Zoo- a walk down memory lane....

To a child, the zoo is a living fantasy, as well as a walking nightmare. Just as how a sheep's bleat may shrill and delight him, the lion's roar strikes fear deep in his heart. Even in the safety of the viewing gallery, separated from the animals by a glass wall, he stands in awe.... of the wonderous works of nature.

As the child grows into a teenager, his knowledge increases exponentially and he starts to rationalise. When he visits the zoo again, the animals are no longer masterpieces of nature, but reduced to beasts in captivity providing entertainment for the paying consumer. Though he may have retained the curiousity of childhood, he has lost the respect for nature, or rather, the innocence that made things so simple....

"Under the closed flower,
Under the smooth shell
Of eggs in the cupped nest
That mock the faded blue
Of your remoter heaven."
[R.S. Thomas- Children's Song]

Visited the zoo with the class on thurs after make-up chem lecture. Interesting experience... We looked remotely out of place in our uniform as the other ppl aound were either tourists or pri sch kids. The good thing about visiting the zoo with a bunch of 17-years old elites is that they can entertain u with random jokes plucked seemingly out of nowhere. lol.. Left the zoo at about 6 and returned to AMK for dinner at Pizza hut. We were there from 7 -10, "talking as though our grandfather owns the place" (quoted from Eric). Miss Wong joined at about 8.30 after PTM in sch was over. Took a few group photos b4 Miss Wong finally convinced all of us to start heading home and forget about ponning sch the next day. Just as we steped out of Pizza Hut, the sky gave way and it started pouring. A timely lightning storm, reminding us that no matter how great we become, we are still at the mercy of Mother Nature. Took 86 to Sengkang with karen and shiting, b4 transferring to 88 to get home. Reached home at 11.15pm. Opp Cost of learning journey- one CO prac playing 音乐会序曲.... i guess its worth it... though it seemed more like a bonding activity than a journey focused on learning... not tht i mind...

Todae there was 4D class gathering, steamboat at Marina. A total of 18 ppl turned up, more than half the class... Meeting time was 5 at Marina Bay, I reached at 5.10, thinking that i was very late, but well, in the end i was one of the earlier ones and we sat in a circle in the station while waiting for the others. Steamboat was rather similar to my previous experience, its like a battlefield inside the place. Everyone was chionging for food and the typical Singaporean "kiasuism" surfaces. Ppl cutting queues like nobody's business and grabbing food as though they haven't eaten for days. After dinner, went into the arcade beside for the air-con. While in there, Nash and Jermyn battled it out in tekken 5 and we basically made a lot of noise. Eric and George seemed exremely interested in the female characters and Zi Kai was disrupting the game to let Nash win but everytime he does so, Nash would lose...lol... left the place at bout 10, taking MRT home....

放肆的尽情挥霍 那一年玩的多疯
你和我 站上全世界的最快乐 的巅峰 等着雨停的午后 你希望此刻永久
而现在 永久就是永久的牢笼 让我一直在等候

等待后面是等待 更沉默的等待~
然后咬紧了牙关 等待更多的等待

如果你 爱过我 你不会就这样走 就这样 丢下我 和那些天真承诺
如果我 再也不 不能再更多的承受 痛哭之后 却又咬紧牙关
继续漂流 继续等候

你最爱哪个歌手 最爱吃什么火锅
最爱把 小小的脸 轻轻的靠在 我胸口

这城市每个角落 回忆都霸占街头
我知道 你会想起雨停的时候 我知道你会回头

[五月天-牙关]

听五月天的歌总是有种莫名的感动，似乎唱出了真实的心灵，解开心中的死结...

It all boils down to the split second....

The icy gaze struck like a spear. Loathing. Contempt. Then it was all over... A lost cause....yet deemed worthy enough to fight for...

The warrior stood alone on the battlefield, his sword drawn and ready. With a yell, he charged towards the unknown enemy. Jumping into the air, he swung his sword with full force, making contact with the flesh of the enemy. At the same time, a searing pain registered across his chest but with the icy gaze bearing down, he completed the follow through motion of the sword before he finally realised that it was too late-
the enemy was within him....it was a lost cause....

The icy gaze struck like a spear. Loathing. Contempt. But wait.... was there a glint of a teardrop?....

