Grinding out victories

2009-11-30T15:23:00.003+08:00

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Cause when you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me. (:

2009-09-05T00:12:00.002+08:00

haven't updated for a long time! hahah omg i think i've been rather busy, but lazy too. ;D HAHAHA.

exams are starting in 1 month! omg hahah i really have to start studying soon. I have a lot of things to study this year. gahh. :/ jiayou me! (and everyone else :D)

watched 4 movies over the past few days omg hahah! i'm slacking too much! Princess Protection Program, Another Cinderella Story, 17 again, and Air Force One. Hahah all were great movies! Selena Gomez is such a great actress omg! hahaha ;D and Air Force One was really really good. The whole plot was so marvellously crafted, and i can't believe the script was written in like just 2 weeks. hahah there were ups and downs and parts of high tension and everything. it was a great movie (:

US Open has started! Go Federer, he's through to the third round, if i'm not wrong, he's going to be playing tmr. ;D

OHOH and Fisichella has joined Ferrari! :D HAHAHA OMG SO COOL ;D but i was quite shocked at his decision because he's now going from being an important driver for Force India to being a reserve driver (for next year, that is) for Ferrari, which won't be such a good idea i guess, but nevermind, at least we have a point scoring driver at the wheel for the rest of the season. Not saying that Luca Badoer sucks, but hee's been out of racing for way too long i guess. GO FERRARI!

HAHAHA and one more thing, Chelsea is like screwed! they can't buy players until like, 2010! which means they can't buy during January's transfer window, and next year's summer. :D HAHAHHA OMGGGG this rocks! it was their fault anyway. :D

Nicholas.

TGITF

2009-08-22T00:02:00.002+08:00

hahaha THANK GOD ITS THIS FRIDAY!

finally, three weeks of crazy rushing, crazy studying for tests, projects, ACE, and everything is OVER! I have a week of rest (sabbaticals) before I start out with my hardcore mugging for exams :D hahaha (: Looking forward to mugging, for some reason. (: hahaha!

These three weeks have been quite crazy. Slept past my bedtime on like 75% of the days, i think. Which is quite bad because i usually sleep at 11.30 sharp. hahah its been tiring, but thank god this period is over (: Almost gave up in the middle, but i held on. I bounced back! (:

y'know, although its cliche, the most important thing is still your mindset. On tuesday i was feeling really bad and down and everything, because at that point the past 2 papers i got were papers which i screwed up in, chinese and geography. So this affected my physics i guess, and i don't think i did really well, while the rest of the class did well. gahh. but thankfully i was able to get my act together and fight. Thank god maths went okay today. (: I found it quite okay actually, while some of my classmates were lamenting about how tough the paper was. and my history got A1 too! and probably mr lim is going to change my marks from 15 to 17 cause he marked wrongly! (:

I'd Lie by Taylor Swift! <3

Nicholas.

fight.

2009-08-13T00:26:00.003+08:00

today was, bad. Chinese was the worst thing ever, i did really really badly. ): don't want to talk about it. But its certainly a wake up call, and hopefully, it isn't too late. cause i really need to improve on my chinese.

So much work and so little time lately. I've been having so much things to do lately, and it just seems like i have so little time. I guess its because i require too much sleep. Its like its 12.30am now, and its counted like really really late for me cause i need a lot of sleep. I'll probably die in school tmr. ): But thankfully we only have one important lesson tmr, chemistry. oh that reminds me, i have one more piece of work to do, physics. Argh. thought i could sleep earlier. sigh.

I really hope i can have the strength to make it through this one, cause i have to.

Nicholas.

This one's for you.

Crazier.

2009-08-02T00:28:00.006+08:00

Crazier - Taylor Swift

I've never gone with the wind
Just let it flow
Let it take me where it wants to go
Til' you opened the door
And there's so much more
I'd never seen it before
I was tryin' to fly but I couldn't find wings
But you came along and changed everything

You lift my feet off the ground
You spin me around
You make me crazier crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I
I'm lost in your eyes
You make me Crazier Crazier Crazier

I watched from a distance as you
Made life your own
Every sky was your own kind of blue
And I wanted to know how that would feel
And you made it so real
You showed me something that I couldn't see
You opened my eyes and you made me believe

You lift my my feet off the ground
You spin me around
You make me crazier crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I
I'm lost in your eyes
You make me crazier crazier crazier

Ohhhh

Baby you showed me what livin' is for
I don't wanna hide anymore
Oh Ohh

You lift my feet off the ground
You spin me around
You make me crazier crazier
Feels like I'm fallin and I
I'm lost in your eyes
You make me crazier crazier crazier
Crazier Crazier

Hectic.

2009-07-31T22:47:00.002+08:00

Haven't posted for more than a week!

Firstly, i want to wish Felipe Massa a quick recovery. His injury is really serious, but thankfully he's out of intensive care today and should be able to be back to racing next year. I really hope to see him behind the wheel of a Ferrari car soon. (:

These few days have been really hectic and i have an even more hectic week ahead, and hectic WEEKS ahead too. My to-do list is growing exponentially, for some reason, and from having not much work last weekend, i'm loaded with work for this one. At least 20 things to do in the near future, and some of them are crazily tough to do. Argh. But i'll try my best to stay strong through it all, cause that's all that matters (:

Exams are coming up soon! I really want to get all the ACE and HRP and lunwen and stuff over and done with, cause i really need to start studying. Looking forward to studying hard, cause i really want to do well for this year's eoys (:

Nicholas.

300th Post!

2009-07-17T23:50:00.003+08:00

Its the 300th post on this blog! :D hahaha 300 posts in one and a half years, not bad! (:

Its been a tiring week. Projects' Day, Physics Test, Training. But TGIF! :D Projects' Day went brilliant, presentation and everything was great :D Physics test too, so far i've only lost a mark and a half, which is great cause then i have 5 marks to lose on carelessness (which HOPEFULLY, will not happen (: ) :D And TRAINING'S FINALLY STARTED :D omg yes hahaha (: finally i get to play tennis often :D

Started to Twitter! go check my twitter page out: www.twitter.com/nicholastann :D Its really quite fun since i get to twitter from like anywhere through sms! :D

I have to start mugging and doing my ace and op, both of which are screwed. If i don't, then my eoys are probably going to screw up as well. Taking it really seriously this year, because i want to do well and get at least an OSA, if not better (: Crossing my fingers! (:

Its late, and i'm tired from a week of well, five tiring days. Night! (:

Nicholas.

You lift my feet off the ground,

and spin me around;

You make me crazier, crazier.

PHYSICSS

2009-07-12T23:10:00.003+08:00

Physics test tmr! studied quite a bit this weekend, could've studied more, but its okay (: I think i'm quite ready for this test, cause like i taught the sec three stuff during the physics of tennis sabbatical at the start of this year! so it shouldn't be a problem. But the only problem is EMI, which for now is quite okay. (: I understand it now after slogging it out yesterday for like 3 hours hahaa trying to understand everything (: which is great. hopefully an A1 to make it 3 in a row :D

German Grand Prix just now :D Massa finished 3rd! :D Up from 8th :D Great man :D HAHAHA! (: Finally a podium, first one since Monaco, and hopefully it'll be a sign of better things to come! :D HAHHA :D GO FERRARI! :D

My house alarm just tripped hahah. Thought it was some burglar but nothing was wrong when i went down to check. scary man hahaha! maybe next time this happens i should grab my tennis racket and go down just in case there's some thief or something omg. hahaha. imagine if that happens. i'll be like damn scared lah. then it'll become one of my primary school compositions where i go down and whack the guy and realise he's my father or something HAHAH!

okay time to sleep. (:

Nicholas.

Staying strong (:

Project ReLIVE!

2009-07-10T23:36:00.002+08:00

:D distribution of leaflets went well today, but however there were a few letterboxes which were locked. Okay not a few, a LOT. but we found our way around it anyway :D HAHAHHA :D

So now, i have an aching back. -.- i carried my 11kg bag from home to school(bukit timah) to clementi to AMKhub to home. From 6am to 10pm. Nice. Now i'm suffering. shouldn't have brought such a heavy bag -.- AHHHHH. D: hopefully it'll be better tmrr. (:

My knee which was strained yesterday is still quite bad. Wore a knee guard to school today but then i took it off cause it felt better, and now the pain is back again -.- wth i'm really smart huh.

Physicssss. I have a physics test on monday! omg. sec 3 topics plus the sec 4 topic i understand the least: Electromagnetic Induction. SOMEONE HELP ME! AHHHHHHH. D: but thankfully, cause of the physics of tennis sabbatical which i conducted, my dynamics, kinematics and WEP are up to standard (: So that's the only good part, but i need to mug EMI. -.-

Anyway, hwachong has its first h1n1 case and its a HP sec three! and today there were 3 HP sec fours who were sent home or didn't come to school cause of a fever. Doubt they read my blog, but shoutout to Sherwin, Edwin and Wah Jiang: GET WELL SOON! (:

Nicholas.

ReLIVEEE! :D

2009-07-09T22:43:00.003+08:00

Hey! :D

School's going fine :D I'm slowly getting into the schooling mood and stuff and beginning to mug (: Which is great cause i really need to do well for my eoys (:

My project, Project ReLIVE, is holding a collection drive next sunday, from 2 to 6pm. If you're interested to help out, please contact me (: CIP hours! :D Do your part for the community (:

Pulled some muscle today during golf hahaha. now my knee hurts when i walk. Hopefully i'll be okay by tmr, got to go to 17 blocks to distribute pamphlets! OMG then i'll probably die D:

ReLIVE <3 :D

Nicholas.

and school starts.

2009-07-06T22:37:00.002+08:00

School starts tomorrow. AHH. D:

This term will definitely be a hectic one, with HRP, Projects' Day, and all the tests and exams mugging coming up. But i'm definitely ready for it! Rested, prepared, and raring to go :D

Federer won yesterday! :D OMG it was a truly epic match. 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 16-14! OMG it was a great match. Credit to Andy though, he played brilliantly (: In my opinion, he was the better player and should have won, even though i'm a federer supporter :D BUT federer is the new WORLD NUMBER ONE! and now has FIFTEEN grand slam titles. Amazing feat (: ALL THE WAY, FEDERER!

Nicholas.

Back to schooooool.

2009-07-04T23:11:00.002+08:00

back to school in two days! omg. but i think its time to get back to school, cause i've taken quite a long break already! 5 weeks and 1 day :D hahaha (: Its been a long holiday, and well, all i can say is, bring on end of years! :D

Past few days of home learning have been quite slack, to tell you the truth. Not much work to do, and all the work can be done quite quickly. (: So it was more like extra rest for me, even though i was stuck at home for the whole week unable to go out. No tennis for a week! no exercise omg i'm getting fat again D:

Manutd has signed MICHAEL OWEN! VERY good bargain, in my opinion (: He comes for free, and his basic salary is 20 thousand pounds a week only, which is quite little for a soccer player in the EPL. if he does well, he'll earn more, so he has more incentive to perform well. I trust ferguson's decision and i think its a good one too! cause even if he doesn't perform, he won't be like an expensive flop :D ANTONIO VALENCIA has also been signed :D good player, worth the money (: he'll definitely be able to improve at manutd cause its such a big club :D hopefully, manutd will buy a few more players this summer, cause they have, ahem, 86 MILLION pounds left :D

Golf tmr, time to sleep (:

Nicholas.

"Keep fighting, stay strong.

Giving up is not an option, only fighting on is. (:"

NO SCHOOL! :D

2009-06-27T23:18:00.002+08:00

YES THERE IS GOING TO BE A WEEK OF IT HOME LEARNING :D which means no school! :D YAYYYYY :D hahaha omg hwachong rocks :D One more week of rest (:

Yesterday was funnnnn :D Monsters vs aliens! :D hahaha the 3-D glasses were so cool :D Had so much fun hahaha (: and yup, we should have more of these outings (:

Golf tmr! :D hahaha playing for the first time with my dad and his friends :D No pressure though (: hahahha. hopefully i can do okay :D Really quite excited :D HAHAHA (:

Okay i'm like hooked to Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts :D HAHAH the song is really nice, those who don't know it should go and get it!

Nicholas (:

Shadow. (:

2009-06-24T22:55:00.002+08:00

Shadow, get well soon. Hope to have you back home in no time (:

Keep fighting, boy (:

Please extend our holidays! :D

2009-06-23T23:06:00.002+08:00

HAHAHA, MOE, PLEASE EXTEND OUR HOLIDAYS, WE NEED IT! (DON'T WANT TO CATCH H1N1 do we? (: )

Karting on monday was greattttt :D HAHAH (: amazing :D had a lot of fun :D will try to get the photos from my uncle :D And post them on facebookkkkk. (:

Anyway, please do visit: www.projectrelive.blogspot.com. Its my project, titled Project ReLIVE. Our group aims to help orphans in vietnam, some of whom are physically disabled. (: Do visit the blog to check it out! :D And i really hope that you'll support it in some way, be it volunteering or just making a donation (: Thankyou in advance! :D

Haha okay council tmrrrr. got to sleep! (:

Nicholas.

Last week of holidays! D:

2009-06-21T22:22:00.003+08:00

Oh man, in two hours time its going to be the last week of the holidays omg. ): time passes so quickly when you're having fun huh. ): But there's still hope that holidays will be extended! hahaha because of the H1N1 situation. (: won't that be great?

