rants&musings
Monday, March 28, 2005
wow a long weekend has gone by. quite fast, wayyyy too fast (i could do with more breaks.. super tired and i don't know why). SA orientation was quite crap today. managed to survive by talking to OG mates who also found the programme quite crazy. crazy compared to AC and VJ orientation..
ok. started the day with the OG teachers collecting handphones and wallets, placing them into sealed envelopes for safekeeping. some silly PE activity thereafter involving doing jumping jacks, push ups and other odd stuff like jumping jacks in a certain formation. urgh. utter waste of 2 hours imo. OG bonding time thereafter, a 5kg tin of biscuits and 5l bottle of water were given out to each OG. to my (and our) horror we discovered the canteen was closed so we had to survive on that till 5pm. goodness.
telematch after that which involved the usual obstacles and stuff. bounce tennis ball, skip rope, crawl through hurdles, spin round using baseball bat, you name it, we have it. followed by lunch where we all had biscuits. urgh urgh urgh. now we know why they collected our valuables (to prevent us from escaping as well? sheesh).
had a talk after lunch on dress sense from 1pm to 5pm. seriously we were all bored stiff, i was sleeping most of the time (thanks to the cold LT3 and numerous bored people who decided to pop off to sleep). stoned till the thing ended and we went back to collect our valuables. if only i had kept my wallet and phone with me so i could zao early in a sense.. eventually left SA at 5.30pm after the PE teacher gave a debrief..
ahh oh wells. don't feel like going back tomorrow. the programme's going to be worse apparently..
darryl was chasing the sun at 20:39.
Friday, March 25, 2005
wow. it has been quite a hectic two days. spent wednesday at SA and popped back to AC while spent the day at VJ yesterday. SA orientation is only next week, so that's probably why I found it a bit boring on wednesday. oh wells. i'll see how it goes next week before further comment (: appealed back to AC because VJ rejected my appeal on wednesday afternoon. oh wells. i feel like going up to talk to the principal in some way or another.. chances of going in to AC are tough. 30 places for 600-odd appeals. 1 in 20 chance i'll go in. given my luck i probably won't be able to..
VJ orientation yesterday (yes, i crashed) was quite enjoyable. not bad stuff. rather decently organized considering it was first-intake J1s running the show. heh. SA and AC ones are J2 run (AC having theirs alrd).. some "amazing race cum world tour" in the morning which basically involved everyone running around the east (mainly confined within the boundaries of TJC, east coast rd and parkway parade so yups). rushed off to AC to submit appeal form after that (crazy stuff. no. 511 in the appeals queue) and back to VJ. seriously i want to go there. but i can probably banish this notion now..
cabbed home for shower and dinner before cabbing down to suntec to do the VJ mass dance on the fountain terrace! cool stuff. their enthusiasm for the school has rubbed off on me. now i wish i were a victorian. ahhh. oh wells. running around the fountain terrace is certainly quite interesting haha. (: if only AC or SA would do such things..
but the bad part is many people say VJ has no life. such a pity isn't it. a classic case of "you can't have your cake and eat it too" i guess..
darryl was chasing the sun at 10:18.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
it's really really amazing how i have managed to make numerous foolish decisions that end up in my fucking my life up in some way or another.
darryl was chasing the sun at 20:03.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Name : CHUA WEI JIAN DARRYL
The results of your application are as follows:
Posted Institution :
ST ANDREW'S JCCourse Name : ST ANDREW'S JC (SCIENCE)
Course Code : 30S
bleah. i'm going down to VJ in a while. what is even more suprising that NJ won't even want to take me in. URRGH.
darryl was chasing the sun at 07:48.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
hmmm the holidays are going to be over in another 18 hours. bleh. blehh. been going out every day the past week (except monday when i went for guitar practice. a bit silly considering i'm not staying. ah well). notable highlight of the week were the two parties i attended (weiqi's birthday party on friday night, and 1SD6 class party last night). yah better blog about the party b4 wq kills me (or rather, blackmail). urgh.
