38度C

火

烧

38度C

柠檬蜜糖维他命C
水

在我的胃里
不停地转啊转啊转啊
转啊

翻滚。

38度C

我倒下。

天花板上的灯
不停地转啊转啊转啊
转啊

躺在的双人床
不停地转啊转啊转啊
转啊

旋转。

我茫。

在里头酷热外头严寒
的矛盾
里

38度C

眼前变黑。

Block Tests

Let me now venture into this controversial and sensitive topic regarded as a taboo by many JC students.

Block tests.

Or some call it common tests.

Everyone is afriad of it. But no one dares to admit their fears. No one dares to publicly declare how much have they covered for revision. They fear to know that they are far behind everyone else in terms of revision.


They fear to kknow that they are going to be so doomed for the upcoming tests.

But I am not.

Let be bravely and boldly declare how much I have covered and my predicted grades.

Maths:
Topics Covered: Functions, Graphing, Inequalities
Topics NOT covered: Permutations and Combinations, Sequences and Series

Chinese Literature:
Topics Covered: Nothing
Topics NOT covered: Everything

Chemistry:
Topics Covered: Everything
Topics NOT covered: Nothing

H1 Geography:
Topics Covered: Plate tectonics, Volcanoes, halfway at Earthquakes
Topics NOT covered: Half of Earthquakes

Predicted Grades:
Maths: C
Chinese Literature: E
Chemistry: B
H1 Geography: B

BBCE, sounds quite okay, and achivable...

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Editted to add:

I totally forgotten about General Paper.

Predicted Grade for GP: C

Bad Service

I always hate buying food from middle-age stall owners.

They are usually grumpy-looking, snort at your unusual order and they never fail to forget your order 3 seconds after you've placed it.

Seriously, a law should be imposed to ban people within 40 to 50 years of age. Okay, perhaps an age limit would be too restricting and not all people within this range are kao bei people as it is usually those who are undergoing menopause who will give me attitude problem. And I thought "attitude" is a characteristic exclusive to the yougner generation.

I have two bad experiences already with two fucking grumpy middle-age women and one fucking grumpy man who instead of working out her flabs on her arms, thighs and abdominal regions, choose to work on their facial muscles by frowning since it takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile.

And surprisingly, all the stall owners are from the same franchise store, albeit at different locations.

Their bak chor mee is probably the best in Singapore, and the stall owners all know that, judging from the queue and the number of people gobbling thier bak chor mee at surrounding tables in the kopitiam, and that they would have no problem of not having any business.

But seriously, what's so difficult to smile? Okay, if you hate smiling for the fear of deepning your crow's feet, could you at least give us an adequate service? Look, I don't even ask for an outstanding service, all I want is "adequate service".

Ask for your order in a not-so-aggressive tone, remember it (if you have bad memory, at least jot it down legibly somewhere) and pass the correct message to the one preparing the food.

It's not rocket science to remember this sequence, right? I mean, even my 8 year-old cousin can do a better job at serving guests with drinks during Chinese New Year than you serving customers for a living.

My first experience with the grumpy uncle, obviously, was not pleasant. He certainly didn't annoy me as much as the other two women (whom I will talk about later) but nevertheless his unfriendliness is probably one of the three factors that contributed to the 30th placing in the recent Reader's Digest World's Biggest Real-Life Courtesy test, which assessed 35 cities on the citizen's courtesy.

I asked for bee tai mak, to which he coldly replied, "没有"

Emotionless and expressionless, and he certainly did not look at me with his eye.

I doubt that my features are so hideous that he can't bear to look at me for one more second to reply that "No, we don't have bee tai mak."

And for the subsequent visits, he is forever wearing a frown.

A year later, his stall flopped while other neighbouring stalls are still thriving.

My second encounter with this short, plump and grouchy auntie took place this Labour Day. There was a queue forming in front of the stall and this auntie was standing in front of the stall packing the cooked noodles and hand them to the customers. She's the one whom we should give our orders to.

But guess what, when I attempted to place my order with her, she put out that big, fat, sticky and filthy palm of hers filled with grease and bits of spring onions right infront of my face, thinking that she's some Anita Sarawak and that people are suppose to speak to her hand. In condescending uppity she promptly dismissed my order with her filthy hand and roared, "Wait! Not your turn yet!"

I was like, what the fuck?

(My apologies for the frequent use of "fuck", but unfortunately this is essential to vividly describe the stall owners' appearances, attitudes and my innermost annoyance)

Next, I told her my order:

"Bak Chor bee tai mak, da bao (takeaway), soup, don't want liver, $4"

I instructed TWICE NOT to give me liver in my noodles and TWICE that I want it TAKEAWAY. But I see the my noodles being infested with pig livers and ended up in a porcelain bowl.

