Wow, seems like a lot of people I know are going overseas at this period of time!

And in completely unrelated news, try not to contact me for the next seven days. Will try to return to active blogging once I've settled into the hotel by the way =)

The sky reflected my melancholic mood while I was going home today. Primarily since today was a day of epic nothingness whatsoever. Anyway, two good albums (okay, so one is technically six new songs added to an existing album) are coming out just five days apart from each other! And it's been a really long time since I planned to buy an album in a legal manner too.






Some photos from the Digital Photography Sabbatical the day after Mountain Biking. It really wasn't that interesting, since our assignment was held in Arab Street and I'm not really a fan of taking voyeur shots of Malay women (I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU YUFAN). Have a few nicer shots, but can't be arsed to post them since they are even more generic shots anyone can go out and take. This is what happens when the Photog assignment is "Yellow" and only inanimate objects happen to be adorned with that colour.

And I really wanted to take some lively shots too.

Anyway, the photo of the car has a short story behind it. The angle could only be obtained at ground level, but there was no way I was going to lie down on a busy intersection, so instead I lowered myself into a drain and started shooting.

Cue the very strange looks from all the passerbys.

Oh ya, and one of the passerbys turned out to be the owner =.=

And that's pretty much it for that sabbat.

By the way, I'm also updating my other blog, so as soon as it's fully up-to-date I'll repost link! If anyone still remembers the address (HAHA YA AS IF) then go now anyway to see the best jumpshot ever =D

Damn fun sabbatical. And the weather was very agreeable (cycling in the rain!). Though I must say, trying to navigate off-road terrain with my front gear permanently set on low gear - the middle gear was broken - was not much fun at all. Wasted a lot of energy.

But surprisingly, mountain biking required a lot of quick thinking too, and that has to be the fun part. Looking for the line, always looking for the best line and trying to remember to constantly switch gears, since the terrain always changes. Exciting, really.

And really really muddy too.


Tomorrow's... Digital Photography >_>

It is futile to appeal to an external agent or concept in looking to define oneself. An individual being ought to find meaning in his own life by his own actions. Yet then one cannot afford inaction in any circumstance, as the only agent responsible for one's inaction would be oneself. Thus one should always consciously choose to act, and in a manner that would ultimately be directed towards creating a more humane society, with the pursuit of reason and allowing free inquiry. Only then will one's action be self-defined as containing value - to self, and to others as equals.

This is the essence of Humanism.

Actually wanted to make this a facebook wallpost after reading some people's thoughts on the lives they have been leading so far, but it got rather long. So I'm just posting it on the blog, which is probably better since I will be reminded of this in the future.

And yes it's totally not copypasta kk. It's the summation of my thoughts on modern ethics >.>

Witty facebook posts on the earthquake yesterday (and the aftershock today). Local forums going wild with people telling their epic stories of how things in their house shook and whether they felt dizzy. Videos of house objects shaking; I'm going to bet the local news showed some of those too. Cynical Singaporeans claiming we should watch out, don't trust the Government - no building in Singapore is safe!

Meanwhile, two hundred people have been killed in Indonesia. Death toll will mount for sure as rescuers reach into the large number of collapsed buildings.

Contrast people going "I was scared... ... I felt myself swaying from left and right" to a resident of Maninjau describing houses being buried in a landslide caused by the earthquake. Or a resident of Padang reassuringly telling us that he "can't see dead bodies, just collapsed houses... ... No help has arrived yet... ... Some people are looking for relatives but all the lights have gone out completely."


Congratulations on surviving the earthquake, Singaporeans.

Damn fun to see all the different stuff it pulls out for different artists.


Amazingly pointless day today since Project Work was canceled.
Which meant I had no other responsibility for the whole day, besides attending Math Lecture so the lecturer can further instill into me how dead I am for Math.

Oh ya - and watching S60 utterly trash the other classes during the competitive sports matches. That too.

Amazingly enough I have pretty much filled out my schedule for the days after the Promos, but it really comes down to whether I don't feel depressed enough after next Thursday hur.

Anyway, I'm also preparing my other blog for the good life after Promos (hopefully). So honestly, as for now:

KI is some kind of win. Our latest test paper is only going to be returned tomorrow, and that's a 'probably' too since we have already been disappointed two times. <3 the tutors to the max, absolutely, and I think they take the concept of independent learning too seriously, no? In total I think a grand total of two of my essays this entire year have been given the honour of being commented on by the tutors. Awesome. And they wonder why we keep getting owned.

Math? Don't talk to me about Math. I leave all responsibilities for my results to my godly peer tutor.

Mrs Toh says I'm over-thinking for Economics =.= And I must be the only one in class who does worse for Micro than for Macro.

As for Chemistry, AHAHA. Ok really must own since the Promo Paper is going to be 70% of my final grade. Hopefully structured/essay will spam Organic Chemistry? =D


Wednesday Update: KI Paper, as dreaded, was not returned as moderation is still not yet done. fml.

The first time I was caught coming late to school and it had to be Teachers' Day too =.=
I blame my plainly delirious mind which decided 159 resembled 156 enough, persuading me to get onto the bus... to nowhere.

Anyway, no penalties were give out since today was a half-day anyway, though the bunch of late people were held back until all the morning announcements at the terraces were done. I didn't know getting to hear Mr Ang CEO-Principal address us was such a privilege, but since it was regrettably withdrawn from me today I can't have much to say about it.

And so.
ACES Day Workout.

Yeah wtf.
I'm not very sure why I participated in the dances when apparently three quarters of the school were devious enough to stay by the sidelines. I just hope that despite the amazing amount of cameras being seen this morning there were no shots of me >.<

Pretty futile, yeah.

Don't know how to get married now liao.

So anyway, I tell you hor, a lot of the teachers this year zhao damn fast la. It's either that, or they were all hiding somewhere from the delicious cake the councilers were offering everywhere.

But at least we had a good talk with our Sec 4 teachers =)
Especially Ms Choh and Mrs Chua. Who are awesome - and even more so when compared to JC1 life now =(

Happy Teachers' Day, all teachers.

(No, not incld you, John Tan)