Watched two movies in the past week. Night at the Museum 2 on monday with brian, jolyn and veron. HAHAHA, it was nice, just that the idea of the show is no longer novel, so like even with a new plot, its nothing really new. But its nice (: Had a great time with the three of them (: Angels and Demons with Gordon, Edwin and Jeff! Really wanted to catch the movie, because i read the book so many times and loved it! :D Hahaha. (: the movie was great too, even though they changed the plot. Had fun too! (: AND GORDON YOU STILL OWE ME $17!

I'm probably going to have really fun week 4 of holidays (: Probably going to catch 2 more movies this week :D Hannah Montana and Monster vs Alien! (: And i'm going KARTING TOMORROW :D in johor hohoho. :D Going to be so fun! :D hahaha (:

British Grand Prix just ended about an hour ago! Massa started in 11th and finished in 4th, while Kimi started in 9th and finished 8th (: Overall quite a good raceday for both drivers, even though they did badly in qualifying yesterday. (: Hopefully Ferrari will get their first win soon! (: that'll be a great day for me :D

Okay for non-F1 people, just skip the next part haha i'm going to talk about my feelings about the FIA and fota issue now (: If you're interested, even a little bit, read on (:

Recently, the Formula One Teams Association (Fota) reported that they would be launching a rival championship to Formula 1. This meant that 8 teams - Ferrari, McClaren-Mercedes, Red Bull, Brawn GP, BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso, Renault and Toyota - would be withdrawing from F1 from next season onwards, mainly because of one clause which the FIA, the governing body of F1, included in the rules for next season's championship - The clause that the teams have to have a budget cap of 40 million pounds for a season, allowing teams sticking to the budget cap to have some significant technical advantages over the other teams who do not stick to the budget cap. This caused disagreements between FIA and Fota, and then the disagreement escalated into the recent turn of events.

Basically, I really hope that this split does not occur. For one, many years ago, a similar split occured in a sport which was at its peak - The IndyCar series in the US. After the split, the sport lost a lot of viewership, and even though both sides have since rejoined each other, the sport no longer attracts as many viewers as before. If F1 goes through this, a lot of people will stop watching F1 as a whole, and if Fota is unable to come up with a good championship, with great circuits and races, a lot of people, including me, would stop watching motorsport. It could end up like the IndyCar series.

I feel that the budget cap is an idea that is inherently not suited for Formula 1. F1 is a sport which encourages innovation and cutting-edge design, and limiting the amount which teams spend on their cars would just mean that there would be less innovation, making the sport less attractive. Yes, FIA President Max Mosley has argued that it tests the drivers alone, because all the cars would perform at roughly the same level. However, let's look at it this way. Imagine the EPL with a salary cap for every team at maybe 500 thousand a week. In Manchester United alone, this amount cannot pay for 5 of their highest paid players in the 2009 Season - Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Dimitar Berbatov, Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez. Their wages were all in the region of 100000 pounds per week and above. Yes, this would cause the EPL to lose viewership, as many would stop watching because of this. In the same way, this would happen to F1.

The FIA is in absolutely no position to bargain. They have decided to sue Ferrari for a breach of contact, in a desperate attempt to solve the situation, but i don't see how they will be able to do it. If the split goes through, Formula One would be left with two teams from this season - Williams and Force India. They would also have the three new teams which have signed up for the 2010 season. With the possibility of Force India and the three new teams jumping ship to the new fota championship, it would throw F1 into disarray. Viewership will drop, no one would turn up for races, and F1 would go into bankruptcy within a year. With so much to lose, the FIA simply cannot let the 8 teams of Fota to leave F1, and will have to give in to their demands in order for F1 as a sport to stay alive.

First things first, i believe that the FIA President Max Mosley should resign from the FIA. The budget cap was his idea, and he has been the one who has caused the FIA to hold a firm stance against Fota. In addition, I vaguely remember that he was the one who encouraged teams such as Ferrari and McClaren to invest in the research of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) for this season, leading to them putting in 50 million pounds into the research. My math isn't that good, but isn't that already exceeding the budget cap? hmm. Contradiction here?

F1 wouldn't be F1 without the big names of Ferrari, McClaren, Brawn and Red Bull. Without them, F1 would falter. And i really, really don't want to see that happen.

Okay just my thoughts (: Quite long huh. I think i'm becoming more of an F1 fan than a soccer fan! HAHAHA :D FERRARI! AND MANCHESTER UNITED :D (:

Nicholas.

HSC BBQ! :D

2009-06-13T00:50:00.002+08:00

Haven't posted for a really long time man. hahah.

had HSC BBQ today at my house! it was great, although there were like 10 people only cause like 5 people pulled out at the last minute? but it was still fun, with the futsal and the company :D we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly :D photos on facebook! :D

Past few weeks haven't been really eventful, just that i played like shit for my spex, but still won against an opponent i should've thrashed flat omg. i played really badly. but at least it was a win. i gave a walkover in the second round because of slc goh chairing. hahaha. yup. (:

okay its kinda late now, i'll post more tmr! :D

Nicholas.

HOLIDAYSSSSSSS :D

2009-05-31T23:53:00.001+08:00

THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE :D

okay my holidays haven't exactly started yet, i still have bio test tomorrow. but after that the holidays would really have begun!

Studied for the past 3 days for bio. Hopefully i can come out of tomorrow's test with an A1, if not all my effort would be wasted. I just have to make sure i don't have a mental block i guess. :D

Having my SPEX first round match tomorrow afternoon against some other guy who i've never heard about. Hopefully i'll do well and win! :D

Okay just a short post tonight, got to sleep now.

Nicholas.

start of week 10! :D

2009-05-24T23:31:00.002+08:00

hahah tomorrow's the start of week 10, and in one week, it'll be the HOLIDAYSSS. :D omg i'm so excited, so many things are going to be done during the holidays man :D hahah (:

This is great (: Ferrari is BACK. :D 3-4 finish in Monte Carlo, which is a good result in comparison with the last 5 races. (: Hopefully, two weeks from now, they'll have a 1-2 finish in Turkey :D Then their season will finally be back on track (: GOOOO KIMI AND FELIPE :D

Well, completed quite a lot of things today, the most important of which was my almost 4000 copying of this chinese thing, which was a punishment for something i didn't even do. oh man, what a waste of 3 hours, but at least i'm done with it (:

Laptop's still at the repair shop, the computer guy says that some virus is blocking out my internet browsers :O hopefully my laptop will be okay (:

Nicholas.

Spoilt internettt. D:

2009-05-22T21:30:00.002+08:00

Oh man. My laptop internet is spoilt, i can't use my ie, chrome and firefox. And my safari can only access a few websites. Can't use facebook, hotmail and blogger. which is like what, 90% of my internet time. Bringing it to a computer guy to fix it tmr, hopefully it'll work (: (crossing my fingers!)

past few days have been okay. Just that today could just be the worst day in the world for me. Panicked for maths i can't believe it. Couldn't think right. My mind went blank, and i couldn't do quite a few questions. Ahh. really pissed off with myself.

Thankfully training saved the day, it got me much happier. (:

Kris Allen won American Idol! (: HAHAH YAY (at least adam didn't win, hate his screaming) although i like danny gokey the most, i think kris allen is a good singer and most importantly, he is the kind of singer that i would like, unlike adam, who like is one who i don't like, because he's like a rocker. BUT DANNY GOKEY, I'LL DEFINITELY BUY YOUR ALBUM WHEN ITS OUT. YOU ROCK (:

Starting to get used to life in singapore i guess, back to the usual routine of school life. But thankfully, the holidays are coming soon, in like a week's time. (: That will be great, cause i'm like already so tired. It'll be a welcome break after a term in which i was away for six weeks and spent like 2 weeks of hardcore mugging. (:

Nicholas.
You and i both.

Tiring week.

2009-05-15T21:44:00.002+08:00

It has been a really tiring week. Haven't been able to blog much because of all the tests i've had to take and all the work i have to catch up on.

I had Literature and Chinese test on Tuesday, History Test on Wednesday, and Geography test today. So at least the humanities onslaught is over, and i'm glad to have emerged not half dead :D

I've been mugging so much my brain is so mentally tired now that i just want a rest, and just when i need one, out of nowhere comes the hci open house 09, and i'm supposed to be in charge of trials for tennis, which equals to 4 hours under the hot sun watching DSA boys playing tennis. hahaha. Which will be very tiring. oh man.

Well, the thing that upsetted me the most this week was danny gokey's exit from american idol season 8. I've supported him throughout the season and it is a disappointment for me to see him be voted out of the show as the third in the competition. He's a really talented singer, and i was bummed by his exit, because i expected him to go through as he has a very strong fan base. But still, i WILL BUY HIS ALBUM when it is released, and his singing career doesn't end here because he'll have a great future ahead of him :D Anyway, for now i'm supporting kris because i don't like adam lambert. don't like his screaming and stuff. And i liked kris's rendition of heartless anyway. But Danny D:

Well, on a lighter and definitely happier note, MANCHESTER UNITED ARE ONE POINT AWAY FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE :D They only have to draw at arsenal to confirm that the title goes back to old trafford for a record-breaking third season in a row :D And i guess it'll definitely happen at Arsenal. What a way to end the season, to be able to laugh at the Arsenal fans for GIVING the title to Manchester United, after the way they laughed at us when they beat us 2-1 last november. :D

Okay, time to go to sleep because i have to wake up really early tomorrow to go to the school for open house.

Nicholas.

BACK :D

2009-05-10T00:23:00.000+08:00

I'm back :D finally (:

Its the weekends! :D

2009-04-25T21:24:00.002+08:00

HAHAH today was really really funnn :D We went to xidan, to buy stuff. The bargaining was again, really really fun :D HAHAH. omg i got a jacket for 55 yuan and two shirts for 25 yuan each :D nicee :D

Two weeks from now i'll be back home already omg! :D HAHA. that's so fast. I really can't believe that 26 days has passed so fast. Soon we'll be left with one week, and then we're going back. (: The feeling's incredible, to tell you the truth. I miss home so much :D But then at the same time i love this place (minus the studying :D) haha. Being with so many nice people has been really really great! But i think its been a little too long a time away from home, and i'm kinda tired already, i just want to go back to the wonderful and beautiful place i call home (:

Nicholas.

14 days!

2009-04-24T21:23:00.001+08:00

back in 14days.

two weeks from now, i'll be at the airport, probably walking around the departure hall. My flight is like 12.00 am. haha. (:

YAY :D

AHHH WORK. D:

2009-04-23T20:58:00.002+08:00

OMG there's like so much work piling up on me now. D: Here's my to-do list currently:

HRP Lit Review [DIEEEEEEEE D:]

Physics Ws

Geography Revision [DIED D:]

History Tut 4 Readings + Essay

Chinese ShiYongWen

Literature Assignment

Physics Revision

History Revision [DEAD D:]

Literature Revision

Yup, all that to complete before i get back to singapore. D: Its like so much, i won't be able to enjoy myself anymore! ): Hopefully i'll get through it somehow. Have to work so hard!

Just finished chem test. Like have quite a few marks completed already, but hopefully i still can get A1. made a few careless mistakes here and there damn. D:

Woah two weeks from now i'll be preparing to go back already. haha. I miss tennis so badly! haha i want to play. can't wait! (:

Nicholas.

Day 23.

2009-04-22T21:19:00.002+08:00

Its day 23 already! time's like flying over here haha. In like 16 days i'll be back omg that'll be so fast! :D HAHAH. Hmm i'm feeling happy about going back, but then at the same time i'll definitely miss this place. (: Its just so fun! :D like being able to go out and shop every weekend (except for the test period -.- D:) hahaha (: Everything's kinda gotten into a routine. I've gotten used to waking up at 7, walking to school at 7.25, lessons, and everything (: Just that i'm still not used to the rule that we have to leave school by 9.3o, which means that we can't msn or use the internet after 9.30 D: Which is like really sad.

Hmm the past few days have been great :D Its been immersion week, but i don't understand their lessons omg. because its like in chinese?!? wth. and they are learning so cheem maths haha. So i just do my own stuff during their lessons when i don't understand the teacher, but i try my very best to understand everything! hahaha (:

Its late now, need to leave. Buying breakfast for tomorrow.

Nicholas.

'Cause where you are, is where i should be too. (:

Right here, right now.

2009-04-19T17:19:00.003+08:00

Right here, right now.

Let's get this fight started.

And let's emerge victorious.

Twilight!

2009-04-16T20:41:00.003+08:00

OMG i love twilight :D The book and the movie are like magnificent and brilliant and everything! I LOVE IT LIKE CRAZY. i'm like so going to buy the other books in the series when i get back to singapore. then read like crazy! OMG :D

ANDAND, MANCHESTER UNITED ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMI FINALS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE :D LIKE OMG YEAH BABY! 1-0! RONALDO WITH A WONDERGOAL! omg but sadly i missed the goal. Woke up like 15 minute late for the match, and the goal was scored during like the 6th minute omg. but its okay, at least manutd won! :D

Immersion's started over here. Its okay lah, but they had like 3 periods of english today, during which i just did my maths homework and mugging for my maths test next week. hahah. cause the things they are learning are like things which we learnt in primary school hahaha. Some of the teachers actually choose to ignore us and pretend we aren't there hahaha. so they just go on with the teaching. But i guess its like the same when people come over to our school. some of my teachers just ignore the exchange students and carry on teaching hahaha. (: Hopefully it'll be frutiful, because we are going to be having immersion for the next two weeks. which means 6 more days actually.

