[oinkypig] what do you think of the tick tatoo? that one really sponsored by nike already lah.

[blessed1] i can still study if i haf tatoo wad. eh, you and _____ together izzit? =p

[veron] carrie is my good friend. haha. i wish.

[lia] you kena called during tutorial meh? glad it helped.

[manda] i think you're more studious than me lah. teach me econs! haha.

[soph] hellloo soph. (:

[des] yeah. doing good made me feel nice. eh, i cannot visit your blog from school because other people might see and vandalize your blog.

My Weird Day

Today started out as a normal Sunday. From breakfast to church service to lunch, everything was normal even when I boarded the shuttle bus to City Hall.

I sat down at the second row of the left aisle of the bus as I wanted to alight easily when the bus reaches City Hall.

An old lady took up the empty seat beside me and said, "Hello, can I sit with you?"

Of course I had no right to decline and I just felt sociable at that time and replied, "Oh, yes, of course."

She thanked me as she hung plastic bags on the bus hook. She just bought strawberries and grapes. I know because she offered me some.

She started with small talk and I tried to be sociable because I'm rather introverted.

I found out that she lived near me, or rather she found out I lived near her so she asked me if I could help her carry her bags since we were going the same way.

I thought, "Why not?" I've always felt bad when I couldn't offer a helping hand to someone. Sometimes prolonged kindness just seems wrong. I mean, for example, you're sitting in a crowded train and an old lady comes. If you wait too long to offer your sit, people would wonder why you took too long or are you just showing off or something. Ok, I think too much and I end up not being as kind as I want to be. Maybe that's why they say it's harder to be kind nowadays.

Anyway, I helped her carry her bags all the way to Compasspoint and she insisted on buying me dessert as I had told her I had lunch. She hadn't and I thought I should accompany her. She treated me to hot milo as she told me stories of her family and also gave me some advice.

"In everything seek God first. Even when looking for girlfriend."

Exact words. Honestly do I look like I'm looking? Sorry to burst anyone's bubbles, but I'm not. Even though I think about it, I'm not going to act on it until maybe after A's. Nevertheless, good advice.

The day was really weird because I never expected to do a good deed for anyone. Especially for someone I just met.

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"Success is not measured by how happy you are but by how many people you make happy."

-MRT quote. (I think.)

It's good to see that economics remedial was productive. There's something on my paper ok!

Hmm... Maybe another "tick" tattoo-ed on my leg then can show three ticks.

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Haha. Getting a tattoo is not on my list of daring things I want to do.

Wow! I've hit 200 already and I didn't even know it. This is entry 202.

The first symptom of becoming a mugger is doing homework before they are due and not on the day when it is due. I'm happy to say that I've maintained the streak so far.

Now I just need more time and diligence to do some revision even after spending 3 hours on one piece of work. Yay!

The radio is my new best friend!

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Listen to the radio and you will hear the songs you know! Oh! Oh!

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The door is going to remain closed because I know better than to open it.

Service Learning

Learning through serving. It is an interesting concept. Our service learning project was to interact with old folks and bring them for a field trip to the Botanical Gardens.

Going through this experience, I am reminded that there are things we cannot learn from the classroom. How to treat our elders? How to break language barriers? How to show care and concern?

As I watched my classmates digging out their un-used dialects, I realize the importance of language. I know many of them have dismissed their mother tongues and yet here they are trying to find the words once again. It was very heart warming.

I wish I was able to speak with these precious souls even for just one day. I am sure they have a wealth of experience that I could partake from. I admire their pride. It is not an arrogant pride, a pride that shows, "Don't worry so much. I can take care of myself."

I hope that even by just giving simple smiles I was able to make a difference. I hate the feeling of not being useful and not being able to help out more.

My brother comes home with his ear pierced.

It would have been cool except that he could not get the ear stud out.

He knew fully well that he cannot have ear stud in camp.

I had so much fun trying to take it out for him.

I tried pulling it out and ended up pulling his hear too.

It had crossed my mind last time that maybe it would be cool to get one too.

But now, I think it's more trouble than it's worth.

Just like some things in life...

Finally! It's up. One of the daring things I did in life.

http://oinkypig.blog-city.com/of_phuket_and_bungy_jump.htm

Next is sky-diving.

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Maybe it's the right place but it's the wrong time.

This feeling kinda sucks.

This is me studying at Carl's Jr.
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Photo taken by Oinkypig.

Interviews for the next executive committee are finally over.

It was a tough decision because everyone seemed to have so much leadership potential.

"What makes you special? What sets you apart from the rest?"

Some gave good answers. Some gave standard answers. Some gave seemingly sincere answers. I hope we chose wisely.

