'Those who hope on the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.'- Isaiah 40:31


LoOk HeRe..........NoTiCe

MOVING ON - FEEL THE SPIRIT, FIGHTING FOR WHAT I WANT!!!
1. Events/Highlights: 8th to 13th June- IB and Interact Club Service Trip to Chiangmai Thailand. 14th to 15th June-Scout camp.

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Domo Arigato,
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HOW ENVIOUS I am! :(
HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL GET INTO ACJC WHICH I CAN'T AND DO GREAT THINGS THERE, THOSE THAT I'M UNABLE TO...ACCOLADES ACS:)
Bishop Oldham so lived his days that others might have tomorrow, we who are heirs of this great institution must surely play our part. The past we inherit, the present we create; for those who hope, believe and work, The Best is yet To Be. - T.W Hinch, Principal, ACS(1929-1947)
A close friend will help you out of a dark situation, but your best friend will always be with you even in the darkest of days.
A Dream that you Don't Chase after will Haunt you forever
Regret Is the foolishest thing on Earth

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Be Prepared as The Best Is Yet To Be.......have faith in the lord

Being Happy!

Wednesday 30 January 2008

Where ever I go, whatever happens, it's God's Brilliant plan for me. My first few days at ACS (International). Erm...definitely don't have that feeling I had the moment I entered Innova JC. While of course it's ACS and at least I know some people there. Whatever Arunan said was true. People there are either from ACS(Int) Sec or foreigners and of course rich...and so they have their own clicks. but never mind. I'm am getting on fine. Will slowly intergrate into it. Muahaha! But Actually it's not so bad as I've already made a few new friends liao. The school size is pretty small I must say! The teachers there are seems friendly and helpful enough for me. But I notice that they seem abit slack...if there is nothing left to be taught for the day, we can leave the class. Did practically nothing for chinese. by the second period, half the class was gone. I have an Indian national as my econs teacher and a man from Kenya for english. It's home room system. But every form class have people of different subject combinations. And so when it's class time, everyone splits up, thus newer people can be met.
Erm...I'm taking- Higher: English, Mathematics and Economics, Standard: Art, Chinese B. Physics. And since I'm four weeks late, I'm kind off lost in what the teachers are teaching. I've already have a maths test on friday...on the four chapters they have learnt in the pass month. Logarithms...OMG! The best thing is that everything is course work and adds up to my final result after 2 years. That means I cannot fail anything but do my best. :) If I'm not wrong, another countries national anthem will be played on monday mornings besides Singapore's. this weeks' was the British. And aiyo! They treat the Reverend Dr John Barett like some king...have to stand up while he walks up and down the aisle before and after assembly, while being led by a prefect. The best thing now is to have more Barker Road friends over here. And so DO YOU SEE THIS, COME JOIN ME @ ACS (Internaional). Ohh Please! Muahaha! All the best actually! If those you can't get into ACJC, this is a good alternative! :)

Monday 28 January 2008

Haiz! So Wasted! Could have gone to ACJC if I had 16pts. Well I didn't. Apparently, Mr Ng was asking Mdm Jayanthi how much I scored and if I had 16, it wouldn't be a problem...just like her son. Hiaz! ! Wow! free excess into ACJC! Wonderful! But what to do! But I'm so touch! Really! He is really the best principal I must say. Help came rolling down! But just not at the right time. Shit! Thank you Mr Ng! I love you!You are the best!

First day in ACS(International)...okay!....blog more about it tomorrow.

Saturday 26 January 2008

On Thursday the Os are released any Shit! Shit Shit! I did so terrible! One of the best years for Os and yet I.....I really feel very stupid. I feel disappointed. NEVER EVER GOING TO REVEAL MY GRADES! Muahaha! Why? What in the world happened! Not once but twice! All my major exams! Like my senior told me...It's all God's plan instore for me! I guess it's true...first to enter ACS(BR) Where I grew and acheived something and to love ACS....Now to ACS(Int)..there something waiting ahead of me! I do feel abit sad and sore that I can't go ACJC where all or most of my friends are going! Haiz! How I wish! but it can't be helped. I went on friday to apply to the school and was immediately accepted! Yay! I don't have to worry anymore! Thank you Mummy and Daddy for helping me once again! And it causes a bomb...but reletively cheaper than going overseas. And ultimately, I'm still going to be an ACSian. I told that be people there are BITCHY! Whoa! I better watchout! And that they have there own kind of clicks since they are like foreigners or follow ups from the ACS(Int) Sec. To all my friends! Since I can't get to ACJC, I wish you all the best and good luck in trying to fight your way into AC and have fun. :) Tomorrow I have to start school already! Yay! BYE INNOVA FOREVER! HELLO ACS (Int).