Its going to pass really fast and before long i'll be back in singapore. Its like in three weeks time i'm going to be preparing to come back. its like omgggg. and i haven't really bought much things for people omg. ahh. but i think i'll go out during the last weekend to buy stuff. hahaha. and next weekend too. (:

I think i'm going to miss this place, but returning home will be great as well. I miss my home! AHH. But at the same time i'm enjoying myself so much here, and the whole problem is that once i get back to singapore i'll have to jump straight back into the singapore-rush. Over here its so relaxing and everything, but soon i'll be back and like have to rush here and rush there. But then, there's always the june holidays to look forward to just 3 weeks after we're back! OMG :D hahaha that sounds good (: June holiday is going to be so fun lah. Vietnam trip, plus hmm maybe slc chalet and 36thHSC chalet hahah omg so fun! But i'll have to chiong other stuff too lah. But at least its going to be a break. (:

Nicholas.

Unconditionally and irrevocably.

Day 14. (: 25 to go.

2009-04-13T20:46:00.002+08:00

Its day 14, 25 more days to go. Its going to pass really quickly (: I know i've said that a million times, but i have to psycho myself. (:

Beijing's going really well now. Gotten into a routine, and like getting used to it. :D Which is really great because days pass really fast like that. (:

We're going to Tianjin ecocity tmr for the whole day! Its going to be like a 3 hour bus journey there and back. We're going to be back like super duper late lah. But its going to be fun (: Cause we will be visiting the place there plus having a school tour of Nankai high school, which is the school which barack obama studied at before hahah! it'll be fun (:

The work's piling up now, its like there's suddenly so many things to do! AHH. But i think i should be able to manage (:

Nicholas.

A little too not over you! :D

2009-04-10T20:58:00.002+08:00

Omg i'm addicted to this song mann :D Its so amazing :D Never really liked it before but now i LOVE it! (: Its like WONDERFUL :D

Its the weekends! hahah so funn. we're going to the ZOO tomorrow! :D omg we can see the pandas and everything mann :D Then we can go shopping at like zoo plaza omggggg. haha shopshopshop! with the jumpshot crew :D hahaha JUMPSHOT CREW ROCKS :D (by the way, we are: Me Cedric Hanshen Timng Ervin Dominic Junrong Arnold) HAHAHA. mustmust go facebook see our jumpshots at forbidden city, temple of heaven, school, and so many other places :D

Hahah beijing has been fun. But i'm kinda missing singapore.

Nicholas. (:

BSC Day 10

2009-04-09T20:49:00.002+08:00

We're into double digits now! 1/4 through the trip, 3/4 left. In a month i'll be back in Singapore. Wow that's going to be fast mann.

Climbed great wall on monday! HAHAH it was really really fun man. Just that my heel was injured on the way up because shane and i decided to do physical all the way up the wall. We were running up. Every step. (: good workout man. Enjoyed myself a lot, just that my heel didn't allow me to reach the top, even though i wanted to so badly. AHH. ): But at least i hung on for as long as my heel allowed me to and i'm happy about it! :D

Past few days have been really slack. Monday was a public holiday, tuesday was a full day of field trip, wednesday was half a day of field trips, and today was finally a full day of lessons. One more full day of lessons and its the weekend already! OMG. then it'll be shopping :D HAHAH so funn (:

Okay, got to go soon.

Nicholas.

Day 8!

2009-04-07T07:48:00.002+08:00

Didn't have internet for the last few days. Weekend, so didn't go back to school but rather decided to go out to shop! :D HAHAH so fun man. (:

On saturday, we went over to forbidden city, which was quite nice. Then went out with hanshen, timng, dominic, cedric and ervin to wangfujing, which is like the orchard road of china. Didn't buy much, just the cheapest thing i could find there, which was games worth 10 yuan each. Original but all in chinese hahha. It was fun lah, just that the place is really expensive.

Then sunday was Xiushuijie, which rocked. The morning was slacked away, i took like 1 hour plus to get ready cause i took my time and the other room hadn't woken up yet lol. Woah the place rocks man. Its like can bargain like crazy :D Bought quite a lot of things, like um a hoodie, shoes, and a watch. hahahha funfun! its like totally fun cause its different from singapore, because in singapore you can't really bargain except for places like simlim and queensway, but in those places its like you bargain at most 20bucks like that. Over here can bargain from 2000yuan to 70yuan! HAHAH. that was for my puma racing shoes man hahha :D NICEEEEEE. (: Looking forward to going there like 2 more times before we go back to Singapore!

Yesterday was OLYMPIC day :D we went to bird's nest, water cube, and the olympic village. OMG bird's nest is really huge and massive and fun. (: Then after staying there for half a day we went back to have lunch and then we went back.

Okay lessons are starting now.

Nicholas. (:

Day 4!

2009-04-03T21:04:00.002+08:00

Its day 4 already! hahah 35 more daysss though. SO LONG!

Hahaha but i'm still having a lot of fun :D Its like extremely fun because the pace of the lesson is really slow, and its like really relaxing over here :D We're going to forbidden city tomorrow! (: Its going to be really great man. Then we're having a holiday on monday OMGGG! :D So means we have half a day on sunday, and two full days after that to go OUTTTTTT! :D HAHAH OMG SO FUN (:

Anyway, bought a few dvds, which are like $1.60. HAHAH. and the quality is like OMGG great! really really really great mann :D I've taken note of the store so i'm going to buy from there again if i can't find any other stores (:

Hmm fell sick last night after i went back. It was like fever coming on, sore throat and blocked nose. The same thing i had in the afternoon. So thankfully i recovered this morning after taking medicine last night (: At least i wouldn't waste any other days here :D HAHAH (:

Yupyup. Oh i'm usually online between 7 and 9.10, for those people who don't know when to talk to me on msn (: Its like i think 70% of people come online after 10! HAHA by that time we're in the dorms like going to sleep already lol!

Nicholas.

Day Three! :D

2009-04-02T20:48:00.002+08:00

HAHA you know what, i think I'm really going to be able to post very regularly over here. Its like free time now, i'm going out soon, but like there's always like half an hour of free time in the night for me to post before curfew, which is great :D

Thought i was sick today. Didn't feel well, felt like i had a fever, sore throat, and like blocked nose. But then thankfully it all went away. :D If not i would have to suffer for the next few days mann. haha yupp (: Lessons are okay, just that the classroom is really cold during lessons omg! AHHHH. Then its really hard to concentrate. Like REALLY hard. But maths is okay, cause its further trigo, and i've always managed to do okay for trigo, its like for some reason i can understand everything well. (: yupyup :D So not that bad (:

Hmm starting to miss home a tad bit. Its like even though i'm been away from home for like 3 days only, but like i know i'm going to be away for 36 more days omg! yeah so that feeling scares me a little, but i know that this trip will pass by really fast and sooner than later i'll be back home! (: Back to the super hot singapore. hahaha. (:

okay, i think i'll go out to see if i can buy anything now.

Night (:

Nicholas.

3000 miles.

Day 2!

2009-04-01T21:12:00.002+08:00

Day 2 was GREATTTTTT :D

opening ceremony in the morning, then school tour. the school tour wasn't much, because their school isn't really big. (okay maybe it is, but it can't compare to hwachong hahah :D) Yup, it was more of an art gallery tour actually! hahha omggg. Kinda boring. But after that it was 2 hours of free time, and then we went for lunch and then field trip! we went to the city planning centre. The bus ride there was crazyy. it was quite long, and the bus was super crowded mann. I tried sleeping while standing, but my knee kept buckling when i fell asleep. I don't know why either hahaha. The place was cool (: Came back and played SOCCER :D for like one hour plus man. It was so fun! (: hahah then self study session.

Okay the teacher is chasing us to go back. i'll just blog for about a minute more.

The food is okay so far, so-so. nothing great, but not sucky either. (: hahaha. hmm. its really fun here! :D i'm going to enjoy every minute of it here man, cause it'll definitely be really fun (:

Hmm, i wanted to blog something else, but we have to get out now.

Nicholas. (:

Beijing Day 1 (:

2009-04-01T10:19:00.002+08:00

Well, this is a post from yesterday which i typed out in the dormitory. No internet there though D: But its okay (: At least the internet in the classroom is good! :D It’s the first day in Beijing. The first of 39 days away from Singapore, from all my family and friends. Its been a smooth ride all the way here, I’ve had a lot of fun so far.

Said goodbye to mum and dad and mama for the last time, and the next time I would see them would be at least 6 weeks later! Omg. For mama it’ll be 4 months! Hopefully her surgery on her knee will go well :D

The plane ride here was nice. Boeing 777-300ER. Newly refurbished and it was great! The screens were so amazing. (: So big and the graphics were great :D Finally managed to watch High School Musical 3. The songs were amazing, and especially Can I have this dance, which was brilliant. . Marley and Me was great too! Omg it was so sad, I cried at the end! Really sad ending, but the movie was great as well. Even though Marley had been a really bad dog, ultimately the family still built a bond with him. (: It was great.

OMG you know right, when the plane was descending, I experienced the most rough descent of a plane in my life! The plane was like shaking soooooo much lah. But thankfully we landed safely (:

Hmm after that we went through customs and waited a long time man. For the coaches and yeah. So got to the hostel at about 5, then had dinner and we settled some administrative stuff. For some reason, during that period of time, I felt really sad and everything, and suddenly missed home, cause I realized that I would be away from home for such a long time, six weeks. But thankfully dad called, and that calmed me down a little (: Talking to them was really great, and I really hope that we could talk to each other every night, so I won’t miss home that much (:

Roommates are great! (: All are really nice people (:

Yup that's all for my last post. (:

But its like really cold here now, not as warm as i expected. Its probably around less than 10 degrees, but when the wind blows its SUPERRRRRRR cold man. Like really. I'm like wearing 4 layers now! haha the sleep last night was great (:

Nicholas

Farewell! (:

2009-03-30T23:09:00.003+08:00

Well, tomorrow morning, i'm leaving for beijing. I've said my goodbyes to most of my friends already. Leaving Singapore with a heavy heart, cause i'm leaving behind so many people. My family, friends, everybody. Going to miss all of you!

At the same time though, i'm looking forward to the trip. Its sure going to be fun, and i know if i don't treasure every moment of it i'll probably come to regret it at the end. I'm going to adopt a positive attitude towards this trip, and hopefully learn lots from it! (: Its going to be really fun and enjoyable. :D

Meanwhile, before i leave, i want to say thankyou to a few people before i go (:

Yongxiang, for telling me sooooo much about bsc last night and preparing that buying list for me! :D

Wahjiang, for preparing that longggg email telling me what to do and where to go in beijing (albeit with a request at the end HAHAHA)

Lingfeng, for telling me a lot about bsc too!

Izumi, Gordon, Kenji, Sherwin, for tellingBme and getting me prepared for the trip!

My parents, for helping me to pack! i know i got you both so stressed out and everything, i'm really sorry! BUT THANKS SO MUCH :D I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH (:

AND also to everybody who wished me a safe trip and pleasant journey (:

It'll be six weeks. Then i'll be back here. In the meantime, I'll enjoy myself, thoroughly (:

BYEBYE EVERYONE! (:

BSC MAR 31st'09 - MAY 8th'09

Nicholas. (:

30 hours, to beijing.

2009-03-29T23:38:00.002+08:00

30 hours to beijing! Again mixed emotions. Looking forward to the six weeks there, but at the same time i'm dreading being away from home and school for so long. Going to miss my family, my friends, everything. Said most of my goodbyes already, tomorrow will be the rest of the goodbyes. Last day of school mann. going to miss everyone! (:

AHHHHH ferrari D: none of the two finished in points position. OH MAN D: but its okay they'll bounce back next week, just like manutd will do! :D FTWWWWWWWWW!

hmmm okay i'll do a longgg post tomorrow, as a final sendoff note (:

Nicholas.

Tired.

2009-03-27T23:09:00.002+08:00

Today was the most physically tiring and draining day in a long time. Here's how it went.

2.4km run in the morning for NAPFA. Actually, i haven't ran 2.4 for a long time, so i didn't know how fast or how slow i should have paced myself at. So for the first lap i ran at a rather slow pace, but somehow managed to finish the round in 1min40s! i was like omg, why am i so fast. Because last time in sec 1,2 and 3, for my first lap, running at a comfortable pace meant that i would complete the lap in 2min30s. so yup, i realised that i could do it quite fast so i decided to run faster. Yupyup, overtook quite a lot of people :D Ended up with 11min40s. Which is a good timing compared to last year, and the two years before that. A post from last year:

"NAPFA today, bronze :D DUH. like my 2.4 got E. 14mins28s.

THIS YEAR I RAN 11min40s! OMG :D HAHAHA. which shows how much the lost weight contributed to my stamina :D (: The feeling's really great, even though its only a B, but the big improvement really helps :D (:

Hmm okay in the afternoon we had training. MY LAST TRAINING BEFORE BEIJING D: it was really crowded. Its like so little court space to warm up and like i didn't get warmed up properly, so in the end i sucked when playing doubles king. Didn't really play well today though. argh. Physical was okay, coach made us to 10 line suicides. AHH. And like he made us do 1 minute sets of running from the doubles line to the middle line non-stop. Got so giddy lah. Was kinda hoping that we would do some sprinting towards the end, cause i really want to sprint. :D Feels good :D HAHHA (:

Then i decided to go for one more sport. Golf :D Hahaha spent the time from 7.30 to 9.30 at the driving range and putting green practising :D Sweated a lot cause there was for some reason NO WIND AT ALL. so it was really hot. like omg. haha.

Now my muscles are practically screaming at me to go to sleep. They're starting to ache, but i hope i won't face body aches tomorrow. PLEASE NO. i hate body aches.

Nicholas.

