little slow moving at times but in general i tot it was quite a nice epic movie for the summer, just not the 5 stars tat some hv rated for this movie...
After tat, went on to have dinner at cavana and chatted with them. Apparently, JCTs had taken a toll on most of us given most if us had failed one or two subjects but its ok, we shall persevere!
Then talk about our stuf regarding our secondary school frens and reminisice(sort of) about the past. Then tok about our plans on wat to do after this whole crazy Alevels was over, like how we were goona to enjoy ourselves etc... haha, hopefully can act as motivator for me to work hard! Stayed at white sands untiul bout 10pm, then took the bus hm for a well rested rest before the next cyle of the "battle for the Prelims" begins next week...
Movie outing 1: Dark Knight
Went to watch two movies this week, Dark Knight on Thrusday and Red Clift on Friday.
Went out with the class guys and Xin Lin to watch Dark Knight at GV tamp cus thrus was like one of our rare early days as we were dismissed at 3pm tat day instead of the usual 5 plus. Then loiter ard in sch until 4pm like tat, while Bobby, Teng Han and Xin Lin went to grap the tickets for 4.15pm. So basically, me, Chun Kiat and Jit took the Cab fm sch and told the cabby to chiong to TM. Told him we need to get there within 15min and he said "can do". Lol, then while on the cab, Jit passed me a piece of paper with a oval drawn on it and said it was fm Ryan Aka the Beat Boxer of our sch and it was supoosed to be some kind of Design your own egg day or smtink like tat... Lol, tot he it was sm bad joke at first but apparently he was serious... Still thinking of the design for the egg... Maybe a batman design?
Then we managed to reached the cinema in time to catch sm trailers. The Mummy 3 look kinda great... But better still was the Dark knight! Reali felt tat it was worth the 4.5 -5 stars it was rated for. Not just because of the great acting by distinguished acting by Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale and the likes but also the hiddeng meanings behing the show. For example there was this particular scene where the Joker rigged two ferries, one carrying prisoners onboard , the other innocent civillians wioth bombs and told the crew on both ships tat they could either blew the other ship up with the detonator provided onboard or the joker would blow both ships up at midnight. Apparently it was some 'social experiment' by the joker, and he wanted to prove tat humans show thier 'true hideous' colours when pushed to the limits. But in the end, both ships decided tat they could not bare to blow up the other ship because thier morals prevented them fm doing so. It was perhaps the most heartening moment of the movie. Of course Batman went on to save the day and kicked the Joker in his ASS.
There was also a cameo appearance by AgentMahone from Prison break!!!
Lol, Alex Fletcher, to be exact played the role of the bank manager the joker tired to rob and he sure kicked ass in the scene where he simply took out a shotgun from under his desk and started shooting wildly at the thugs sent by joker. Of course, he was killed by the joker in the end(personally, on less) but he sure went out like a true hero! Haha, come to think of it, the fellow fox river prisoners should have aslo made a cameo appearance at the scene involving the prisoners on the ferry. Tat would have been nice :)
Went out with the class guys and Xin Lin to watch Dark Knight at GV tamp cus thrus was like one of our rare early days as we were dismissed at 3pm tat day instead of the usual 5 plus. Then loiter ard in sch until 4pm like tat, while Bobby, Teng Han and Xin Lin went to grap the tickets for 4.15pm. So basically, me, Chun Kiat and Jit took the Cab fm sch and told the cabby to chiong to TM. Told him we need to get there within 15min and he said "can do". Lol, then while on the cab, Jit passed me a piece of paper with a oval drawn on it and said it was fm Ryan Aka the Beat Boxer of our sch and it was supoosed to be some kind of Design your own egg day or smtink like tat... Lol, tot he it was sm bad joke at first but apparently he was serious... Still thinking of the design for the egg... Maybe a batman design?