Over this weekend, when for the Venture Survival Camp...as a form of distress and to get things of my mind. Oh boh! Wow! Three days in the jungle of Mount Rosie! Hahah! As seniors. Erm! What did we do? Didn't do much actually...walk around, assist ppl. carry things, play fire and sit down and wait! First night, when into the jungle at around 10.30- 11.30pm after usual stuff have been done such as getting all the equipment needed, juniors had there bag checked, their excersie...blah blah blah. Stole, rather borrowed back to school two trolleys from Cold storage. And of course, it was returned back, the next day though. Scouts, We do silly stuff! but it will become memories that I will remember. Lets continue...settled into the night after finding a flat spot in the jungle(anywhere). We couldn't find our base camp in time as it was dark and the usual route was covered and blocked with vegetation.
The next day, the usual base camp was found and set up. The juniors had their water session( e.g drinking from a condom), traps session, navigation and a few more....I helped in building and example shelter for show with Gavin and Keith. At night, we had jungle bashing...my group got lost due to bearing problems and miscommunication. Ended up staying in there for like approximately 2 more hrs(can't remember). I was tired and shagged. Last day(today) had crawls again.


My lasy year's survivalcamp; copied from my older post: the first camp of the year was the Ventures’ Survival Camp @ ( I can’t say!). I was actually more excited than scared about it. The main highlight of the camp was drinking water form that… OMG! Condom. I was like laughing as well as wanting to spit out all the water. It tasted so horrible. All the chlorine for the pure tabs. Yuks! I guess it was the same for the rest of the ventures. It’s a tradition any way. I built my own shelter which I thought it was rather nice. It even had a miniature fountain beside it. And unfortunately, it poured heavily and we had to be evacuated out of the area which meant we cannot stay in our makeshift home……safety reason I think but actually it would have been fun. I ended up sleeping at the back of the Dnt block as a makeup for our solo nite. It was kinda of creepy and I scared myself by hanging my poncho out to dry on the railings and when the wind blew, it sounded as though someone was walking. I was darn scared. I quickly pulled it down and said my pray. I even covered face with wet tissue so that I wouldn’t see any thing. (When school reopened,I actually heard that the area was haunted as in the past, it was the swimming pool and that someone drown in it but thank goodness I didn’t know about it before the cmp or else I wouldn’t be able to sleep at all). The good thing was that I was dead beat and turned in early ( 9pm from what the seniors said). Due to my fatigue, I woke up late the following morning, I actually heard the whistle blown but it wasn’t so clear to startle me up that I went back to sleep. But it wasn’t me alone. We were all punished for being late. Sorry about that but I know you all wouldn’t mind right. Hahahah! I was told that most of us ate our dinner at like around 3pm in the afternoon as the sky was overcast and that the leader hinted to us that we could eat our dinner already and of course gullibly followed. We had crawls but I was already very shacked, I couldn’t even crawl properly but of course, crawling in the mud was definitely fun. Tore down our shelter and went back to school for an eating frenzy. We were supposed to eat up all our leftover ration. I couldn’t eat anymore, felt sick and puked. I was happy that it had finally ended and that I could go home and Zzzz! We stank and the worst thing which I hated about the camp was no water, no water to drink at all. We had learnt how to appreciate how precious water is. Hahah! Looking back, the survival camp was indeed enjoyable.

But As seniors, we by going back, it recaps lost infomation. Or even newer onces unheard before. And of course we have no rationing...all the food and water we need and no more solo night. But for certain activities like the crawls we still do. Fire fire...most played with it but I didn't
The Chalet
Me in the shelter I helped buit.

Group Pic

Keith and I

Naughtyboys!

The Crazy Fire

Our Lunch!

Nathaniel @ home
Jansen no longer smiling
Cumara Posing
Ben Khoo Cooking
Terry guarding his biscuits
Matty Crawling

Wednesday 23 January 2008

Had to do a poem on either friendship or love for a literature assignment and so I wrote this poem...dedicated to all my friends. The tittle is Friendship. Nice???