5 more days. (:

2009-03-26T22:41:00.002+08:00

Well, its 5 days now, and in just over an hour's time, it'll be 4. As the days count down to the day i leave for beijing for six weeks, i can just say that the anticipation is building. Talking to my friends over the past few days about their experiences in beijing, I've started to realise that this trip would actually be fun! (: Which is great because 6 weeks of fun will be great for me (: And even though i'll probably be missing so many things in singapore, I'll just take it as a time for me to breathe again, to get away from this fast-paced life which i'm going through now. It'll be a time for me to think things through, to organize things in my head. (: It'll be good.

Beijing aside, F1 Season starts this weekend! omg i can't believe its starting all over again :D Melbourne! :D HAHAH. okay Ferrari FTW :D Raikonen and Massa :D Brawn GP has impressed during the practise sessions, but i have faith in FERRARI :D GOGOGO and win the first race of the season :D I'll be rooting for you guys all the way :D

Last training tmr before i leave for beijing! omg i can't believe i'll not be playing tennis for like what, 6 weeks! omg i think ever since i started tennis, i haven't stopped playing for such a long time. The longest was probably 4 weeks? Like the other time when i sprained my ankle. OMG. hopefully i won't get rusty when i get back (:

Nicholas.

I'll definitely miss you. (:

9 days.

2009-03-22T22:15:00.002+08:00

AHH 9 days until i leave Singapore for Beijing for 6 weeks.

I'm going to miss everything here. Family, Friends, Tennis. Everything.

Mixed emotions. Knowing that i am going to miss everything here, but at the same time hoping that i'll enjoy myself there. But i guess i just have to, cause if not it'll just be a waste of 6 weeks.

Meanwhile, i'll just enjoy the rest of the time i have in Singapore. (:

DOUBLES CHAMPIONS :D

2009-03-19T00:57:00.002+08:00

HAHAHAH I FEEL SO HAPPY :D DOUBLES CHAMPIONS BABY :D :D :D :D :D

Played in the UWCSEA Tennis Invitational U16 Doubles tournament. WON DOUBLES CHAMPIONS MAN :D Won 4, lost 1. the loss was because we weren't warmed up. BUT we won the crucial match against the UWC team. I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PUMPED UP MAN. Don't know why, but i suddenly told timng that i was IN THE ZONE. then i started playing like supurbly man :D :D :D hahahha SOOOO HAPPY. Hwachong got 2nd overall, we won all our matches except the one against UWC, which we lost 4-1. But its okay, we came close :D (: and we all did our best :D :D :D I'm really really happy :D First ever trophy for tennis okay? Finally all my hard work which i've put into tennis pays off. I finally won something :D Really really excited and elated and happy man (: (: I'm glad i hung in there through the tough times and didn't give up, cause there were many times i came close to giving up. and now here i am. MY first trophy for tennis, and hopefully it won't be the last! :D :D

Okay, its like super late now. I'm going to try to sleep, but i think i'm too high and happy to sleep hahah omg. :D

Nicholas :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

HOLIDAYS :D

2009-03-16T23:03:00.002+08:00

hahah holidays :D good and bad lah i guess. Good because its a break, but bad because there are still a lot of other things to do. Like training and holiday homework and everything. I'm having a competition this wednesday, so training quite a lot these few days.

The next few weeks will be interesting. I have competition this wednesday, izumi's concert this friday, piano concert on sunday. Then next week will be another week of school, followed by the final weekend in singapore and then i'll be off on tuesday, 31st march. Omg so fast man. but i think it'll be fun lah. (: hopefully. cause i'll be with nice friends and everything. Even though i'll miss home. and my friends. and everything. A LOT. but it'll be over soon i guess (:

Okay, nothing much else to say. (: Night.

Nicholas.

Forever and Always.

2009-03-12T22:04:00.002+08:00

This has been a physically exhausting week man. We've been standing in the sun feeding balls and stuff to the participants, and at the same time training during breaks. But its been fun (: hahaha :D

ARGH MSG 2.6. @#$@#$%#$% i can't believe it! i mean, english 69% and chinese 59%?! one more percent and it'd be A2 or B4. #$%@#$%@#$%. AHHHHHHH. which means i've missed my term target, AGAIN. by 0.2 again. last year for exams i aimed for 2.0. I got 2.1 :/ this year i aimed for 2.5, i got 2.6 -.- AHHH. But i guess i can be happy with my results cause its among the best in my class and quite okay in hp. Compared to last year, when i was one of the last in the whole of hp, this is one huge improvement (: I'm glad i persevered through everything this term :D

MAN UTD 2-0 INTERNAZIONALE. :D :D :D :D HAHAHAHHA YAY :D Watched the match. Wasn't really nice and everything, but manutd still won; though i've got to admit we had luck on our side. Inter hit the bar twice! like omg. But still, two good goals have put us through to the quarter finals. Just two more and it'll be the finals! :D GOGOGO MANCHESTER UNITED YOU CAN DO IT MAN :D

19 days to Beijing. Still trying to get everything ready and prepared. I'm rooming with Litxian, Deezhen, Shane and two other people who i know by face but i don't know personally. hopefully they're nice! cause if they're nice then my room is great cause all of them are nice people (AND with litxian and deezhen around, their mugging aura will influence me to mug more :D HAHAH). Yup. (:

Nicholas.

Wondering.

2009-03-08T23:29:00.004+08:00

Haven't been having time these few days. okay i have, but i've been spending it like playing :D hahaha. butbut. i'll try to post as often as possible! (:

Watched Quantum of Solace just now. its a nice movie! (: i know i'm really late, but i never really got the chance to arrange with people to go watch it. hahaha but its nice. i want to watch casino royale now! (: hahah i haven't watched that one yet. lol.

Well, i'm leaving for beijing on 31st of march, until the 8th of may. Its going to be a long time - 6 weeks, or 39 days. yup. long time away from singapore, my home, my friends, my school, tennis, and so many other things. But hopefully i can have fun there as well. (:

My results this term is good! hahah 2.4 MSG. with C6 for chinese and C5 for lit. The rest are quite okay. A1 for maths, chem, bio, physics, A2 for English, and B3 for humans. Need to work on chinese, lit and humans. Hopefully it'll turn out well next term, even though for the majority of the term i'm going to be in BSC! D: I'm going to miss everything and everyone here! D: D:

Nicholas.

I had so many dreams about you and me.

happy endings, now i know;

that dreams just don't come true.

Almost the end (:

2009-03-02T22:58:00.002+08:00

Time is really flying. Its almost the end of the term! (:

Well, my results have been good so far, i guess(: i've gotten quite a few A1s, just that my IH and chinese would probably be the only blemishes on my report card. D: AHH. but at least i'm satisfied with the effort i put in for this term's tests (: haha.

The weekend was kinda just for maths. I studied quite a lot on sunday, cause during the afternoon i realised i couldn't do a lot of the questions! i was freaking scared omg. its like i thought i was going to fail! D: but thankfully, the test today was okay, and i think(and hope) that i can get an A1 :D hahah (: HOPEFULLY.

Supported the Softball team against RI today. They lost 4-3, but it was really close, and they fought really hard. We cheered really hard to, and i'm really proud of the councilors who came along. (: We really showed the hwachong spirit today, cheering for our team even though we were losing. We were even louder than RI, even though they were at their home ground! (: It was great fun. (: HCI B'DIV SOFTBALL JIAYOU! go beat cat high man :D

C'div tournament starts like on wednesday so i can't watch softball. have to support my juniors! (: hahah HCITENNIS C'DIV JIAYOU TOO! :D LET'S MAKE THE SEMIS :D

Nicholas. (:

I'm so stupid.

2009-02-27T22:22:00.002+08:00

ARGHHHH. I DROPPED MY PHONE IN THE SINK. AAAND ITS NOT WORKING NOW D: omgomgomg. shit man. SHUCKS WHY WAS I SO DUMB D: D: DAMN DAMN DAMN. D: D: ): Hopefully it'll work by tomorrow, my dad asked me to put it in uncooked rice so it can absorb the moisture. ARGH. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WORK.

Went for RGS Investiture today! saw quite a few people hahaha. krystal, florence, liting, jo-ann, sarah, veron, cheryl. hahah i think there were some more people but then i can't remember already! it was quite nice lah, just that they made us sit in the hot sun in BLAZERS OMG. we were sweating like crazy lah! but the programme and everything was really nice lah. (: hahah.

Okay, i have to go for the pipit thing tomorrow. damn. waste my saturday mornings. -.-

Nicholas.

:D

2009-02-22T10:07:00.002+08:00

I'm really happy that i've made it through this week. I guess it was the most mentally tiring week ever for me, with all the humanities and other things i had to worry about. I've made it through, though with the help with some very nice people who made my days. (: thanks so much. It was really tiring, and on friday i was really extremely tired i guess. But at least its over, and now i can look forward to the next few weeks ahead! (:

Damn, i thought the manutd match was like today, but it was yesterday! i saw the newspaper and it said today. so i didn't watch. argh damn it. it was like 11, which is very early for a match? damndamndamn. But at least manutd won, 2-1. :D they have an 8 point lead at the top now! :D hahaha okay manutd's like surely going to win 5 trophies this season; 6 is you include community shield :D But i'll be missing most of the action cause i'll be in beijing! D: oh no. ):

Okay, i've got to go finish off my humanities research paper proposal + literature review.

Nicholas.

DANNY GOKEY :D

2009-02-19T23:22:00.003+08:00

OMG i am a fan of DANNY GOKEY! His story is amazing man. (: and his singing rocks like nothing! :D Seems a little like david cook. Now he's in the top 12 of American Idol, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT HIM ALL THE WAY MAN. HE REALLY DESERVES TO WIN AMERICAN IDOL.

http://www.americanidol.com/videos/season_8/performances/danny_gokey_hero

Go watch his supurb rendition of hero by mariah carey! :D

Really tired now, keeping this post short. Night! (:

Nicholas. (:

Double Whammy!

2009-02-18T00:14:00.001+08:00

Two tests tomorrow. History and Lit! omg my hand is going to die writing it. Feel kinda prepared i guess, hopefully the tests will go well. (: hahaha

Nicholas.

Mug week!

2009-02-16T14:19:00.002+08:00

In school now, double break haha.

Argh damn it, trying to study geog but its tough. I think i'll leave it to wednesday, cause like i'm trying to remember three subject's stuff at the same time. So its getting really confusing. Why in the world did the teachers have to put like three humanities tests in two days?! Its really tough man. Can't wait for thursday, then it'll almost be all over. Our chem teacher has decided to change the date of our chem test yay! :D hahah so at least i don't have to mug chem tonight, and mug hist/lit instead! (: thank god man (: but if he told us earlier i would've been in a better position because i finished mugging for chem on sunday already. argh. ): but its okay, at least i have more time now!

On a happier note, i got A1 for BIO! :D hahaha the teacher hasn't told us the results yet but i asked her whether i got an A1 and she said yes :D :D :D :D HAHAHAH YAY :D I'M SO HAPPY MAN :D Okay so two A1s, one A2 and one D7. lol chinese sucked man, but its okay, i may still be able to reach my goal, as long as the humanities subjects go okay. (:

Nicholas.

Can i have this dance?

(:

2009-02-15T22:58:00.005+08:00

High School Musical 3
Can I Have This Dance

Take my hand,
Take a breath,
Pull me close,
Take one step,
Keep your eyes locked on mine
And let the music be your guide.

Won't you promise me
(Now won't you promise me, that you'll never forget)
You'll keep dancing
(To keep dancing)
Where ever we go next.

It's like catching lightening,
The chances of finding someone like you.
It's one in a million,
The chances of feeling the way we do.
And with every step together,
We just keep on getting better.
So can I have this dance?
(Can I have this dance)
Can I Have this dance?

Take my hand,
I'll take the lead,
And every turn will be safe with me,
Don't be afraid,
Afraid to fall,
You know I'll catch you through it all

And you can't keep us apart
(Even a thousand miles can't keep us apart)
Cos my heart is where ever you are

It's like catching lightening,
The chances of finding someone like you.
It's one in a million,
The chances of feeling the way we do.
And with every step together,
We just keep on getting better.
So can I have this dance?
(Can I have this dance)
Can I Have this dance?

Ohh no mountains too high and no oceans too wide,
Cause together or not, our dance won't stop.
Let it rain, let it pour.
What we have is worth fighting for.
You know I believe that we were meant to be.

Oooohhh.

It's like catching lightening,
The chances of finding someone like you (like you)
It's one in a million,
The chances of feeling the way (way) we do.
And with every step together,
We just keep on getting better.
So can I have this dance?
(Can I have this dance)
Can I have this dance?

Can I have this dance,
Can I have this dance?