I decided not to pursue over the issue of not having pig liver in my noodles, but I certainly wasn't prepared to have my noodles at that kopitiam. So, I corrected the stall owner and said, "Auntie, wo yao da pao leh!" ("Auntie, I want it take-away)

To which I was presented with a look of annoyance and glares and stares and a loud "TSK!"

"Just now why you never say?"

My second "What The Fuck?!?!"

But the good thing is i ordered a $4 portion, and she prepared a $4 portion for me but I was charged only at $3.

After I got my takeaway noodle, I overheard the man queueing up behind me exclaiming, "Auntie, da pao leh! Not dine-in leh!"

"Just now why you never say?"

My third "What The Fuck?!?!" with a tinge of "ROFLMAO".

My third encounter with another stall owner took place recently.

Again, I told her my usual order:

"Bak Chor bee tai mak, da bao (takeaway), soup, don't want liver, $4"

And I repeat my order TWICE

I always buy a larger portion of noodles so instead of the usual $3, I always buy the $4 portion of noodles, but apparently she never seem to understand the meaning of "$4" because in the end she still prepared the $3 portion for me.

I wouldn't have mind the mistake if her service is up-to-mark and her face is always beaming, but alas! I have to bear the mistake in my order and her sulky face.

Seriously, I don't understand how hard can my order be. It's just bak chor bee tai mak, soup, no liver, and give me that damn $4 portion! You don't even need a PSLE certificate to remember my order.

Looks like Singapore has a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG way to go before our service sector can meet international standards. I mean, it has to comefrom within. If services in our heartland can be so poor, if our very own uncles and aunties cannot even serve local citizens properly, how do you expect that young salegirl in that Orchard Road departmental store to give you a star-quality service? What she's giving you probably is what she's getting back at home.

Tag Time (II)

6 Weird Things about Me

Instructions:

Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 6 weird facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose 5 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs!

I was tagged by my beloved cousin, Tiang Peng (*Glares at him)

1. There are 4 occasions in which I will cough. When i am nervous, when I am bloated after a really heavy and filling meal, when I am in an environment with loud noise (like arcade) and when I am really down with a cough.

2. I have a tendency to keep touching my elbows

3. I like hugging people

4. I love using my graphic calculator to perform calculations

5. My left eye is about 10 times more myopic than my right eye.

6. I am a left-hander when it comes to writing and eating. (I hold my spoon, knife and chopsticks on my left hand while the fork and the spoon [when used together with chopsticks] on my right) Other than that, I am a right-hander when it comes to sports and even the using of scissors.

P.S. The only time when I am ambidextrous is when I play badminton.

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Tagged victims:
1. Songhua
2. Marcus
3. Jing Ting
4. Kia Hui
5. Jia Wei

Tag Time

Your 10 Favourites::
Favourite Colour-- Green

Favourite Food-- SPICY!!!!!

Favourite Song-- All those in my iPod and itunes

Favourite Movie-- Mainly those movies involving a catastrophe and worldwide eradication of human beings (e.g. War of the Worlds, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow) and also movies to do with aliens (e.g. The Forgotten, The Signs) and also movies with an unusual plot (e.g. The Village, Butterfly Effect)

Favourite Sport-- Boxing..hahah.. I am a violent person.... and bowling..

Favourite Season-- Erm, in the Singaporean context, there is nothing beyong summer and the monsoon season. Unless you are talking about the durian season...

Favourite Day of the week-- Saturday. Saturday is always associated with tranquail and serene afternoons and the sipping of an aromatic cup of coffee while listening to Bossa Nova.

Favourite Ice-cream Flavour-- Yam, Mango, Durian

Favourite Book-- Philosophical books (e.g. Mitch Albom, Paulo Coelho) and 几米漫画集

Favourite anime/cartoon-- Sakura the Cardcaptor :P

9 currents::
Current mood-- Neutral

Current clothes-- Sky blue singlet and black bermuda-like pants that looks like a "berms" version of track pants. And of course my underwear from Hush Puppies. (Yes dear, they do sell underwears besdies shoes)

Current desktop-- Window XP?

Current Toe-nail colour-- Lime green.. just kidding, it's under the normal condition.

Current Time-- 0929

Current Annoyance(s)-- None

Current thought-- I love my 鱼片米粉

Current boyfriend/ girlfriend-- Shan't tell you... :P

Current book you are reading-- My Chemistry notes

8 Firsts::
First Best Friend-- Not just one , but 3 of them at the same time! H4 Unite! They are Kay Siong, Ming Wei and Ying Cheng

First Crush-- Shan't tell you.. :X

First Movie-- Unfortunately I do not have ultrasonic memory...