FRIENDSHIP
Friends Friends Friends Friends
Nothing beats the smile of friends
Fun Laughter peace and Joy
The Unpleasant cast aside
Friendship comes friendship goes
And so who really stays?
A close friend will help you out of a dark situation
But your best friend will always be with you even in the darkest of days.
They will always be there for me,
Listening to my pleas
Friends Friends Friends Friends
Always a helping hand
Encouragement comes
So’s the comfort
Making Fighting out
And so who’s the leader?
We’re all equal
And want to share.
Fun Laughter peace and Joy
Avid memories flies in and out
How I wish we were again out
Without you, I want to cry
So lonely and despair
And how I wish to hear your voice
The moment I see you I feel so proud
Of having such friends.
Where would I be in a world without friends?
Friendship,
It is the best of all
It’s treasure!
-Matthew Chen


The poem is about a boy in a place he doesn’t want to be in. A place far from his friends. He feels lonely and miserable. And memories about the fun times he had keeps flashing through his mind. This causes him to feel the importance of friendship and how he wishes he could return back to the past. Upon seeing and hearing his friends, he’s back to the person he was meant to be. It’s me!

Wednesday 16 January 2008

O boy! Had PE on tuesday! And you know what! I am totally unfit. A of course, it's totally crazy! Lets start counting! 225 Jumping Jacks! 75 push ups! 75 Sit ups! 60-70 of some strentching excercise and 60+ Squats! Rain drops fell onto my head and gotta fever! How poor my immunity system is! Joking! Joking!

And so when will the Os really be released! Some say it's the 25th. Others say the first! OMG! I had a nightmare that i got 29pts! It haunts me every now and then! :O Ahhhh! CCA NOW IS A WASTE OF TIME! WAIT TILL JAE BAH! And so what CCA do I plan to Join eventually! If it's ACJC I'm ever going to, Student's Council will be number one where I can continue my skills! What about choir! Alex had been asking me to join as he is already in the ACJC gold with honours choir....heard that the choir is very professional, the daily National Anthem and weekly school song is sung by the choir. also known as the Acapellla! Lalalalah! But my voice! OMG! Muahaha! Drama! Shariff's there, Arunan might continue with drama again! But my Drama Elective Programme failed and so...maybe it might not be suitable for me but it looks very fun though! Air Rifle! Don't even though if I will be able to even shoot! But I need some sport. First Aid Unit- Already have some basic first aid skills aquired during scouts.Art club! Hmm Don't know! Geography society! Will it be Boring ? I will need to choose a CCA which will enable me to rise! Okay talk about it again after the O results.

Academics: H1 Maths is OMG! A repetition of Additional maths again! OMG! Logarithiums! The Chapter I hate can't hate! How did I even sit for the Os! I like Geography! Geography is fun! And interesting and knowledgable! Economics is some new and interesting. Costant reviewing is needed by otherwise I like it as well! Literature, fun and actually am starting to like it. But I don't seem to be able to infere and extract the meaning of poems. And so I really wouldn't consider taking it again for A levels. Chinese. OMG! I forgot every thing! I feel like hiding my face. Ahhhh! People are getting good scores and...haiz! BIG DEAL MEH! Nevermind! WE ARE Barker boys, ACsian! C6 is a norm. But seriously I don't like chinese anymore, I hate it! Oh how I need to move to another enviroment where I can find similiarities.

Saturday 12 January 2008

The harvest is approaching! Will the Angels be rejoicing in heaven? - Barker Boys will know what I mean. :) Will it be bountyful or rotten? It will be anytime between the 15th to the 25th. Most probably the 18th or 25th as they are on fridays! Heard from Mdm Jay!

Today when I went back for ventures, we were all scolded! Because we were not committed enough! I guess it was right! We deserved it! :) Every word was true, and at least it brought us to our senses..at least for me! Leaders are sacrificing their time to come back on saturdays to help us! And so forget about my previous post about not wanting to go back! I want to now! I will now! Simply because '' to whom much is given much is expected'' I've gain much from scouts and it's time to do something in return. The leader can do it, so can I! Wow! I didn't run for elections and still got voted as Vice Chairman....surely there must be something that the leaders saw in me to have me chosen . I now even plan to have it signed up as an external CCA if I get to a JC. Scouting/ venturing is still very fun. Without it, I would be missing out in lots off stuff. The survival camp is next and DUH!, It's fun! But hopefully the harvest would be bountyful enough for me to go! Hope that it doesn't dampens my mood! It will be a wasted to go seriously! To see the others in...blah blah blah! Muahahaha! :) If I get into a JC, I want to go for the NYAA Gold award! It will run side by side with scouting and the stuff I do in JC. Oops! A bit ambitious though for a person who is half away in his NYAA bronze award for let say 2 1/2 years! :p

And so let me: Look Wide and Be Prepared as The Best Is Yet To Be...To God be the Glory! :)
So bored and so I decided to start drawing! :)




Friday 11 January 2008

Wooah! The week has just passed by really quickly. Once week down! Approximately 2-3 weeks left before the O level results are released. The count down starts! While! feel like getting back the results ASAP and get over it. But I'm scared of doing badly! I'm trying not to think about it but it just keeps coming back and haunt me that I might do badly! I keep on recalling about the papers, what if I get the answers wrong! I neither know how to do that question nor am able to complete. OMG! I'm getting paranoid! Helpppp!!! May I have a peace of mind and stop thinking about it!