Omg i love this song like nothing please! its really nice and meaningful and everything (: totally love it! makes me want to watch hsm3 (i haven't watched it yet omg.) haha. I've been listenig to the song like non-stop since yesterday. 108 and counting! and its a 4 minute song (: hahah

Chemistry, History, Literature and Geography test for next week. Its going to be really busy, but i will be able to make it through with A1s! :D hopefully. I've finished mugging chem, and now i'm mugging geog, but i guess i'm going to have an early night. Don't want to zombie through all my lessons haha. will have some time to mug in school, and i'm skipping tennis so i can mug at night too. (: hahaha i think i will mug history tomorrow night, then lit on tuesday night and then geog on wednesday night. Cause chem is on tues, history and lit is on wed (ONE AFTER ANOTHER CAN YOU BELIEVE IT), and geog is on thurs. After that, there's like no more tests for this term! accept for maybe the maths test in week 9 but that doesn't count in this term's tests. haha (: yup so i can do it! :D hahahah. (:

Manutd Derby tonight! hahaha can't watch cause its like so late. Manutd will surely win. This is the season for 6 trophies! hahaha two which we've already won: Community Shield and Fifa Club World Cup, and 4 more which we are going to win: League cup (Final vs Tottenham), FA Cup (4th Round vs Derby), Champions League (First knockout stage vs Inter Milan [Mourinho omg!]) and English Premiership (1st, ahead of liverpool by 2 points with a game in hand). HAHAHHA WE ARE GOING TO WIN SO MUCH MAN! :D and sir alex ferguson will become sir squared alex ferguson. HAHAH cause he will be knighted again :D hahaha (: Manchester United ROCKS PLEASE! (:

Okay, time to sleep now (:

Nicholas

One in a million. (:

Happy Valentines!

2009-02-14T23:50:00.003+08:00

Happy Valentines everybody! :D hope all of you had a wonderful day (:

Ironman didn't go too well. But i guess some of the instructions were quite confusing. Caused us to lose a few points. yup. but its okay.

Soccer at IS Soccer court for the first time in i don'tknow how long! played like quite badly. rusty i guess. hahaha. but it was fun! (: BYE DENNIS AND EDWIN AND ALL THOSE GOING TO BSC THIS TIME! SEE YOU IN 6 WEEKS! :D

Nicholas.

Its like catching lightning,

the chances of finding someone like you;

Its one in a million,

the chances of feeling the way we do.

Ironman

2009-02-13T22:59:00.001+08:00

Ironman prelims tomorrow. Funkenstein jiayou! :D

250th post!

2009-02-11T22:58:00.002+08:00

HAHAH its the 250th post man. :D

BIOOOOOOOOO Tomorrow! done mugging already hahaha! okay now i'm like trying to memorize everything and recite it one more time before i sleep haha. then i should be fine. (:

The next few weeks will be tiring for me, very tiring. I have tests, and so many other committments which i have to fulfill. so many things to do, so little time. Sometimes i wish i could stop time and just be able to spend enough time on each of the things which i have to do, so that i won't have to do them in the slipshod way which i'm doing most of my work now. Its really tough.

Scolari's sacked! i think chelsea's really dumb to sack him. I mean, its like only a few games which chelsea didn't perform well, not as if they got relegated! Even the best of managers wouldn't be able to prevent their team from entering a slump in form man. If man utd were like that, sir alex probably wouldn't even be in man utd anymore, cause he didn't win anything for his first 4 years at manutd! (thankfully manutd isn't like that, if not we'd probably be screwed up now hahaha)

Well, back to the reciting of bio stuff. hahaha.

Nicholas.

Its funny when, you find yourself, looking from the outside;

I'm standing here, but all i want, is to be over there.

(:

2009-02-08T23:03:00.002+08:00

This weekend has been the physics weekend! hahaha been studying a lot of physics, but still don't undertstand a lot of it, actually. I mean, i understand the overall part of the subject, but then when it comes down to the small details i don't. I guess tomorrow i will try to put in the last bit of physics revision before i go for friendly with barker! haha (: hopefully the test turns out well, cause i really need to do well this term and year.

Competition hasn't gone well. We lost 3 times by the closest margin possible. 3-2. damn. but i guess we know we could've done it, yeah? for me, i guess it was just nerves that was the undoing of me. Didn't perform well for monday and wednesday, so coach didn't pick me for friday. Tomorrow's match is against acs(i), who are really good. But i hope that i can play, at the very least. (: cause i played well yesterday at training.

But i guess that right after the interschools end, its back to full time studying. My focus has been off these few weeks, concentrating on tennis. So i guess i'll have to go back to mugging soon!

Its been a tough week. Well, i felt down a lot of times, but with some help from friends and some deep thinking, i've made it through. I guess life's always like that, with plenty of challenges facing you, but you just have to hang in there through the darkest periods of time, and everything'll be fine. If you decide to give up, then you've failed. I almost gave up a few times this week, but thankfully i've persevered and i guess i can say that i've come through it as a better and stronger person. (:

I'll always remember a quote which cedric told me to cheer me up:

If you ever want to give up, think about why you ever held on for so long.

Really true. This totally woke me up, at the darkest moment of the past week, and it saved me. Really. Thanks cedric! (:

Went visiting again. and the same questions/comments kept coming all over again haha. like the standard, "got girlfriend already?" to like how's school or whatever. HAHAHA. typical of chinese new year. (:

I guess its late now and its time to sleep.

Nicholas.

I almost gave up,

Then i realised that i mustn't.

'Cause i remember why i ever held on for so long.

I'm going to find; till the very end.

2009-02-05T22:32:00.002+08:00

Things haven't been going very well for me lately.

But i just wanted to say that i'm ready to fight. Fight for what i want, and fight i will.

There's no giving up now.

Devastated.

2009-02-04T22:51:00.003+08:00

White Horse

Taylor Swift

Say you're sorry
That face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
And I paced back and forth all this time
Cause I honestly believed in you
Holding on
And days drag on
Stupid girl,
I should have known, I should have known

[Chorus]
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you
And your white horse, to come around

Baby I was naive,
Got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
I had so many dreams
About you and me
Happy endings
Now I know

[Chorus]
I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you
And your white horse, to come around

Here you are your sitting there
Begging for forgiveness, begging for me
Just like I always wanted but I'm sooo sorry

Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rearview mirror disappearing now
Now it's too late for you and your white horse
Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to catch me now

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now
Oh, it's too late
To catch me now

Don't give up now, nick. Let's strive on.

Don't forget, remember why you ever held on for so long.

Don't, not now.

Disappointed.

2009-02-03T10:10:00.002+08:00

Disappointed, with myself. I screwed the whole team up. i should've done better, shouldn't have let the nervousness win.

But, i guess there's nothing much i can do. I can just look forward to the next match, and find out what went wrong. I was distraught after my match, and had a few quiet minutes by myself, letting out all the anger and sadness that has been inside me for such a long time. All that's been affecting me, at least i've let it out.

Anyway, thanks to all who helped cheer me up! (: Coach, hanshen, timng, krystal. (: thanks so much! you guys really helped me. Don't know what i would've done without you!

Nicholas.

One shot at glory.

2009-02-01T22:29:00.003+08:00

One shot at glory. Let's take it. Now, or never.

Tomorrow is the day we've all been working for. Tomorrow is the time. We will stand up and be heard.

I'm all pumped up, and I hope all my team members are too. We have to do this.

Its the first day of interschools. And its the most important day. Win it, and we stand a high chance. Lose it, and our chances will be near zero. We all have to be motivated, and be confident. Cause we can do it.

Its time. Its our time. Its our time to write the history books.

HCITennis BDiv'09.

Together, we'll make history.

Long time no post, again (:

2009-01-30T21:47:00.003+08:00

HAHAHA. LONG TIME NO POST. been busy/overseas.

watching nadal-verdasco match now! its a really good match, both of them are playing REALLY well man. I mean, they're both like making really few mistakes and hitting so many aces and winners! I wish i could play like that. But they probably have practised really hard, in order to get where they are. I'm okay with both sides winning, cause they both played so well, but as long as federer wins tomorrow, its enough! (:

Well, the lineup is out. I'm kinda not very happy with a few of coach's choices but i guess its okay. Hopefully, we'll be able to do well this year! And make it to the semis! cause we have a relatively good draw, and as long as we play at our best, it'll be okay. (: Its my last year in hcitennis, and my time in tennis has been a really eventful one, where i've learnt a lot of things. I really hope that I can end my time in hcitennis off with a bang! (:

Life has been tiring, cause of all the different committments. Hsc, tennis, projects, studies, they're all piling up. And i'm not feeling really well now. damn. have to study hard this year, cause its important!

Okay, i guess i will go back to watching the match.

Night.
Nicholas
Trying to wipe out the memories of you.

Really tiring week.

2009-01-09T22:47:00.002+08:00

This week has been really tiring for me. Its like, even though i've had the same amount of classes as i had last year, I feel really tired everyday after school, even though yes, i had to stay back to help out for council and train and have tuition. I hope the rest of sec four won't be like that, or at least i could get used to the workload and everything. I mean, i can't live through the whole year like that, I'll probably get sick man. Like seriously.

At least there's a rest for me, two days of rest before another week starts. I still have to do work, but at least i can get >8 hours of sleep. actually i don't get it. even though i sleep much earlier than i did last year, i'm still much more tired than i was previously. argh, damn. please let me get over it!

Elections next week! Liki vs YingCong. Actually we're all okay with any of them winning. haha. cause they're both great leaders and no matter what we'll still function the same. like no difference. hahaha.

Tennis today was orientation for sec ones. Found a few good people but most of them had other ep3s in mind already. but hopefully we'll be able to get quite a few people for the next batch. yup.

I have to go to sleep now, my laptop battery's dying now.

Nicholas.

School's starting, yet again.

2009-01-01T21:51:00.002+08:00

Damn, school's starting. the holidays seemed like they hardly even occured, having to go to school like so often for tennis and everything. and i had so many activities during the holidays as well. oh well. its the start of a really important year for me and i'll have to study really hard in order to make it through. i still have like cmps, 36th HSC, HRP and other stuff to cope with. well, i'm aiming for good results, most importantly for 2009 (: But i want to excel in the other things such as cmps, hsc and my hrp too. its going to be difficult but i guess i have to work really hard in order to manage all the things which i want to do now. yup.

new year party last night with cousins! it was held at my house lah, it was more adults talking and children playing. but i was talking to the adults most of the time lah hahaha. yup. (:

2009 will be a new year i guess, and hopefully it'll be much better than 2008 had been. i mean, almost everything went wrong for me in 2008. I've thought things out, and i guess i'm kinda confident that i can do all the things which i'm planning to do, and do them well too. At this point, its difficult to say whether i can make it through, but as long as i keep my focus and try my best, i'm sure i'll make it through. (:

Nicholas.

Blog Revival!

2008-12-28T21:56:00.003+08:00

haven't blogged for, 20 days? hahaha okay so its time to revive my blog (: hahaha! been overseas lately, first to malaysia for 4 days, then back for 3 days, then to malaysia for another 4 days, then back for 3 days, and then to japan for 10 days! and i'm back! just got back yesterday evening from tokyo.

Trip to tokyo was great! weather was perfect, although rather cold. temperature in tokyo was between 2 and like 15 degrees for the first 5 days when we were there. disneysea sucked man, and disneyland was okay, nothing great, to say the least. the rides were mostly kiddy rides and everything and like they weren't really scary. yup. but at least now i can say that i've been to disneyland! haha! Then we toured around tokyo for the next three days, did a lot of shopping (window shopping, that is), but didn't even get anything for myself! cause everything was so expensive. like even the food was crazily priced! the cheapest meal there is like 6+ bucks? imagine the gadgets and everything. ouch. yeah. then we went over to this place 500km away from tokyo called yamagata. we skiied there man! it was great (: hahaha. really amazing man, cause when we reached there, it snowed like crazy, and like within an hour timespan, cars and trees and everything was covered with so much snow! snowball fight with my cousins and uncles and brothers and dad, while the rest stayed in the shelter cause they were too cold haha! then skiing for the next two days. at first cause we hadn't skiied for a long time and so we had to walk up a slope then ski down and then walk up again. it was really tiring, especially with the boots. i was kinda afraid, but my brother managed to convince me to follow him up the chair lift. it was quite fun, actually, cause we didn't have to walk anymore. even though i fell down a lot of times, but after that i decided to go two more times before we had to leave. the next day was christmas, and while we were skiing, it snowed! I SKIIED IN A WHITE CHRISTMAS OMG! it was super nice, even though visibility on the ski slope was reduced to 10 metres and 5 metres for me cause my sunglasses were wet cause of the snow. like omg. i fell down because i couldn't see where i was going! the next day there was a even huger snowstorm, which lasted from like 12am till 3pm. yup not joking 5 hours, but we had to go back to tokyo. the ride down was really nice! like the trees were covered with snow, making the whole place white! it was really pretty, looking at the scenary like that (: well, after that it was the shinkansen back to tokyo and the next day we came back to singapore.

yup that was my holiday! hahha. okay its late and i have training+soo tomorrow. yup. so i guess i've got to go now? manutd's playing tomorrow! ftw! (:

Nicholas.

If my life were a movie, you'd be the star.

2008-12-08T22:18:00.002+08:00

haven't posted for a long long time! been in malaysia for the past 4 days, and just got back this afternoon. been rather busy for the week before that lah. hahaha.

Trip to malaysia was okay lah, main highlights were the bbq at my aunts house and the wedding tea ceremony cause my cousin's getting married. hahaha yup. the wedding dinner is like this thursday so i'm going back this thursday morning again. wanted to stay in malaysia actually, but my parents didn't allow me to cause my grandmother came back with us and will be with us for these few days before we go back on thursday again. ah shucks i wanted to stay there man! go help out at their kumon centre hahah can teach the young children! cute cute hahah!

Got this really interesting book over in malaysia, called starbucked. its really nice! it like looks into how starbucks rose to be what it is to be and how it affects the culture of the world. hahaha. (more interesting than my literature books xD) I love starbucks :D

Ronaldo's injured ): don't know how long he'll be out for but i hope its not a serious injury. pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleeeeeeeeease!

Nicholas.

6-6!