First Piercing-- None

First Lie-- Can't remember which was the first

First Music-- Same reaction as Kia Hui who tagged me

First Car-- My toy cars from TONY (the Japanaese toy manufacturer)

First Handphone-- Nokia 3310 (the classic monochrome phone with Snake)

7 Lasts::
Last Cigarette-- no. Never. Won't
Last Drink-- Soup from my 鱼片米粉
Last Car Ride-- Refer to my response for "First Movie"
Last Crush-- :X Shan't tell you
Last movie seen-- X-Men III: The Last Stand
Last Phone Call-- To my mum
Last CD played-- All Saints' "All Hits"

6. Have you evers::
Have you ever dated one of your best friends -- No. Never. Won't.

Have you ever broken the law-- Yes

Have you ever been arrested-- Yes

Have you ever skinny-dipped-- Nope

Have you ever been on TV -- Twice on two different gameshows, and for each time I won some cash money.

Have you ever kissed someone u didnt know-- No

5 things you are wearing
1. Green-framed Hugo boss spectacles
2. My sky blue singlet
3. My Hush Puppies underwear
4. My trackpants-like berms
5. A mask to cover up my true inner self? Muahahahahahaha

4 things you've done today
1. Woke up
2. Made my bed
3. Washed up
4. Breakfast

3 Things you can hear rite now
1. The whirling sound from a bus engine
2. The whirling sound of my fan
3. Believe it or not, nothing else cause my neighbourhood is serene.

2 things you cant live without
1. Sex
2. Music

1 Thing you do when you are bored
Daydream

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Tagged victims:

1. Songhua
2. Yan Min
3. Tiang Peng
4. Marcus
5. Jing Ting

最近好歌榜(III)

《想忘了》-- 萧萧

《Scream》-- 张悬

《一个像夏天一个像秋天》-- 范玮琪

《风的终点》-- Soler 太阳系

《Love Story》-- 范逸臣

《24》-- 莫文蔚

《舞娘》-- 蔡依林

《Mr. Q》-- 蔡依林

《不要乱说》-- 张惠妹

《不想想太多》-- 苏慧伦

《恋着多喜欢》-- 梁静茹

《让你飞》-- 何以奇

《完美》(8频道电视剧《至尊红颜》插曲）-- 王蓉

《诗人的眼泪》-- 游鸿明



赶快去下载试听吧！

《颠倒》 第二版

为了这次“华初文学奖”，负责老师“高度鼓励”（说穿了也不就是“规定”）每位语特的学生参加诗歌组的创作，字限为100， 主题为“黑白无间”。

在只知道字限，不晓得主题以及懒得再费神创作的情况下，选了我之前写的《颠倒》，经过了一番修饰后才交稿。还真是无心插柳柳成荫，误打误撞下我的诗的内容竟然碰巧地与这次的比赛的主题雷同！

几tyco一下！！

白色情人节，
邪恶的天使
白色的长袍，
丘比特的箭被诅咒。
爱神射中我的那一天，
白色情人节。
天空少了浪漫醉人的夜幕，
大地只剩下刺眼的光明，
和被天使下了毒的白巧克力
充斥着。

我窒息。

而偶尔漂浮过来的一朵小乌云，
则是慈祥的黑色魔鬼用来拯救我的手。

点击至《颠倒》原版

Chee Yang?

Ladies Carriage ONLY??!?!?!

From today's 《联合早报 现在》



Which part of "This coach is only for the ladies" and "女性专用车箱”do they not understand?

《一个像夏天一个像秋天》

《一个像夏天一个像秋天》

演唱：范玮琪

第一次见面看你不太顺眼
谁知道后来关系那么密切
我们一个像夏天一个像秋天
却总能把冬天变成了春天
你拖我离开一场爱的风雪
我背你逃出一次梦的锻炼
遇见一个人然后生命全改变
原来不是恋爱才有的情节
如果不是你我不会相信
朋友比情人还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我只是骂我几句
如果不是你我不会确定
朋友比情人更懂得倾听
我的胸怀志意我的有口无心
我离不开darling更离不开你
你拖我离开一场爱的风雪
我背你逃出一次梦的锻炼
遇见一个人然后生命全改变
原来不是恋爱才有的情节
如果不是你我不会相信
朋友比情人还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我只是骂我几句
如果不是你我不会确定
朋友比情人更懂得倾听
我的胸怀志意我的有口无心
我离不开darling更离不开你
你了解我所有得意的东西
拆穿我留些意怕我忘形
你知道我所有丢脸的事情
却为我的美好形像保密
如果不是你我不会相信
朋友比情人还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我只是骂我几句
如果不是你我不会确定
朋友比情人更懂得倾听
我的胸怀志意我的有口无心
我离不开darling更离不开你

