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a browse at http://www.tjc.edu.sg/education/scholarships.asp reveals:

Arts Book Awards

Valued at $300 for students who score L1R5 7 points or less and are prepared to take 4 A level subjects, of which 3 must be from: Economics, Literature, History, Geography, Higher Chinese, Music or Art.

There is no application form for this, as Arts student who qualifies will get it.


with much anticipation i went to collect that coveted $300 this morning during college day (subject to nyap hiang's ridicule first, haha)

and when i enthusiastically opened the envelope..

30 seperate $10 kinokuniya book vouchers.

owell, it's not that bad, after all vouchers are better than no vouchers, but sorry pals, can't treat u guys as promised. hahaha..

but as a consolation, complimentary stationery anyone? :D

hi all! i've finally decided to blog.

yes, u read right, i said i've finally decided to blog. :D

watched my first live basketball match just now. exhilirating. casting the discrimination incident (still fresh in my mind, more about that later) aside, i managed to up my enthu-quotient by say... 100 notches (if people actually count notches), tried to scream like shiyun, obviously in vain. haha. everytime the tj team scores a point, a sense of ecstasy surges through. sprint. dribble. pass. shoot. win. cheer. scream. that overwhelming sense of enthusiasm and pride was like, so uncharacteristic of me. (people must be nodding their heads in agreement)

then i realized what lls said during one of our sec 4 hcl zuo wen classes was like so true.

the competitive nature of sports sparks patriotism. same applies to school spirit.

that explains it all. i have always held stereotypes for sportsmen, like how sportsmen do for guys in performing arts groups. but today i find myself worshipping their agility, accuracy and... what not. haven't i always thought of them as people with egos as large as their arms?

i try contrasting the alpha-male image portrayed on the basketball court with the "ai-ren-go-go-go!" conception we give of drama guys. Think of us as effeminate? No wonder.

feels like i'm putting others on pedestals by bringing myself down.

suddenly i feel like implanting mr veera's analytical skills into my brain, then write a 1000 word GP essay about this issue.

like oh ya, it's my fault that i'm an excitable and jumpy cheapthrill lover. it's my fault that i derive a high from embarrassing myself and laughing hysterically. it's my fault that i speak the way i do. i should be so stoic and firm, shouldn't i?

got a dose of discrimination yesterday. shit it!! and then i end up worshipping the ones who discriminate! conclusion: i'm so self-contradictory that i find myself funny. ha. ha. ha.

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mr quek is leaving, and nan zai tou is tearing. lol. actually, im kinda sad too, cos he's a great maths tutor. but all good things come to an end and we'll just have to accept the fate arranged for scg 34/05 (in which, in this case, might be in the form of 100% failures for our JCT). anyhows, nan zai tou will make sure he leaves with pleasant memories and equally pleasant lipstick prints of this class. :D

sorry for not updating about my ultimate lu yuan experience. hahaha.. but that does not mean it does not mean a whole great deal to me. it's been really memorable thanks to the various nongbaos i've encountered. thanks to 2045 for all the gr8 times worth relishing. nostalgia has yet to kicked in, but it's just a matter of time, i suppose. we still rock!

gotta rise early fr college day tmr! $300 out of nowhere.... i feel blessed!

i should be so guilty.

because of time mismanagement, i have broken a (shaky-in-the-first-place) promise i made at the spur of a moment..

confession: my weekend revolved around geography, geography and surprise surprise, more geography. feels like i have the whole atlas shrunken into my head already.

but blame-shifting (on geography) apart, i apologize for not updating for what seems like 1000 donkey years... sometimes i surf my own archives, look at the frequency of the updates, and all i can do is let loose of a huuuuge sigh. haha.

hai, no more empty promises. shall update about lu yuan (haha, goodness..) when i finally have the luxury of time.....

by the way, does this count as an update? lol.

i promise..

i really promise...

to get this space updated by this weekend!

come back then!