wq's party was quite nice.. although maybe the cat high guys found it a bit sien diao cos we were being antisocial. don't know why too. bleh. only two AC people at the party (me and tov) so i didn't know many people around besides the birthday girl herself (EHH DUH) so yups. reached pretty early, at 4.45pm only to see them playing games like polar bear and murderer. haha. played that until 6pm when i decided to try my hand with mahjong. non-existent skills i have. seriously. i am a noob. i'm much more comfortable with taidee ;)
played cards until dinner started at around 7. went out for the BBQ food. not too bad i guess but didn't have much although i was somewhat famished. nevermind. once done with food the guys adjourned to the PS2 while the girls were outside chatting with one another. got dragged out by wq (so did the other guys who were not in jeans) to play dog and bone in the pool (yes, OF ALL PLACES! grrr weiqi....) played for a good hour i guess. then back to PS2/cards for the guys (i know i know, we are quite limited). cut cake at 10.45pm without tov (got dinner appointment.. really a case of bad timing) but she rushed back! haha. not bad (clap clap).
more PS2/cards aft that. and watched a bit of scary movie 3 before we had to leave (it was 12.30am by then alrd. yes quite late). reached home at 1am (not as late at 1.30am last november after prom ;) haha)
oh and the photos are here.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2129324823
darryl was chasing the sun at 12:49.
Friday, March 18, 2005
Bowling For Soup - Almost taken from the album 'A Hangover You Don't Deserve'I almost got drunk at school at 14
Where I almost made out with the homecoming queen
Who almost went on to be Mrs. Texas
But lost to a slut with much bigger breastes
I almost dropped out to move to L.A.
Where I was almost famous for almost a day
And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almost loved you
I almost wished you woulda loved me too
I almost held up a grocery store
Where I almost did 5 years and then 7 more
Cuz I almost got popped for a fight with a thug
Cuz he almost made off with a buncha the drugs
That I almost got hooked on cuz you ran away
And I wished I woulda had the nerve to ask you to stay
And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almost had you
And I didn't even know it
You kept me guessin'
And now I'm destined
To spend my time missin' you
I almost wished you woulda loved me too
Here I go thinkin' about all the things I could have done
I'm gonna need a forklift cuz all the baggage weighs a ton
I know we've had our problems. I can't remember one.
I almost forgot to say something else
And if I can't fit it in I'll keep it all to myself
I almost wrote a song about you today
But I tore it all up and then I threw it away
And I almost had you
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almost had you
And I didn't even know it
You kept me guessin'
And now I'm destined
To spend my time missin' you
I almost had you
Almost had you
Almost had you
I almost wished you woulda loved me too
I almost wished you woulda loved me too
darryl was chasing the sun at 09:32.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
heh. this week has been quite hectic so far. with today being the most hectic of all i guess (so far). not forgetting weiqi's party on friday (i am seriously so gonna get damn dirty.. the way she says the games will be played. ack). hurhur. ah wells.
today the lot came for lunch today at my place! haha. oh if u didn't realise the lot refers to alvin ian tovya and weiqi. heh. ziling, who was supposed to come too, got grounded apparantly =x ahh wells. went shopping for pasta ingredients aft meeting wq and alvin. the usual stuff la. err fusili pasta sauce bacon n mushrooms courtesy of wq. haha. nv really tried cooking mushrooms in pasta before (prolly since its alrd in the sauce?!)
oh and wq wanted to cook so i let her cook a bit (if u ppl get diarrhoea u know who to look for). before that we were playing with the two pet rabbits (quite boring i know. but wq says my place is damn nice to stone in. ack). and playing guitar. yes we were that bored. heh. the pasta tasted quite all right. but i failed to finish it. (eh its very odd. me n wq cooked it yet we couldn't finish while alvin tov and ian finished?!) whatever. continued playing guitar then went off for pool at the usual place. (yesh and bingyi pangseh-ed us)
aft pool, cine to watch hitch at 5.25pm! those who haven't watched hitch should seriously go watch it. very funny and entertaining. well worth the $6.50 i feel. will smith was great. so was eva mendez. heheh. go watch! you'll be quite entertained during the show. 2 hours passed by with much laughter and now here i am, blogging at home. heh.
wq's party on fri. lol i dun wanna get dirty! =x
darryl was chasing the sun at 20:59.