First things first, results: A for econs, A for maths and B4 for GP... When i got 13/20 for mcq and 15/25 for drq, i was resigned to getting the inevitable B for econs, but well, my essay scored an impressive 40/50 to give me 70% , A on the dot, somewhat bittersweet consolation, for i expected the A to be in physics. In any case, i've learnt the importance of 知足 and i should just be glad for what i have.

After results, the next big thing was open house prep. zj called for a comm meeting 9 days b4 the event and thts the no. of days we had to prepare the perc item "next game". The rehearsal on mon was disastrous, the one on thurs was slightly better but still not up to standard but on fri open house itself, it was quite nice... considering the time constrain we had. oh...and for the first time, i broke a stick during performance, lol... was a little stunned during the perfeormance but according to zj, i reacted quite fast so wans't much of a prob...

Open house itself was quite fun, much better than the one i went for last year, at least i think so.... Bridge and CO booths were located quite close to each other so just hopped around btw the 2. Nearing the end of open house, me and xl were sitting at the bridge booth doing some partnership bidding when 4 pro looking guys decided tht they wanted a game... 2 of them sat down at our table and xl dealt the cards. My RHO opened 1NT and i asked LHO if it is a strong opening, he replied something like "7-7" which i couldn't make sense of. Played safe and passed. 1NT was passed out, as i was about do the opening lead, my RHO threw down a lead and seemingly oblivious to my shock, smugly announced "No trump, my lead". Me and xl were stunned momentarily, but was enlightened shortly. As the game proceded, we realise tht they were playing "floating bridge" with fixed partners, the irony.... And we down their 1NT by at least 2 due to bad play on their part... lol, next year, the word "contract" had better be there...

Simplicity.

Ever wanted to post something but not let anyone see..... I'm feeling that right now and I've found a way to do so....

boxjoeofxkvmnz fyseieaavalderry shldsnkdsfn

That's all....
Cryptology...
eleven plus two = twelve plus one

shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet,
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet"

and in Twelve Night,
"Have you not set mine honour at the stake and baited it with all th'unmuzzled thoughts That tyrannous heart can think? To one of your receiving Enough is shown; a cypress, not a bosom, hides my heart. So let me hear you speak."

解开我 最神秘的等待
星星坠落 风在吹动
终于再将你拥入怀中
两颗心颤抖

相信我 不变的真心
千年等待有我承诺
无论经过多少寒冬
我绝不放手

(in Korean)
**
现在紧抓住我的手 闭上眼睛
请你回想起过去我们恋爱的日子
我们是因为太爱
所以更使我们痛苦
我们连“爱你”这一句话都无法讲
**

每一夜 被心痛穿越
思念永没有终点
早习惯了孤独相随
我微笑面对
相信我 你选择等待
再多苦痛也不闪躲
只有你的温柔能解救
无边的冷漠

(in Korean)
**
现在紧抓住我的手 闭上眼睛
请你回想起过去我们恋爱的日子
我们是因为太爱
所以更使我们痛苦
我们连“爱你”这一句话都无法讲
**

让爱成为你我心中
那永远盛开的花
穿越时空绝不低头 永不放弃的梦

(in Korean)
**
我们是因为太爱
所以更使我们痛苦
我们连“爱你”这一句话都无法讲
**

让爱成为你我心中
那永远盛开的花

(in Korean)
**
我们千万不要忘记 我们的约定
**

唯有真爱追随你我
穿越无尽时空

(in Korean)
**
我们连“爱你”这一句话都无法讲
**

爱是心中唯一不变美丽的神话

[Endless love- Jackie Chan and Kim]

The last line sums it all...i like the melody of the song...has a distinct flavour... though the singing is rather mediocre... theme song of The Myth... watched it on Tues after PW and IHC... okay plot...nice scenery and music...

Ah..for IHC, Buckle-Buckley is sweeping every event.... 1st for everything cept frisbee and chinese chess. For bridge, it was a pretty close affair with scores like 16-14, 18-12 victories, but a swing board against Moor-Tarbet proved to be the winner. A 5D game(though it could have been 6D) by me and xl and a 3C by our teammates on the same board secured us a 25-5 victory which led to Buckley winning with 72 VPs, 6 points clear of the runner-up. woots...though i missed the last match against HH becoz of PW...