I know that I have already done my best. The best that I could have ever done! My 100%! And now, nothing can be done already, nothing can be changed! And so I shall have faith on the lord and hope onto him. That he has raised me up to stand on mountains, raised me up to walk on stormy seas and raised me up to more than I can be. And that those who hope on the lord will renew their strenght, they will soar on wings like eagles, they will walk and not grow weary, run and not be faint- Isiah 40:31.

Okay now on my first week of school! Like I had said, it has passed by very fast. On monday morning during assembly, in my head, I was like ''WTH! WTH!''. Why? We were told to sing the school anthem which I kept my lips sealed. It's NOT MY SCHOOL YET! UNTIL THEN after JAE and if I have no choice but to stay there! And while it was being played, the principal was like refering to some paper in her hand while sing! Shouldn't she be like the lead one for all? Then Lectures Lectures and Lectures! They started real lectures already! I'm already using a temporary timetable, next week then start the real one with tutorials. I've heard like some other JCs like ACJC haven't even gave the students to choose their subject combi until later this week. I have no comments on the lectures, just that the lecturers are extremely like intolerant of lateness. I'm just taking these few weeks as a headstart for certain subjects like economics and geograph, so that I won't be lost if I continue a JC education after JAE and nothing more than that. H1 maths is like secondary amaths. Just finished logs and expo! Next week on quadratic eqn! Geography is like basics...not even a chapter to be tested! Econs! So far alright! Need ready up to help! Literature! A waste of my time! I don't even want to take it. I never know if I might find it interesting and aspiring enough for me to continue. Now @ Smiles, personification!

Still meet up with my OG ppl! My new class seems acceptable...might be too early to see how! Seems friendly enough, no notorious people. Only 16 ppl. The first PE with them was fun! And during econs lecture, as we were sitted right at the back, we started eating sweets and biscuits. Then we one teacher saw us! But the good think was that he never open his mouth. Feel much there better already! But how wasted I'm not in ACJC! :(

Okay,back to monday again! When I went back to school for the venture meeting, I felt really happy to be back there. Tomorrow I shall be going back again to resume my full position of Vice- Chairman (Administration). :)

Now I really see the importance of friends. Without friends, life's lonely, boring, gloomy and miserable. Not say I don't have any new friends which some might become good friends if the time is long enough. But of course for now, the old ones with strong friendship ties are definitely better and some thing needed. Thats why I really one to go ACJC where most will be there. And to the three (Alex, Arunan and Yee Ann) of your, thanks for your messages. I really appreciate them. They really help to bring a small onto my face. Do send more pls! Others, your all can send a message to me too! :) :) :)

And just now only, a man from the Singapore Press Holding came to ringing at my house. He wanted me to take a survey since I already finished my O levels. Questions asked was where do I planned to head? Poly or JC? Duh! JC! Oh! what makes you choose the place? select the given options . And my answer is:1st: reputation of the school: ACJC! So prestigous! Household name!, 2nd: my friends are going there! Duh! 3rd: Parents/ family advice! Duh! My mum! ACS BR teacher My Sis! Acsian! My cousins! ACSians! :)



Sunday 6 January 2008

Sucky! Sucky! Sucky! Skip Christmas last year due to food poisoning from China. Daring enough to eat from those roadside BBQ stalls though which caused it. Can't even go to Church, annual party and Ventures' Night. Sian! Bored!Sick for about 6 days! Vomitting, Die-rreah, slight fever. It was terrible! Had to keep on going to the loo! Lied on the couch whole day long as I had no energy to do anything!:(

I missed Ventures' Night as I wasn't well still. And now I'm the Ventures' Vice-Chairman of Administration! WTH! I'am Shocked! I don't even want it actually! I told the last year's Exco that I also don't want anything, any position! Didn't even stand for elections! I can't see myself committed enough to come back every meeting! Forced to rather! Worst still on a saturday morning! Giving up my very precious sleep! Yes! I don't deny the fact that I would rather sleep that go back there! I would mind if it had been of fridays where I could just return back after school! I just want to go back as and when I want to! Not being force to or a need of commitment! I was about to resign the very next day I heard about it. Just nice Samuel called! And I will see how until then! Would I be really busy in JC? Haiz! Ventures' Survival camp is coming up! Erks!