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There is now no reason to watch Singapore Idol. I can finally focus on studying.

Why do people like people despite their looks,
despite their irritating voice,
despite their cold attitude,
despite their not being sweet?

Because love is blind, deaf, unfeeling, and untasting (if there's such a word).

That just leaves the sense of smell.

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Guy: *sniff* *sniff* (to girl) You smell good ah. Wanna go steady anot?

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7 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME
1. I like the colour blue.
2. I've had the same hairstyle since forever.
3. I eat cereals every morning.
4. I have a scar on my head.
5. I always seem to be sleepy.
6. I can wake up anytime as long as there's an alarm.
7. I like to laugh/make people laugh.

7 THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1. Wild animals.
2. Talking to big crowds.
3. Expressing my true feelings. (if there's a need to)
4. Making friends with my eye candy(s).
5. Getting scolded for making a stupid mistake.
6. When situations seem to be so out of control.
7. Becoming handicapped? Can't think of anything.

7 RANDOM THOUGHTS AT THE MOMENT
1. I still have to water small plant 1,2,3 and big plant 1,2,3.
2. Creed - My Sacrifice is a nice song.
3. So is Train - Drops of Jupiter
4. Ms Swan isn't that funny.
5. I hope the stupid printer would stop pms-ing and let me print out an important document.
6. Maybe I can finally pass a history essay test on Cold War.
7. Distant, distant, distant ambition: Be a radio dj.

7 THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1. oh, crap
2. sheeeet
3. heyz
4. GWOAR!
5. nice
6. sweet
7. damn

7 WEIRD THINGS ABOUT ME
1. I sing a few lines of any song everytime I take the lift alone.
2. My toes are long.
3. I like drinking SoyaMilk. That's soya milk mixed with milk.
4. I can't seem to finish writing any story I want to write.
5. I must have music when I'm doing things like chores and stuff.
6. I give names to some non-living things sometimes.
7. Sometimes when I'm bored I have my own anime TV show that I watch in my head.

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Coz everybody tries to put some love on the line.
And everybody feels a broken heart sometimes.
And even when I'm scared I have to try to fly.
Sometimes I fall but I've seen it done before.
I've got to step outside these walls.

Today we're going to gobble up interview some J1s for ex-co position.

Yummy.

Crap. I need to drink 4 litres of milk before it expires on Friday 22 of July.

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Can you imagine no first dance, freeze-dried romance, five-hour phone conversation.

I weird feeling creeped over me when I was buying milk.

I couldn't find the type of milk that my mom buys so I had no choice but to choose a different brand.

Weird as it may seem I felt a bit scared. Not scared like horror scared, scared like what if the milk doesn't taste good or something. I've had the experience before.

I guess change can be scary sometimes.

But sometimes it turns out good.

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The best soy latte that you ever had... and me.

I woke up it was 7 waited till 11...

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Matthew 6:26

I woke up quite early and I heard chirping and was just reminded of this verse.

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken?

I like the songs that some of the Singapore Idols have been singing. A lot of them are those songs that I remember hearing when I was like 4 years old and I'm glad I finally know what their titles are.

It's time not to be lazy! Gwoar!

I need wisdom...

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It's hard to say it, time to say it
Good-bye, Good-bye.

Daddy, thank You for picking me up even though I wanted to stay down.

Thank You for staying with me even though I don't deserve it. Thanks for being with me all the way to the A's and beyond. I really don't know how I could ever go any further without You.

It's funny. I used to be able to bounce back after falling and just shrug it off as nothing.

I guess disappointment has finally managed to get through. I feel like staying down. It's seems so much easier to just wallow in regret and self pity. It's an excuse to not be ok.

Responsibilities can just be wavered and everyone is expected to be understanding no matter how unreasonable a situation can turn out to be. But that's taking the easy way out. It seems I have an affinity to bordering between taking the easy and cowardly way out rather than to step up and stand up for what needs to be done.

Weird as it may seem, it felt rather addictive to stay in a depressed mood. It gives one a reason to pull a long face. Am I just expected to bounce back in a snap? I finally realized how difficult it is to be back to normal after falling down so hard.

Thanks for all the encouragement. They did help. I just want to let disappointment sink in a little longer. Maybe it'll be an extra motivation.

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I can't do this all on my own. No, I know. I'm no superman.

My Three Girlfriends

While looking for some songs to play for caregroup, I realized that my own classical guitar was not in tune. I decided to tune it and as I was turning the peg for one of the strings, the ivory handle broke!

How am I supposed to tune a guitar if I can't turn the peg that tightens or loosens the string to give it the right tune?