Got back 2 papers so far, chem and physics....A for chem, B for physics... no surprises for chem as 55% of the cohort has an A too... Physics B was once again due to stupid mistakes in the mcq paper... will try to squeeze marks out of the main paper when they go thru, hopefully enough to secure a physics S.... Maths i'm pretty sure of an A and i hope to scrape a B for econs.... a pass will do for GP... and all shall be known on Mon.....

Open House is next fri and preps are under way. Practising Next Game for the event.... would be a great achievement if we pull it off.... 1 week 2 days of notice only..... As zj aptly puts it, it's equivalent to 4 percussion solos....*prays

Promos over and if u ask me, examinations can be likened to drugs. Before you take them, there's is this apprehension, then while taking it, you get an unexpected "high" and after the exam, when u are supposed to be exhilarated, u suffer from the "hangover effect". Problem is, the more u take exams, the worse the "hangover effects", just like drugs and so now other than an innate joy brought about the fact that promos are over, there is just this emptiness- like how life just lost its drive or something. When you see people cry freedom at the end of the last paper, have u ever taken a step back and wonder, what freedom are they speaking of? - when the boundaries are self-imposed in the first place....

After reading the first paragraph, u must be thinking "hey, chill out man! it's the END of the promos." lol, as i said earlier, notwithstanding, there is an innate joy directly associated with an ending of a major examination and it is customary to celebrate such an occasion. Hence, after exam today, went S11 to have brekfast b4 adjourning to J8 with xl to while time b4 he had to go down to Outram for a dental check-up. When we reached J8, all the shops were closed and we finally ended up in NTUC at the basement to examine the "free-market economy" at work provided by a "pro-govt trade union." Met weixiong there, already in home clothes, and he told us tht his class is going to Sentosa 0_0 the extent ppl go to celebrate....
Soon, xl had to go down to Outram and i headed up to deng's house, the convergence point for todae... Basically played mahjong throughout the day.... Kind of feels like CNY.....as we were entertained by scattered-brain antics and random comments throughout....lol

And if there's anything to be truly happy about, it should be the fact the PW-OP is the only obstacle left in J1 and that CO is resuming soon- tht means i'll get to touch the new drum-set soon... And yeah... IHC bridge is next tues....got a feeling tht it would end up as another "intra-club tournament".....

I like this analogy i've read somewhere b4... Love is like reasonance- u can attune the external peroidic driving force but cannot change the natural frequency....and it occurs at one and only one point- where the freq of the ext. peroidic force matches the natural freq.... Meanwhile, while u ponder on tht, 胆小鬼 by 梁咏琪, a chirpy song to chill out....

你爱咖啡 低调的感觉
偏爱收集的音乐 怪得很另类
你很特别 每一个小细节
哎呀呀呀 如此的对味

我怕浪费 情绪的错觉
讨厌自己像剌□ 小心的防备
我很反对 为失恋掉眼泪
唉呀呀呀 离你远一些

喜欢看你紧紧皱眉 叫我胆小鬼
你的表情大过于朋友的暧昧
寂寞的称谓 甜蜜的责备
有独一无二专属的特别

喜欢看你紧紧皱眉 叫我胆小鬼
我的心情就像和情人在斗嘴
奇怪的直觉 错误的定位
对你唉呀呀呀 我有点胆怯

我在我的世界不能犯规
你在你的世界笑我无所谓

If life is a river and your heart is a boat
And just like a water baby, baby born to float
And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high
And your heart is Amelia dying to fly
Heaven knows no frontiers and I've seen heaven in your eyes

And if life is a bar room in which we must wait
'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates
Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates
And we stack all the dead men in self addressed crates

In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day
When fear will lose its grip
And heaven has its ways

Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes

If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails
And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails

Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right
And your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night

In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip
And heaven has its ways
And heaven has its ways
When all will harmonise
And you know what's in our hearts
The dream will realise

Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes
Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes

[The Corrs- No Frontiers(Heaven Knows)]

Unplugged version playing in bg.....listening to good music aids in studying...

it's children's day today.... Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional, therefore we should celebrate children's day.....by mugging our brains out....

anything below Acceptable is not acceptable......stating the obvious?

Luck for those who need it, memory space and perhaps a tad of intelligence for the rest...