Happy New Year! 2008! The release of the O level results! Which is in a few weeks time. The begining of a new chapter in life! Had the normal new years' eve dinner at my place! Really hope that it will be a good year ahead, just like 2007!

Okay! Asperazca! Thats the name/theme of my Innova Junior college Orientation. Kasran was my clan and Assyria was my empire. There, I feel alone! Just like when I was in secondary one! Maybe even worst! At least I had my mummy there! I really miss Barker Road! My friends, the teachers, the funny things people do! The disturbing the teachers, my afterschool bitching with friends, waiting outside the scout admin room chit chatting, going for prefect duties, the CCAs, the classes. Even chapel and the morning devotions. Without them, I really feel as though something is missing! Every thing is so quiet there! How I which I could go to ACJC. Where every thing would be much similiar! I really feel so miserable even though I shouldn't be! I know I should be glad that I have at least have a school to go to. But seriously I just can't intergrate in and find it very difficult to accept it. I just happened to listen to ''Josh Groban- You raise me up'' and I really feel like crying! Emo! I know boys shouldn't cry! It made me recall all my memories. I really didn't feel like going to school after the first day! My first time in a very long time. I never felt that before in Barker! I really enjoyed myself there! Good thing there was still encouragement from friends like Arunan and Alex every morning! I teary now! 9:

Summary: The was for Empire, the Aztecs, the Persians, the Assyrians and the Incas. They were at a war call Asperazca: The Quest for the Lost Relics! Each Empire had their own Sacred Relics which was stolen by the minions! They Empire leaders accused each other for the lost of the Relics thus a war erupted. Day one: There was the Station games where coins could be earnt. Games like street soccer, Captains' Banana(ball)..etc team games. Also had to built a tower which had to be a metre long, using A4 boxes and newspaper...not those scouts kind using poles or spars. Second day, learnt the school anthem which I refused to learnt, sounds like some national day song! Duh! It was composed by Dick Lee! Nothing is as Grand as ACS! Had war games: like using water bombs to destroy the other empires' towers, had to defend and attack of course, Mass dance which was one of Rock and Roll. Third day: Amazing race which was in Sembawang...had to take the the mrt there...on the way there, found out that there is a shopping centre( Causeway point) right behind the JC. In the night there was the Jam & Hop night where were performed our empire dance and later that, they turned the hall into a disco, with Disco lighting. Really typical...blah blah blah I felt! Those people really when crazy! They started to play like Gwen Stepfenie: Hollerback girl, Buttons...etc. OMG!WTH! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! My OG was fun though!

The Principal looks like some frog! Oops! I'm so sorry! A slip of my tougued. The DM is like even worst then Mr Tang! I feel like punching him! We are not even allowed to wear our Badge! Thats one thing I really don't like! That DM said that all other school badges are disallowed unless it was sewed on. Especially ACS Boys who caused a lot of problems! But seriouslyI rather wear my ACS badge! It's not my complete uniform! How can! Weren't we told at Barker that it is a MUST to wear the badge! I'm being forced to take H2 Literature! Why? Because I failed amaths and so I can't take the subject combination that I want: H2 Geog, Econs, Maths, H1 physics. But the freaking problem was that they fixed the combinations already and I was only given two choices: H2 Econs, geog, Lit or H2 Econs, History, Lit. Plus whatever H1. Of course I chose the former. My appeal didn't work too! I went to see the SH of maths and you know what I was told! They wanted to see all my work/grade/ report book from Sec3 to 4. And I said just let me take, I would practice. And the reply was (using a house as an example) once you have a weak foundation to matter how much you built on, it will still collaspe. You better just stick to H1 maths...if you're failing sec3 and 4 amaths, you will never get through JC. That really hurt me! I felt so discouraged. Where in the world would a teacher tell that to a student! And of course I didn't bother about it anymore! Oh BITCH! SLUT! TOXIC! Sorry! thats my vocab! So much so for their programme: Pursuit of Passion programme(POP)! Innovian, their motto: Ad Astra(To the Stars). BULLSHIT! RUBBISH! ACS ACSian RULES! TO GOD BE THE GLORY-THE BEST IS YET TO BE! ONCE AN ACSIAN, ALWAYS AN ACSIAN. THATS A FACT! :) ''CMON MATTY! TAHAN FOR A FEW MORE WEEKs THEN SEE HOW! HAVE FAITH IN THE LORD''