2008-11-29T22:07:00.002+08:00

haha lexus cup is now tied at 6-6! been spending the past two days doing scoreboard. it was leaderboard 18 yesterday, and the main scoreboard today. today was better cause i could walk into score control and watch the matches on the tv there. but on friday i didn't have any tv at all. hahaha, but at least i was there when sorenstam chipped in for an amazing eagle on the 18th! omg i was like clapping so hard man cause the shot was brilliant(: Oh and i managed to get like 2 autographs. my brother helped me to get from paula creamer! hahaha! and then i managed to get from ANNIKA SORENSTAM OMG hahaha! she walked past me and i just asked her and she signed for me! (: hahaha that was on friday.

Doing walking marshal tomorrow so i'll be holding one of those um "quiet please" and "no handphones" signs xD hahahaha! but at least i'll be out on the course and experiencing them playing golf lah hahaha (: hahaha! hopefully i'm getting the first match! Annika against Pak Se Ri! hahaha the two captains fighting it out for a point! hope hope hope hope! (: hahaha. xD

Nicholas.

LEXUS CUP 2008!

2008-11-27T22:22:00.002+08:00

hahah tomorrow's the start of lexus cup! (: can't wait, even though my job for tomorrow and saturday is like super saikang. like scoreboard. ): but its okay. cause sunday i'm doing marshalling and that's much better cause at least i can follow a group! hahaha (: walking marshal. can't wait for that haha! IS ANYONE HERE GOING TO WATCH LEXUS CUP 2008? if you are sms me hahah then i can meet you or something! xD

been really busy over the past few days. like had quite a lot of things to settle here and there. so didn't really have time to post. yup.

hahaha will try to post pics! xD if i can take them (: but the problem is that i don't really know anyone there so i'm going to be like so alone lah! ): but maybe i can make some friends or something lah. HOPEFULLY. hahahah.

time to sleep, got to go there early with my parents tomorrow which means 6a.m, AGAIN D:

Nicholas.

36th HSC!

2008-11-24T23:07:00.002+08:00

okay, i've officially gotten into 36th hsc already. not sure who else is in, but i will know tomorrow cause we're meeting up. yup.

training was okay today, beat joel 4-2 for round robin, so my record now is 1-0. yup. hopefully i will play better over the next few trainings lah, cause i really want to do well for this one. hahah. didn't exactly play well today, but thankfully i managed to up my pace at around the last moment and managed to win the crucial game to win overall. but yup, couldn't get myself started lah, i guess. i'm a slow starter, which means that i only start to perform towards the end of the match, and take a long time to warm up to my usual playing standard. yup.

DAVID ARCHULETA AND COOK'S ALBUMS ARE OUT NOW! (: hahahah i'm like so going to buy both of them! oh and i still haven't bought demi lovato and taylor swift! should be getting demi lovato from united square soon i guess. but i really want cook's album(: hahahah! DAVID COOK OWNS MAN xD

Nicholas.

THIMUN has ended!

2008-11-23T23:00:00.002+08:00

THIMUN ended yesterday, but thank god, the last two days weren't as slack as the first few days cause i was able to at least put some decent work in unlike the slack computer room job which i held for the first two days. (: hahaha. yup. so it was more fun lah hahah. found a camera belonging to a delegate during cleanup after closing ceremony hahaha. yup. returned it to PR lah, duh xD.

went out with my family to marina barrage today. after that we went to get stuff for my godsis and my bro, and it was like really not nice cause my parents were like unconsciously making me feel bad about my 0.3 marks. the 0.3 marks which caused me not to get <2.0>

went to safra mount faber to play badminton with my cousins. hahah then we went for dinner at this nice chinese restaurant. yup that's about it. (:

Nicholas.

There's only one thing two do three words four you.

I love you;

MUN again.

2008-11-21T13:20:00.002+08:00

posting from MUN again hahaha. today is much better than the past two days cause i haven't had to sit in the computer room for the whole time. i started off the day at the secretariat helping them photocopy and send stuff, then i went to GA6 to help in note passing and vote counting. yup. which is much better than stoning in computer labs lol. it sucks stoning here. lol. can't imagine how ec3 people have ep3s in cmoputer rooms and like stay inside for so long. hahah.

well yesterday was like the same as the first day lah. stoning and stoning. but i managed to catch some episodes of season two of wizards of waverly place, and two episodes of the suite life on deck. hahah. yup. but it got boring after a while. my psp got boring too hahaha can you believe that!

went over to sicc yesterday to sign up for clubhouse passes for lexus cup, which will allow my family to go into the clubhouse areas during the tournament itself and they'll probably be able to meet some of the stars hahaha! but i'm helping out lah so i'll be walking beside the stars for like the whole tournament! hahaha. this is great man. some of the tentage has been put up already. yup. oh and we'll be getting free flow of soft drinks too hahah! cool huh. (: its going to be fun (: much funner than these few days ahhaha. but at least tomorrow is the last day already! (:

Nicholas.

MUN.

2008-11-19T14:03:00.003+08:00

posting from MUN now. I'm like helping out as an admin staff and its damn boring cause i got a damn boring job. like super duper boring. I'm in the computer room team, which means that i have to look after the computer rooms and help whoever needs help here. like wth? i'm like sitting here from 8.30 to 5.30 for the next four days just helping people who needs help with the computer. its like super sian. thankfully today i've brought my psp and laptop so they can keep me company but i've realised that there isn't much use bring my laptop cause i don't really have games to play. kwangming is still keeping my generals hostage, so yeah. nothing much to do. like lol.

There are like two people in the room now but they don't seem to need help. yeah i guess this is all i will be doing for the rest of the day lah. just slacking around, doing nothing and this is making me miss training ah omg. but at least i have something to look forward to: Lexus Cup! hahahah i'm going to help like next week. (: hahah. but that's seems like a long time away, with this boring thing which i'm going to have to do for the next few days. damn. haha.

Nicholas.

ERNIE ELSSSS! xD

2008-11-17T22:24:00.003+08:00

haven't been posting for the past few days because i haven't been at home and have been really busy haha.

Training on friday was okay, just that the rain kinda screwed up the front part of our training and we went to salt centre and ran 3.3 km again. hahah. that was our warmup. after that we went back to the courts and played king. that was training. then we went to hokkaido for lunch! hahah the food was great hahaha sashimi! (: yup. we were supposed to go for a movie but then we decided not too, so me hanshen timtan and nickteng went over to yiochukang to play pool hahaha. it was okay lah, we played round robin and i was 2nd out of 4. hanshen was like invincible hahaha. yup.

Elite was nothing much, just that joe came back. his back is better so now he can coach lah, but he says he can't really run that much cause of it. haha.

Saturday! went with my family to catch the barclays singapore open at sentosa country club! hahaha. at first we went to the 17th hole and watched a few players play such as phil mickelson, ernie els, adam scott, and lam chih beng. then we followed chih beng down the 18th hole, and then a newspaper cameraman took a photo of my brothers and parents cause they were standing directly behind lam chih beng! hahah it came out in sunday times hahaha. on the left hand side of the photo. i was like quite near the cameraman i think, cause i was in front of my parents haha. after that we had lunch then went back, and went to the practise range! hahah i got 3 autographs: thongchai jaidee(a thai golfer who's quite famous), mardan mamat(the singaporean golfer) and ERNIE ELS! omg hahah he signed my cap for me! (: ahahha it was really nice hahah. i asked mickelson but he said he would sign only after the round was over so yeah. haha. i didn't get the autograph ): but overall it was a nice day out hahaha! oh yeah my bro and i also followed harrington for like 5 holes but then we had to leave cause we had tennis.

Timtam's party that night! it was kinda fun, dinner first then we went to play table tennis and pool. hahah i owned dom at pool lor, but he claimed that i didn't specify the pocket. i jumped the cue ball over his nine ball and somehow i managed to pocket the 8 ball, which meant that i won, but he said that i didn't tell him which pocket i was going for. lol. hahahha.

ManUtd match after that ! 5-0 :D :D :D hahaha ronaldo's goals were nice, and so was carricks! but the best of all was welbeck's goal. omg amazing man. top corner! hahaha overall it was a great match to watch cause manutd played really well. arsenal lost! hahahhaa! :D :D they're like super inconsistent lah. but that's good for manunited! (:

Sunday! went to this walk at harbourfront and we walked for around 10+km? for like the whole morning until 1+pm. walked from like the south to the west lol. hahaha. we kinda got lost, my family plus some of my cousins and uncle and aunts. but luckily we found our way and took a bus back to the place which we started at hahaha! nice walk hahah.

Dark knight that evening! hahah at sicc theatre. quite nice lah, but kinda long. reached home like damn late and i was damn tired and pissed cause i had to wake up at like 6 today omg! cause of thimun my dad had to fetch me there early, cause he has to work, and i had 1.5 hours to wait! but thankfully my psp was there to save me man! (: hahaha.

prep for thimun was slack. spent a lot of time sitting around and wasting time. lol.

Nicholas.

My Hero is You.

2008-11-13T22:48:00.003+08:00

Lam Chi Beng is leading barclays singapore open man! omg haha. harrington didn't do well, and so didn't phil mickelson and adam scott. ernie els is one shot off the lead with 4 holes still to play haha. hmm. i expected harrington to do well. but nevermind hahah maybe he'll bounce back tomorrow? hahaha yeah hopefully cause i really like him as a golfer (: hahaha.

Didn't go watch today cause my dad wasn't really feeling well. going to watch on sat and sun. sat with my dad and sunday maybe with joel and sam and anyone else who wants to watch. and i'm going to follow the final group cause i want to see the champion accepting the trophy and everything and anyway there'll probably be lots of drama that day hahah! xD and autographs too! (: xD

training on wednesday was okay lah, won 3 out of 3 matches. but my total win-loss record is 4-4 now cause before wednesday i was 1-4 which was super bad. but i didn't really play my normal style cause my opponents were more of moonballers so i moonballed with them hahaha. lol.

training again tomorrow, then some of us are going to hokkaido at turf city hahah! some jap buffet. then maybe we're going to catch madagascar escape 2 africa, but i have to watch the time cause i have to be home first so that i can have dinner cause i have training at 7 at sicc hahah. yup.

Nicholas.

When my world goes crazy, you won't let go.

When the ground gets shaky, you give me hope.

When I try to push you away, you never move.

My hero is you.

Trying my best to let go.

2008-11-11T23:12:00.003+08:00

Spent the morning doing some hp mag stuff and at the same time playing with shadow hahah. he's still very playful and like bites everything but at least he's getting like not so noisy now. hahaha which is good so he doesn't wake us up at 4am in the morning. (:

PICS (:

He's real cute yeah? hahaha (:

Training tomorrow, plus i have some competition at singapore polytechnic.

Nicholas.

One final goodbye.

I still believe.

2008-11-10T23:03:00.002+08:00

Training today was like disrupted by rain man damn. we had like a bit of physical and then played a bit before it started to rain and then it continued to rain for like the whole day lol. so we went to the poolside gym and did some muscle building exercises lah. that was about it for training, not much work done actually.

came back and played with the puppy for a while! (: hahah he's so cute but very naughty. he's like biting the newspapers which he is supposed to do his business on lol. so i tried teaching him but he's still not listening haha. spent like 45 minutes doing that but to no avail lol. actually spent most of today playing with him lah hahaha cause he's so cute and everything. hahah yup. (: he spent the whole morning from like 3am till 7am barking his head off for some reason hahaha and he like woke my whole family up hahah.

Time to sleep i guess.

Nicholas.

Cause i still believe in destiny,

That you and I were meant to be;

I still wish on the stars as they fall from above,

Cause i still believe, believe in love.

New Blogskin!

2008-11-09T23:22:00.003+08:00

hahah new blogskin again. same as dennis and cedric i think. haha but its nice and simple, just like my last one, just that the last one was more colourful i guess hahaha.

Yesterday's team bbq was okay lah. i guess with the xbox on most people would not like bother to help in bbqing so like only me and timng were at the bbq pit, while most of the others were watching other people play xbox and occasionally coming out to grab some food. food was okay lah, i guess. most of the food was finished but there were some otah and satay left so my family had them for breakfast hahah. yup. (:

The match was not good. cause manutd lost. damn. it was really close and manutd played well. but i guess arsenal were rather lucky. cause i feel that both sides played equally well and manutd deserved a point. rafael's volley was really good, but i guess it was a case of too little to late. hope this will jolt manutd into performing better over the next few months and at the end of may next year they'll be epl champions yet again?

GOT OUR DOG TODAY :D a wonderfully cute golden retriever. (cost a bomb.) hahah but still its super cute and everything. (; pics another time ahhaha! my bro named it shadow since its his dog hahaha. but its really really cute. (: like super adorable and everything! hahaha!

tennis on friday was okay lah, joe's bed-ridden for a while cause something happened to his back. so now we only have one coach - hassan. hmm don't know whether they're going to get another coach to take over joe during his injury period. cause i guess it'll be rather difficult for hassan to handle 15+ people every friday night.

OH i got a free pass to the barclays singapore open and i think i'm going on thursday and sunday! hahaha cause friday i have training, and sat i may have a comp to go for, depending on how we fare on wednesday hahaha. but sunday i'm surely going mannnn. (: hahaha. and then two weeks from now i'm going to be helping for lexus cup! hahah i'm like going to get a lot of autographs from the golfers man. its annika's last tournament before she retires and i really want to get her autograph! (: hahaha. probably take a lot of pics with the pros too! (: hahaha.

okay training tomorrow again, time to sleep.

Nicholas.

Do you ever think, when you're all alone,

All that we can be, where this thing can go?

Am I crazy or falling in love,

Is it real or just another crush?