I decided to leave it and use the sexy black acoustic guitar. Although I dislike the iron strings, I figured it would be good to get used to it. It was horribly out of tune and I soon found out why. The back of the neck cracked. It couldn't handle the tension of six strings pulling it and it simply cracked leaving it rather useless.

Fortunately, there was a third guitar in the house. The very first guitar I ever used and it was quite old. I figured it should do fine. To my dismay, one of the strings was broken and I didn't have a spare string for it.

In the end, I resorted to turning my classical guitar's tuning peg with pliers. Oh, it will be so funny using the pliers this saturday.

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I may have to get a new one soon.

Today was a beautiful rainy day.

I miss the days when I could just go outside on a rainy day and simply enjoy the shower.

It seems that as we grow up, we tend to leave childish things behind.

Don't Worry There's No Sugar

My brother has always been worried whether I use his electronic shaver and has asked me once or twice whether I've used it.

Well, he doesn't need to worry anymore. =D

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I've forgotten how fun it is to walk in the rain.

First Time

I didn't know pepsi cola could be such a fun game.

Craving

I'm craving for karaoke! Gwoar!

Thank God for empty lifts.
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I wish one day abandonment would never exist.

Guessing Game

Can anyone guess what this is?

Youth Day

I'm so glad to be a youth and get to enjoy Youth Day.

Party World looks rather sleazy. Yesterday was Westlife and Blue rush. Gwoar! All the boyband songs. Singing is more fun when everyone actually wants to sing.

The weekend has been quite weird. Seeing familiar people more often than usual. Especially Sunday and Monday, Sunday must have been "SA go Suntec Day".

It was actually interesting walking around town yesterday. Haha. Thanks, Manda, Veron, Clare, Evan, Evan's friend for a fun day which would have otherwise been spent rotting at home.

In the end, the journey to Tampines yielded no results. Decided to go Hougang afterwards and still could not find what I wanted. There's no other choice but to go try Jurong Point once again. Haiz. So far! Gwoar!

It's 5.56am and I'm heading for school.

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The truth about the truth: It hurts... So we lie.

The Just Judge

There was once a judge who was known for his impartiality. He did not care whether an accused is the son of a political official or someone of high social status, he would judge them with no regard for their background.

One day the judge's son was speeding and was caught by the police.

He had to go for a trial and found out that his father was the judge ruling the trial.

The father said, "State your name."

The son replied, "Dad, you know who..." He was interrupted by the judge.

"State your name."

Even then the father had to be a judge and remain impartial even though it was his own son.

Soon the punishment had to be given...
"I sentence you to pay a fine of $500."

"But sir, I don't have that amount of money," replied the son.

Right then, the judge took of his robes and stepped down and walked towards his son.

"Son, don't do it again," he said as he took out $500 from his own wallet and paid the fine.

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I don't know if this story is true, but what I do know this: God is a just God. He is impartial. But he gave His only Son to pay for all our sins. Our sins are already paid for and all that is left to do is to believe and to accept this gift of salvation. The New Testament was translated from the Greek language and in the original Greek, the word for salvation does not just mean that our sins will no longer be accounted to us, it also means salvation from every curse, from every sickness, from every suffering.

We may have wondered: If God is so good, why doesn't He just save the whole world? God is good, but He is also just. Sin must be punished. However, there is nothing we can do to pay for every sin we have committed. That is why God sent His own Son to pay for what we cannot.

For God so loved you. That He gave Jesus, His Son, His one and only Son. And if you believe, you will not perish but have everlasting life.

The Bachelor... and his pad.

One week has passed and one more week to go of being the master of this house.

This is not the first time my parents have gone overseas leaving just me and my brother at home but this time I feel that I've been given more responsibilities and I'm finally having an idea of how to live on my own.

I know for sure that I will not let my brother share a place with me when I have my own place. Haha.

I've also been given responsibility to take care of mom's plants. I remember that plants will grow more healthy if you talk to them. I seriously tried doing this but there was nothing to talk about. I believe that the environment plants grow in affect how they flourish.

I learned that it's not good to watch world cup in front of the plants. All the screaming must have spooked them because they're turning yellowish. Gosh. I better go and water them now.

I've given them names: Small Plant One, Small Plant Two, Small Plant Three, Big Plant One, Big Plant Two, and Big Plant Three.

Now I better go and feed Hamster One and Hamster two too.

Haha.

I slept in the living room today not because of all the school stuff I've conveniently left in my bed but because I wanted to keep the plants company. I even played United Live CD for them to listen because if talking helps, I'm sure music helps too. Thinking about it, I wonder if they turned yellow because I watch too much Singapore Idol?
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Wondering where is girlfriend one...