Then we managed to reached the cinema in time to catch sm trailers. The Mummy 3 look kinda great... But better still was the Dark knight! Reali felt tat it was worth the 4.5 -5 stars it was rated for. Not just because of the great acting by distinguished acting by Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale and the likes but also the hiddeng meanings behing the show. For example there was this particular scene where the Joker rigged two ferries, one carrying prisoners onboard , the other innocent civillians wioth bombs and told the crew on both ships tat they could either blew the other ship up with the detonator provided onboard or the joker would blow both ships up at midnight. Apparently it was some 'social experiment' by the joker, and he wanted to prove tat humans show thier 'true hideous' colours when pushed to the limits. But in the end, both ships decided tat they could not bare to blow up the other ship because thier morals prevented them fm doing so. It was perhaps the most heartening moment of the movie. Of course Batman went on to save the day and kicked the Joker in his ASS.
There was also a cameo appearance by AgentMahone from Prison break!!!
Lol, Alex Fletcher, to be exact played the role of the bank manager the joker tired to rob and he sure kicked ass in the scene where he simply took out a shotgun from under his desk and started shooting wildly at the thugs sent by joker. Of course, he was killed by the joker in the end(personally, on less) but he sure went out like a true hero! Haha, come to think of it, the fellow fox river prisoners should have aslo made a cameo appearance at the scene involving the prisoners on the ferry. Tat would have been nice :)
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Friday: A night of swimming and feasting
Well, last friday after school ended at ard 5 plus, went swimming with the class guys at my House. Realised that it was actually the first time i brought them to my house to swim... Lol, brought Jit n Teng Han to my place first by taking them on a 2km long walk( Ppl always say i am crazy to walk from Bedok Reservior to TJC...). We taught Bobby was ahead of us since he took his bike, but aparently, he was with some girl in school( In the car... :) ) so he caught up with us later on. Lol...
So we went swimming and i realised that my googles was leaking... Lol, so i had to swim with one eye closed since it leaked on one side only... Then the guys commented that the pool is a good place to look at girls... Lol. Next came CK with a ring from someone... which of course incited the guys to intergorate him and threaten to throw him in the pool if he did not own up... Apparently, it was a special gift from a special person... Can't say it here, but if you know Ck, then it is kinda obvious who tat person it... Then the guys chatted, while lazing around the Jaccuzi about the girls in school... erm haha, its all guys talk lah... much like i think what girls talk among themselves about Guys...
So by the time we got out fm the pool, it was like already 7.45pm, went to shower, then we all walked to Blk 85 which has tons of good food for dinner. Pooled together a group fund of 10 dollars per person( i assure you, 10 bucks is more than enough to fill you up) and we bought satay, oyster egg, sambal stingray and lots more... By the time the food came... and for some strange reason, they always come together, our table was overflowing... So we feasted like Kings, alfreseco style, since there was no aircon and we choose a table with no shelter to escape the sweltering heat in the hawker centre. The highlight of the day for me was the sambal stingray. And it did not cause a bomb in the end cus our group fund was left with 12.50 in the end and bobby suggested we go buy durinas while Teng Han wanted booze... The former would get us a terrible sorethroat the next day while the latter would get us into the Bedok police HQ for questioning cus we werew still wearing TJ shirts at tat time... nah, i was exagerating.
So all in all, it was a great night... Hmm maybe we should have more of such feasting and swimming more often since we can eat without guilt given that we had excerise before... Lol, wat a great excuse...
So we went swimming and i realised that my googles was leaking... Lol, so i had to swim with one eye closed since it leaked on one side only... Then the guys commented that the pool is a good place to look at girls... Lol. Next came CK with a ring from someone... which of course incited the guys to intergorate him and threaten to throw him in the pool if he did not own up... Apparently, it was a special gift from a special person... Can't say it here, but if you know Ck, then it is kinda obvious who tat person it... Then the guys chatted, while lazing around the Jaccuzi about the girls in school... erm haha, its all guys talk lah... much like i think what girls talk among themselves about Guys...