Could this be the start of something new, again?

OBAMA PRESIDENT!

2008-11-06T23:21:00.003+08:00

Barack Obama, the new president of the United States of America. I'm sure he would be able to lead USA well, as well as make the world a better place to live in, with less wars, and more prosperity (: Glad he won :D

manutd drew with celtic this morning. damn wasted my morning's sleep for the match. manutd like dominated the whole time but i guess they were just a little unlucky and couldn't convert chances. giggs' goal was kinda thanks to ronaldo's wonderful shot lah. berbatov should seriously have finished off the last minute chance, cause it was like a rather easy chance. this could have meant that manutd are confirmed through to the next round alr. but its okay (:

Tennis bbq on sat! hahaha. nice. going to have like 20+ people coming to my house for like a teambonding session. haha (: AND. just nice, at 6.45 is the manutd match which means that we all can watch together! (: hahahah. omg this rocks man :D totally rocks like nothing (: hahah and manutd's going to beat arsenal man! :D like surely hahaha! CONFIRM WIN. i'm predicting a 2-0 victory for manunited (:

Haha okay training again tomorrow, got to sleep earlier cause have to wake up early.

Yup, night.

Nicholas.

I'm not ready.

2008-11-04T23:43:00.002+08:00

massa lost, by one point, by one decision. he came so close to winning the world championship. so close. i guess he tried his best, and it was down to fate and yup, he was unable to. He drove a perfect race at interlagos, and under the pressure which he was under, it certainly is impressive. Maybe next year, then.

It was a great race and i was like celebrating for 20+ seconds before i realised that timo glock came in behind hamilton. vettel did a brilliant overtaking manoeuvre. but glock faltered during the last lap. damn. ): but its okay, massa did great! (:

Training on monday was okay, more running than ever. we started off with some physical and also ended with some physical. yup. hahah. yeah. i guess tomorrow's training will be equally as tiring. but, its okay. working hard now, for next year's interschools! (:

Nicholas.

I'm not ready, not ready to say goodbye.

F1 NIGHTTTT.

2008-11-03T00:39:00.002+08:00

THIS IS NICHOLAS TAN REPORTING LIVE FROM INTERLAGOS. I'M HERE WITH BRAZILLIAN FELIPE MASSA...

i must be dreaming man! lol. hahah.

yeah anyway, yup i've just woken up from a one-hour nap and the Grand Prix at Interlagos in Sao Paulo, Brazil will be beginning in like 5 minutes! MASSA IS ON POLE MAN! hahah and hamilton is 4th. which leaves massa with a chance of winning (; hahahah yupp :D

GOGO MASSA! xD

Hahah okay past few days have been okay, just that i got like a blister on each hand during friday's school training. the one on the left had been there even earlier so it got bigger and then burst. and it hurt like nothing man. ): but thankfully managed to get through training with it hahah. yup.

Man Utd won yesterday, but it was very close. like 4-3. man utd were leading 4-1 but then gave it up and allowed in one goal and then one penalty. but luckily they held on haha (: so now we're 2 points adrift of chelsea and liverpool! :D

Nicholas.

7 things.

2008-10-30T22:51:00.003+08:00

Golfed with dad and bro (one only this time) again at island course. hahah didn't play very well lah, cause of my chipping. atrocious around the green. putting was good, driving sucked, i couldn't get the distance on all my drives. don't know what happened to my direction for my iron shots too. overall not a good day of golf hahah.

TRAINING TOMORROW. i still have muscle ache from tuesday's training, which was like 1 hr physical and 30 minutes warmup. lol. so yeah. but its good, cause coach is training us well for next year's comp, which i hope we will be able to do well in. cause we're all going to work as hard as possible to achieve it. yup (; hahah.

Nicholas.

And the 7th thing, I like that most that you do,

You make me love you.

HOLIDAYS FTW! :D

2008-10-29T22:58:00.002+08:00

hahaha holidays own lah omg. like can play anything i want or do anything i want at anytime of the day :D like can play tiger woods pga tour 09 on my psp or play fifa manager 08 on my laptop! (: hahah its damn fun lah! like super ownage hahah. well, i've worked hard all year for this (;

Hahah played golf with my dad and bros just now at my club. it was fun lah (: hahah played quite well, i guess. quite a few pars and more bogeys. but screwed up my first hole don't know why! but then after that it was okay. (:

Manutd match tonight! but i don't think they're showing it on tv. don't know why. but nevermind. i guess there will be another match this weekend, along with f1! haha in brazil omggggg. last race of the season. MASSAAAAAAAAAA. (: 7 points, which is the same points gap between raikkonen and hamilton last year! so this year, its MASSA's turn to overturn the 7 point deficit and win the world championship! :D yup i'm surely going to watch it even though its like at 12.45 am in the morning. it'll be like champions league final lah lol! (: hahah.

AHHHH i wanna watch HSM3 but don't know who's going to watch. anyone? haha.

Nicholas.

This can't hurt any worse, can it?

START OF HOLIDAYS :D

2008-10-27T23:06:00.002+08:00

hahah yupp its the start of the holidays! (: hahah omg can't believe that this year passed by so quickly. now its like 60+ days of NO studying xD and just like tennis, tennis and tennis. hahah omgomg its going to be so fun! :D SUPER FUN! (:

Haha speaking of tennis, i don't know what time my training tomorrow is. Timtan tells me its the earlier slot, but i think that its the later slot. SO I DON'T KNOW. okay now hanshen just said that its the later slot. oh damn. and timtan isn't answering me on msn. DAMN IT MAN CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT TIME TRAINING IS CAUSE I WANNA USE MY BARRICADE FIVEEEE. which is amazing. haha (: i love the design lah! OMGGGG. (i'm getting high haha.)

anyway, chelsea lost to liverpool 1-0! (: (: (: haha i hate chelsea like A LOT. hahaha the goal by alonso was kinda lucky. deflection off bosingwa i think. but at least their home win record is broken haha. xD

okay training is the later one according to coach so i shouldn't doubt him right! hahah. okay going to sleep. (:

Nicholas.

GREAT DAY :D

2008-10-25T23:20:00.003+08:00

HAHAH TODAY WAS GREAT! went to queensway and got... barricade 5, a pair of nike shoes and MY BRAND NEW PSP! (: OMG this is great (: hahaha got 5 games, fifa09, tiger woods09, toofasttoofurious, virtua tennis 3 and some other funny puzzle game. hahahah omgomgomg can't believe i got a psp! (: hahah thanks mum and dad! (: i didn't deserve it actually cause i missed my target of 2.0. yup. 2.1 dammit. but they bought me the psp for my hard work haha! (: this rocks man!

but on a sadder note manutd drew with everton just now. like damn lah. 1-1. they should've gotten the second goal in the first half damn. but its okay. just one draw. ):

Nicholas.

Argh, injured now.

2008-10-24T22:15:00.002+08:00

Yesterday I was sick, today I'm injured. kinda twisted my ankle during drills. argh. ): So i missed like half of school training and sicc training and so that's why i can blog now. AHH. how unlucky can I get. Wearing an ankle guard now, and hoping that it'll get okay by tomorrow, so that i can train. If not i'm like almost dead. okay not dead but i'll be rather unhappy cause i've like missed so many trainings already.

The governance trail today was kinda cool lah. as in the places we went. the best was the supreme court, which was SUPER DUPER COOL okay. hahah like amazingly cool. the "saucer" part at the top of the building gave extremely good views of the whole area lah! Like super nice can? (: But law isn't my thing haha. but its still cool (:

Have some talk at nanyang tomorrow i think, my parents signed me up for it. so i have to wake up early (for a saturday), and i'm going to sleep now. hahah.

Nicholas.

Sick, again.

2008-10-23T22:12:00.002+08:00

damn. not feeling well, ever since fencing. and i think it has something to do with the super smelly and disgusting mask which we had to wear during fencing. got a sore throat straight after that and felt bad for the whole of today. feeling better now, but that's cause of panadol. Not sure if i should go to school tomorrow. i have eoya, then report book collection and then tennis. its going to be damn tiring lah. and i'm like almost sick. just that i don't have a fever. yup. damn.

Not much today. Early night tonight, hopefully i'll get better by tomorrow morning.

Nicholas.

HIC '08 ROCKED!

2008-10-22T23:09:00.002+08:00

Just got back from hic, and it was brilliant. Most of the plays were wonderful, interesting and funny. (: congrats to greg and his team for emerging as overall champions! (: Their play was really really nice! Bus stop(another play) was nice too, but i guess greg's play had more support from the audience. yup. haha so they won! The atmosphere was amazing haha cause everyone in the audience were enthusiastic about the whole hic and this made everything more lively and jovial. overall, well done, hic ot! (:

Fencing this morning, was okay lah. BUT only managed to fence with jeff once cause there were like a lot of people and very little time. yup. but at least now i can say that i've experienced fencing before! (:

MP dialogue in the afternoon was okay. but was really tired. so couldn't contribute much, even though this MP was particularly well versed about the topic which we were discussing about, which was foreign talent. yup. Nice session overall.

My job for hic was like ushering, but in the end i ended up collecting tickets from people coming into the drama centre. haha yup. and i gave voting slips out and collected them back too haha. saikang work but i guess i'm used to it already. haha. At the end i held the door open for the people moving out of the drama centre, BUT out of like 300+ people walking out of the drama centre, only 1 said thank you! hahah. so to whoever that person was, THANK YOU TOO HAHA. (:

Nicholas.

All that i'll have left of you, will be memories.

This hurts.

2008-10-21T22:56:00.002+08:00

spent most of school today doing saikang for slim lol. sorted out stuff in his room then had to do some website layout for him for some hrp portal haha. lol. wasted the whole day away. supposed to help out in hic, but my finger is screwing me up so i can't carry stuff cause i'll feel the pain. yup. had hsc interview which went quite well until they asked me to answer a question in CHINESE damnit. hahah and you know how sucky my chinese is. lol.

Keeping this short. Manutd match at 2.30am later so i need my sleep. Till then, sayonara.

Nicholas.

A little bit longer, and this could've worked out.

Just a little bit longer.

Roller Coaster.

2008-10-20T22:48:00.002+08:00

Yup, well it has really been a roller coaster ride for me. Just sprained/hairline fractured my finger cause of some stupid thing which i did. so now i have to stop tennis for at least a week. Suddenly everything I've planned for and wanted comes falling down. Can't train, can't improve. Can't improve, can't get into semis. Come on, how hard does this have to get? I really want to train hard and improve, but all these things aren't helping me at all.

Arts trail today was cancelled cause of the rain. haha yup. so me and kwangming spent like 3 hours slacking away at macs lol. yeah. feel sad for the ot cause they spent a very long time organising this but the rain had to screw it up for them. I guess its down to luck.

Well, i guess i just have to live with all this. Its starting to hurt real badly, but I can't do much, can I? Everything my hopes are raised, they get dashed as quickly as they were raised. This whole thing is starting to get very tiring and I'm starting to lose focus and motivation. I really need a sign to show me that i'm walking in the right direction, and that the end isn't far away. Cause if not, I may give up. And giving up will be a hard thing to do too.

Nicholas.

Time to say one last goodbye.

Last week.

2008-10-19T22:34:00.003+08:00

(just can't get enough of F1 can I?)

yup tomorrow is the start of the last week of school! Arts fest tomorrow and tuesday, then eoya on wed, thurs and friday. yup. time really passes very quickly! hopefully it'll pass real slowly this holiday so i can enjoy it more haha (: cause i really really need this rest :D like the rest i need the most. (:

Spent most of today watching heroes, up till episode 8 already i think. 4 more and it'll be finished lol. but its quite nice lah, haha. hopefully i'll be able to get season 3 when all the episodes are released! hahaha i'm going heroes crazy again (: hahaha.

manutd 4-0 west brom last night! manutd played super well lah. hahah yup. rooney got a goal in the first half but it was disallowed, and then a penalty claim was denied to him although it wasn't really obvious lah. shirt pulling in the box. but anyway after rooney's first goal in the 55th minute (i think), it became a goal feast, with ronaldo, berbatov and nani grabbing goals and the scoreline ended 4-0. hahah it was a good match for manutd. hopefully they'll be able to carry their form into the midweek champions league match against celtic! (AND I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING IT! (:

Hamilton won shanghai grand prix, but massa still has a fighting chance. 7 points deficit going into the final grand prix in brazil next week (i think). Seems a little like last year, doesn't it? Kimi going into brazil with 7 points deficit and needing alonso to finish 4th or worse and hamilton to finish 7th or worse in order to win. and the results were: Kimi 1st, Alonso 4th, Hamilton 7th. Which means that kimi won by a point! hahah maybe massa will be able to do that this year too! that'll be great! i'm surely going to be watching that race, no matter how late its going to be! (: hahah.

Nicholas.

I've never felt this way before,

Everything that I do, reminds me of you.

(Please, don't go.)