Sunday, March 13, 2005
and everything comes crashing down again. why do i feel so sad, so left out all of a sudden, again?
darryl was chasing the sun at 00:05.
Friday, March 11, 2005
and the holidays are here. i'm so relieved for it. so tired out after 10 weeks of 4.30pm days. urgh. i need a good break. a very good one. but there's guitar practice on monday, tuesday and friday from 9am to 2pm. urgh. not very long but my holiday is more or less gone.
too tired so i'll continue this post another day.
darryl was chasing the sun at 22:40.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
very interesting stuff..
darryl was chasing the sun at 17:13.
Friday, March 04, 2005
oh yes i forgot. i passed my maths common test with a score of 21/30. haha not bad since i've failed the two timed assignments we've been given. (:
~out!
darryl was chasing the sun at 23:42.
and i'm back again. another dilemma. should i fork out $10 to amend my JC choices? currently its
JAE 2005 (PAE2004)
1. VJ sci (VJ sci)
2. RJ sci (VJ arts)
3. NJ sci (NJ sci)
4. SA sci (AC sci)
5. AC sci (TJ sci)
6. AJ sci (SA sci)
and so on. with a score of 6 aft bonus (8 - 2) RJ will most definitely
NOT take me in. hoping to get into VJ or NJ. can anyone offer me advice and opinions if i should move NJ and AC up the list and forget totally about RJ? help needed here before the deadline passes on monday!
other than that, this week has been quite a slack one. monday was, eh everyone knows. tuesday was spent slacking and AC had a combined founders day with all the ACS schools at the indoor stadium in the afternoon. quite ok, though it was boring. spent much of the time stoning or sleeping. even the teachers felt bored (only goes to show the extent of it all).
wed was off day for all the J1s. went to play pool at my usual place with guoshiong and sapph. went back to AC after that to watch everqueer's audition for arts night which just ended. pity the slapstick humour part of the performance was canned. urgh. there goes the fun ): ah wells. since i'm the manager (yes i know many of u will start asking, since when!?) i had to be there to provide support and help set up their equipment i guess. haha.
thurs was slack day. seriously slacking and talking about results during lessons. nothing much today, only that i was quite exhausted after it all since i had guitar till 7.30pm as usual. such a pity i'm leaving since i've already completed learning the first SYF piece. hmm. oh well. (seriously is this a sign for me to reconsider my decision?)
today was even more slack. seriously. didn't feel like going to school so i decided to pon. went over to tov's place in the afternoon to slack around and help move equipment to AC as usual for arts night. oh and guitar ensemble had to perform too and thus i was not spared. the first performance of the ACJC guitar ensemble in fact (probably the first and last for me and quite a few others). we did pretty well for our maiden performance i guess. heh.
everqueer did quite well. seems they were the most popular act for the night (and no for the skeptics out there, i am
NOT lying). everyone did quite well (yes, including you, tov. u did well enough as u managed to enthrall the audience so please stop saying u messed up k? (: ). their rendition of green day's
boulevard of broken dreams and oasis'
wonderwall managed to capture the audience. not bad for a startup huh? hehe.
and VJ's victorians day is tmr (homecoming essentially) is tomorrow. going just to take a look and visit my dream school once again. haha.
darryl was chasing the sun at 23:26.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
i have decided to go for it after all. VJ science is my first choice. followed by RJ(seriously this is to try my luck if VJ proves hotter than RJ) , NJ then SA. hopefully I can get into VJ with my score of 6 (after bonus, if only i had A1 for amaths and ss/lit. grr). been hearing stuff that the cutoff for VJ science is 2 - partial 5. very worrying. NOT a good sign.
i guess i'll just leave it in God's hands.
darryl was chasing the sun at 08:33.