So by the time we got out fm the pool, it was like already 7.45pm, went to shower, then we all walked to Blk 85 which has tons of good food for dinner. Pooled together a group fund of 10 dollars per person( i assure you, 10 bucks is more than enough to fill you up) and we bought satay, oyster egg, sambal stingray and lots more... By the time the food came... and for some strange reason, they always come together, our table was overflowing... So we feasted like Kings, alfreseco style, since there was no aircon and we choose a table with no shelter to escape the sweltering heat in the hawker centre. The highlight of the day for me was the sambal stingray. And it did not cause a bomb in the end cus our group fund was left with 12.50 in the end and bobby suggested we go buy durinas while Teng Han wanted booze... The former would get us a terrible sorethroat the next day while the latter would get us into the Bedok police HQ for questioning cus we werew still wearing TJ shirts at tat time... nah, i was exagerating.
So all in all, it was a great night... Hmm maybe we should have more of such feasting and swimming more often since we can eat without guilt given that we had excerise before... Lol, wat a great excuse...
My hiatus from blogging
Realised it has been 2.7 weeks since i last blogged...
During this time, it has been a crazy rollercoaster ride through 2.7 whole crazy weeks. It really seems that i am going to work, not school given that now i actully spent literally 12 hours in school. Lessons hv now been stretched to end at around 5 plus to 6pm from tuesdays to fridays and we now have at least 1 class/lecture test everyday. Reali give a new perspective to the saying " Life is full of (class) tests" right? This plus having to study for the the tests the night before and you will see that why the past 2.7 weeks have been a hell of a time... and i mean it in the negative conotation...
Well, but seriously, although i am still adapting to the extented timeslot and kinda hate the teachers for doing this on the other hand, i do appreciate all the hard work that they have put i for us. After all, it is us not them that are taking the A levels, and they could have just cancelled all remedial lectures and class tests so they can go home earlier... But they did not. Baring in mind the time and effort that they have to spent to come up with the tests, to come up with new lect notes, to mark additional work... actually they are indeed spending more time than us on thier workload. So i guess life's not so bad for us either, just gotta learn to priroritise my time well and get my spelling right( I know i made a couple of spelling mistakes here... Just too lazy to 'spellcheck' it).
So time mangaement huh... i kinda suck at it. But given the circumstances that i am in currently... two subpasses for my maths and chem, i guess i gotta pull up my socks and strive to make full use of whatever time left cause i really want to avoild the diaster that was the JCTS. Kinda wonder if 3 months left is enough for me to get my foundation right and to strive hard for my A levels, but i guess as long as i strive to try my best, it will not be a case of "too little, too late". And for anyone else who like me have screw up the Jcts or feel that there is too little time left, here's a quote by Gandalf from Lord Of The Rings:
" All you have to do, is to decide what you are going to do with the time that is given to you"
During this time, it has been a crazy rollercoaster ride through 2.7 whole crazy weeks. It really seems that i am going to work, not school given that now i actully spent literally 12 hours in school. Lessons hv now been stretched to end at around 5 plus to 6pm from tuesdays to fridays and we now have at least 1 class/lecture test everyday. Reali give a new perspective to the saying " Life is full of (class) tests" right? This plus having to study for the the tests the night before and you will see that why the past 2.7 weeks have been a hell of a time... and i mean it in the negative conotation...
Well, but seriously, although i am still adapting to the extented timeslot and kinda hate the teachers for doing this on the other hand, i do appreciate all the hard work that they have put i for us. After all, it is us not them that are taking the A levels, and they could have just cancelled all remedial lectures and class tests so they can go home earlier... But they did not. Baring in mind the time and effort that they have to spent to come up with the tests, to come up with new lect notes, to mark additional work... actually they are indeed spending more time than us on thier workload. So i guess life's not so bad for us either, just gotta learn to priroritise my time well and get my spelling right( I know i made a couple of spelling mistakes here... Just too lazy to 'spellcheck' it).
So time mangaement huh... i kinda suck at it. But given the circumstances that i am in currently... two subpasses for my maths and chem, i guess i gotta pull up my socks and strive to make full use of whatever time left cause i really want to avoild the diaster that was the JCTS. Kinda wonder if 3 months left is enough for me to get my foundation right and to strive hard for my A levels, but i guess as long as i strive to try my best, it will not be a case of "too little, too late". And for anyone else who like me have screw up the Jcts or feel that there is too little time left, here's a quote by Gandalf from Lord Of The Rings:
" All you have to do, is to decide what you are going to do with the time that is given to you"
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