FACS DINNER

2008-10-18T23:25:00.003+08:00

haha just got back from facs dinner! was good lah, bbq again. nat's dad fetched me and pris back. oh and gerry too. hahah. Did the fire and cooking again, but thankfully, this time a lot of people helped like a lot! (: hahah like yujun, sherwin with his wonderful culinary skills (HAHAH), alvin, and leonard (plus a few others). yup. sherwin was on like a sugar rush i think, he was SUPER high. hahah making everybody laugh mann! there was this damn cute baby with blue eyes and like nat, pris and gerry were freaking out over him man. like seriously freaking out hahah! they like wanted to carry him and everything. when sherwin carried him he started crying! so sherwin became like damn scared haha. but overall it was a fun dinner with the facs, just like talking around the bbq (:

hmm yeah yesterday was the most tiring day of trainings of my life so far man. in the morning we had to train the sec twos and threes, and under the hot sun, training them became very tiring and boring. then in the afternoon during our own training, it rained, so we went to the cardio room and coach asked us to run 5km, which we did but was very tiring. did it in 30 minutes. (: which is quite good lah, cause i tried to push myself to the limit, but i only started feeling tired at the 3.5km mark (: yupp. then we had training once the rain stopped and coach got us to do physical again. for like 15 minutes. sprinting and all. then at sicc we did even more physical at the end but thankfully it wasn't that tiring. just like muscle building exercises i guess. yup. so due to this my muscles have been aching for the WHOLE day. like its still aching now. hahah, but its okay. (:

Manutd match later against west brom. going to watch it man! (: manutd ftw! my prediction is 3-0. yup (: hahah

Nicholas.

BACK :D

2008-10-16T23:26:00.004+08:00

Heyhey guys! back from malaysia already! (: hahah actually yesterday, but i was too tired and didn't want to post hahah. Anyway, first up is a picture from F1, and me and my bros are ON the RACETRACK OMGGGGGGG. AMAZING EXPERIENCE (:

Okay lah, now onto our trip. well the journey there and back was very long, like 14 hours there and 12 hours back. very tiring. the travelling was not enjoyable, but overall this retreat was okay lah. hahah.

Anyway:

Sec Threes '08

JUMP :D

Izumi.Me.Gordon.Jeff.Edwin.Kwangming

SecThrees '08 again!

haha yupp, great company for the trip lah. roomed with kaiyuan again, same as last year. yup. (:

Now our stint in ProEd council has come to a close, and we've officially stepped down. but i guess we'll always remember the memories which we've had in ProEd council and what we've learnt from it. It has been our second home, and will always be for the rest of our lives. (: ProEd Council FTW!

ProEd Nite just now. hahah the feast was okay lah, just that at the start the queues were so long that we didn't want to eat. imagine 450 people trying to get food from just 2 tables. total chaos. but after that it was okay lah. (:

Woah tennis tomorrow will be crazy. morning got to train the Festival of Sports people. Then afternoon got to train (as in school training) and night have SICC training hahah. yupp good but long day of tennis, hope my leg won't cramp like it normally does on these long and tiring tennis days.

Nicholas.

Back from camp, off to retreat!

2008-10-12T22:44:00.002+08:00

Just got back from HSC camp last night yup, and tomorrow i'm leaving for council retreat. yup, until wednesday. hahah this year will probably be fun(: cause of the great company and everything! hahaha but the bus trip over to cameron highlands will be very long. so it will be very tiring for all of us lah, cause i guess the trip could be up to 8 hours? which is damn long lah. yup.

Ferrari! haha hamilton screwed up bigtime man. he was a complete asshole at turn 1 during the first lap, pushing kimi off, and kovalainen also contributed to that. kovalainen's car screwed up in the middle, so now ferrari's leading the constructor's championship, because kimi got 3rd and massa 8th after a disastrous start to the race, and a pit stop penalty. but now the gap's down to six points so its anyone's game! (: hahah yup it really is, because 6 points can be overcome in like one race! FERRARI FTW!

so yup, will be back on wednesday! till then, sayonara :D

Nicholas.

JO BROS! :D

2008-10-09T23:30:00.002+08:00

hahaha. okay first, got back 3 papers today. Bio, A2, but overall A1! (: omg this rocks. then GEOGGGGGGGG! hahah 38.5/50! OMGGGGGGGGGG! I WAS SCREAMING FOR JOY MANNNNN! was so damn happy. cause my geog had screwed up for most of the year so far, like C6, C6 then B4. then now A1! when it was the most important paper! (: glad i mugged real hard. all my work paid off this term man! oh and english was and has been the only screwed up subject this eoys, B3 for the paper. screwed my expo essay can't believe it lah. ): like damn. but luckily my summary pulled it up. If not i'd be dead. overall A2 for english.

Okay so here's my MSG (not inclusive of ACE/OP and tests)

Physics: A1

Chemistry: A1

Biology: A2

Geography: A1

Maths: A2 (2 AUs)

Literature: A2

English: B3

Chinese: B3

MSG (w/o history) : 1.88888888888888888888888.

HAHAH WHAT A LUCKY NUMBER MAN! and first time in the ones for my MSG this year! omg this owns man. (: hahha yupp(: on my way to iPod Classic/Touch and PSP and Crumpler! (: hahaha. xD

HSC camp tomorrow. haha yup packed already. but i've got history checking in the morning and then contact lens appointment. cause i'm wearing my lenses to sleep today haha! hopefully it'll do fine. (:

Nicholas.

But you don't know what you've got till its gone,

And you don't know what its like to feel so low,

And everytime you smile, you laugh, you glow,

You don't even know, no, no.

Results are GOOD so far (:

2008-10-08T22:42:00.003+08:00

hahah okay, got maths, chem and lit back today. maths got 72/100, which isn't very good lah, but compared to the rest of cse its okay. overall, its double A2. chem got 76/100! hahah 3rd highest in class mann! (: overall A1. then lit is 69.333%. overall is like 69.465%, so i'm not sure whether my teacher will decide to round up to A2 or not. if he does, then my msg for now is 2.0. hahha. yupp (: getting biology, geography and english tomorrow. don't know why slim suddenly changed history paper checking to friday. so i've got a problem now, cause i have arranged for a contact lens appointment and its an important one at 9.30 that day. so i'm not sure whether i should go that day, or get mr lim to pass me my papers tomorrow instead, so i can make it for the appointment itself. argh damn.

hahah spent like 4, 5 hours playing fifa manager 08 in cse hub just now hahha. cause i had a 5 hour break between chem and lit, so i brought my laptop along and decided to play haha. bought some new players who are damn good hahaha. :D

F1 this weekend at Fuji! (: hahaha i'm surely going to watch it man. (: FERRARI FTW!

Oh and the jonas brothers album owns man! (: haha i love the songs like crazyyyy. (:

Nicholas.

Now I'm speechless, over the edge and just breathless,

I never thought that I'd catch this lovebug again;

Hopeless, heads over heels in the moment,

I never thought that I'd get hit by this lovebug again.

Physics!

2008-10-07T23:23:00.002+08:00

hahah physics A1! omg can't believe it lah! (: like 76/100 which is like totally unexpected cause i did the paper through pain. like super a lot of pain. cause my eyes were hurting like crazy but i couldn't do anything about it. (: yup but overall still A2 lah. chinese b3, better than expected, really. hahah yupp!

went out with cedric and shyh horng just now. saw this damn nice manutd jersey. not the official one, but white in colour, without the blue stripes. yup. the material is damn nice, and its 65 bucks so i'm going to save up for it man! (: omg hahah its damn nice. the manutd jersey was like 111 bucks which is too expensive already, so i've decided on that one. going to save as much as possible mann! (: its really nice! (:

hahha got a little bit longer! hahah listening to it now. LOVEBUG and BURNING UP ROCKS MAN! (: like super nice! (: shelf and can't have you are nice too! (: hahaha OMG hahah! damn damn nice(:

Yupp, okay tomorrow collecting maths, chem and lit. but in the middle of chem and lit i'm going to have a 4 hour break, so i'm bringing my laptop and i'm going to cse hub to play fifa manager! yup! hahahha yeah man (: 4 hours of fifa managerrrrrrr!

yup sleep time cause i have to wake up early tomorrow.

Nicholas.

But something happened for the very first time with you,

My heart melts into the ground, found something true;

And everyone's looking around, thinking I'm going crazy,

But i don't care what they say, I'm in love with you,

They try to pull me away, but they don't know the truth;

My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing.

This can't get any harder, can it?

I'm trying to persevere, but it keeps getting tougher as the days go by.

ITS ALL OVERRRRR!

2008-10-06T23:04:00.002+08:00

ITS ALL OVER! but from tomorrow till friday, it'll be the getting back of results. Physics tomorrow! hopefully i can do well for physics yeah! WISH ME GOOD LUCK HAHA(:

Spent the whole afternoon plus night playing fifa manager 08 on my laptop haha! damn fun lah! (: but soon i'm going to start training hard for tennis already, hopefully, i'll be able to hit 15 hours a week. it'll be good for me then lah. cause really need to train for b div next year. we have a good chance, but we have to work hard and train hard, if we really want to get semis. yup! (: let's just pray and hope (:

hahahah! (: the feeling's really great, like don't have to study anymore and like can just play all the way! no more books for 3 months! (: damn long mann! (: glad i put in a lot of effort into my exams this year lah, compared to last year, when i wasn't really bothered by my exams, just studied a little and then went and took my papers. so i screwed up for the papers itself but luckily my tests and ace and op pulled my grades up yup. (:

F1 going to Japan this weekend! (: hahah i'm so going to watch lah. sadly its a break for the epl, which means that i won't be able to watch this weekend, but epl resumes on 18th oct with manutd playing west brom! its going to be a blast, haven't watched a manutd match in ages haha! (: and ferrari ftw this sunday! (: MASSA :D

Nicholas

Now, it has begun.

10 more hours! (:

2008-10-05T23:31:00.002+08:00

HAHAH TEN MORE HOURS THEN I'M OFFICIALLY FREE FOR THE YEAR 2008! done preparation for history, now is for me to go there tomorrow and write till my hand drops! yup, till my hand DROPS! cause i'll probably be writing 1000-2000 in like one hour and 45 minutes! omg haha but once its over, it'll be the BEST feeling in the world. yup, the BEST. won't be able to describe it man. (: just 10 hours and 15 minutes now!

haha spent most of today just mugging history. memorized everything in the night cause i took a long time to complete the rise of nazism in germany and totalitarianism in Germany. hahah don't know why. damn. but yeah! i'm done. WISH ME LUCK EVERYONE(:

Nicholas.

I hate that i love you.

HISTORY AHHHH.

2008-10-05T00:49:00.003+08:00

hmm okay. done with first tutorial of term 3, 4 more tutorials to go tomorrow. yup. finished my term two mugging today. hopefully, i can finish my term 3 by like afternoon tomorrow, so that i can start memorizing and putting everything in my head for monday. can't wait for monday, 9.45a.m! omg really can't wait.

hahah okay manutd's playing blackburn today! now, actually so i'm watching the live score on soccernet and the stupid guy typing the commentary is a super ass man. he's just typed, "Apparently berbatov's playing". lol wth. what an ass lah hahaha!

training just now was great! playing with my specs really sucks cause i'm like judging the ball super late (i don't know why) and like i have to keep pushing my specs up after every point. yeah but anyway i beat my coach! haha 8-6! tiebreak haha. but it was getting dark so couldn't really see the ball. yup. haha. my backhand sucked lah. damn! asked my coach do drill my backhand for a while and thankfully it improved. haha. (: TENNIS OWNSSSSSS. :D

hmm. i guess i'll go to sleep now. (:

Nicholas

If your mind keeps thinking, you've had enough,

But your heart keeps telling you, don't give up.

Who are we to be questioning, wondering what is what,

Don't give up, through it all just stand up.

ONE MOREEEEEEEE.

2008-10-03T22:41:00.002+08:00

damn. one more. when the rest of them have already completed. they were screaming after the paper today and were going out and everything. while the hp people were silently walking out of the hall. damn it. ): justinloh even said, "HP people still got one more paper ah, so must follow the rules for one more day." super niao. and then i saw jiexuan at the bustop and he asked me whether i wanted to go out with them! OMGGG. like then he said, "oh i forgot you hp one." -.-

Okay. tennis just now wasn't tennis. haven't played in weeks, and i start off with a bang. yup, 30minutes of PHYSICAL. and then it rained super heavily. i DIDN'T EVEN GET TO HIT A TENNIS BALL. D: like lol. but its okay i have training tomorrow too! haha.

project group formed (: like so early! but we're doing CmPS. and S-L. and we want to do a good project mann. like mustmust do a good one. cause i haven't had a good project in my hwachong life. i'll put in all i can. i really must put in all my effort! (:

Next year will be another packed one and i hope i will be able to live through it. yupp. (:

Nicholas.

9 down, 2 to go.

2008-10-02T22:22:00.002+08:00

yupp, bio went well. LUCKILY (: paper 1 was tough but i was able to answer paper two. haha! Oh for paper two there was this question i didn't study for, on genetic engineering. so the question was :

State 3 differences between DNA and RNA.

My answer: DIFFERENT SPELLING.

HAHAH Cause i didn't know. then i came back after i finished the paper to put in some sensible answers. hahah but the sensible answers are almost certainly incorrect lah hahaha! xD

hmm while tomorrow 180/250 people in the hall would be celebrating the end of the exams, 70 of us would just hang our heads and walk back home quietly. CAUSE WE STILL HAVE HISTORY. DAMN IT LAH. ): but at least there's a weekend to mug. One part of me wants the exams to end early, but one part of me knows that the weekend is important if not i'll screw history up. yupp. so i guess i have to hang in there for a few more days. damn.

i'm seriously going to do so many things after exams lah! can't wait! I'll be:

1. TENNISSSSSSSS.

2. GOLF (i want to get my handicap! just need the cards only!)

3. GO OUTT. hahaha

4. HAVE FUNNNN. (:

yupp i guess the fourth one kinda sums it up. i'm just going to have fun this holiday :D but for now, i just have to concentrate on history. haha yupp. last and final stretch already.

Nicholas.

Hang in there, don't give up now.