这首歌可称为继周华健的《朋友》后第二首描写了友情之可贵的流行歌曲。

两首歌曲的歌词都琅琅上口，旋律也格外优美-- 《朋友》的旋律起伏较大，颇有澎湃汹涌的感觉；而《一个像夏天一个像秋天》则走“乡村音乐”(Country music)的风格，歌曲所要表达的情绪较为温和，旋律也因此轻快些。

友情比爱情更坚固，更持久，难怪“友情歌曲”总比“爱情歌曲”好听，尽管迄今为止在中文乐坛里好像只有２首“友情歌曲”的存在。

《一个像夏天一个像秋天》在１０年后，２０年后，甚至更长远以后仍然还会是一首脍炙人口，大家还耳熟能详的“经典之作”。

拭目以待吧！

城隍庙

甭欲欺心神未许，
君能瞒己我难瞒。

问尔不答求之则应，
听尔无声叩则威灵。

自我懂事以来，我就记得我常来城隍庙上香拜拜，但记忆里却不曾出现过这两幅对联。

直到今天，我在过去的十多年一直错把城隍庙当成“莲山双林寺”。要不是母亲的提醒，恐怕我还会继续错下去。

城隍庙，很久，很破。尽管当今的人潮没有像n年前那么的汹涌，但城隍庙仍然香火鼎盛。

当年是人潮的一分子的大人们如今已老去；当时来凑热闹的小孩不是改信基督教就是提倡无神论；而那时的老人如今变得更老，或许卧病在床，或许也早已去世了。

昔日的沸腾熙攘景象已成过往云烟匆匆地要从当今的现实蒸发掉。

如今剩下的只有小猫三两只的信徒，位置服装面容永远不变的那些被烟熏得焦黑的神像，以及庙外的那群鸽子（尽管十几年下来，鸽子也会老去死去，但新一代的“年轻”鸽子还是会来城隍庙外碰碰运气，看是否有位老婆婆会拿点面包还是什么能吃得来喂它们。）。

我从母亲那儿拿了6支香，3支粗大的，另外3支是细小的。从油灯那儿点了香后，就跟随母亲膜拜庙里的神明。这膜拜可不能乱来，还得遵照某种程序的，十年不变，我都已经熟悉了膜拜神明的先后顺序，但仍然还搞不清楚某些神明确切的名字，还真是汗颜。

我握着手中的香，跪在神像面前，祈求我即将来临的考试能考获优异的成绩，祈祷父亲工作能够顺顺利利，祈望母亲身体能健健康康，也很博爱地为世界祈求和平。

往香炉里插的香以及往香炉旁的蜡台插的点燃了的红色蜡烛在我跟随母亲膜拜神明后迅速被那印籍工人给清除掉。他那灵巧的双手没两下功夫就把香炉上的还没烧完香和蜡台上还未燃毕的蜡烛给清除掉，好让其他信徒有位来上香点蜡烛，动作熟练得很。印籍工人在做这项举动时是面无表情的，是冷酷的，尽管有的香和蜡烛才烧到一半都不到，尽管我们善男信女的祈求或许还未通过袅袅升空的烟传递到神明的耳边，尽管有时香灰和蜡碰到手时是会痛的。

工人或许麻木了。这或许是他十几年来的工作，已经不在乎我们的祈求是否得不得到回应，他在乎的只是把自己分内的工作做好就行了。

或许他早已悟到膜拜这玩意儿只不过是要让我们这些“善男信女”们得到心灵上的寄托罢了，至于神明是否真的存在，那是次要的。

转身一看，一位弯着腰的老妇拿着一颗菜在马将军神像的嘴巴上扫着，祈望在喂饱了马将军后她能中马票。

“噔！”又有人“添油”了，做善事，又能求平安。

本来心情有点郁闷的我，膜拜之后，心情有安顿平复些，看见我周遭生活节奏顿时缓慢下来，我也很享受这一刻。

拜拜，果然能让心情舒畅些。但现代人却早已舍弃了这心灵上的寄托。

爱我宽柔

虽然我和宽柔一点关系也没有，但是这首旋律婉转优美，悠扬悦耳，歌词动人心弦的歌曲还是深深地打动了我的心，也让我感到一丁点儿的妒嫉--妒嫉为什么别人的学校能够有这么一个高水准的制作，却没有类似或比这个制作更要好的东西来纪念我的学校？

歌词的的确确填得很棒，很有感触。佩服，佩服！

How coincidence

310 pairs of couples wed on 06/06/2006, according to the Registry of Marriages, Singapore.

Couples here feel that this date is auspicious, as the Chinese pronunciation of the date resembles 六六大顺.

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You know, there is a reason why the movie "The Omen" is released worldwide on this date. The number "666" is associated to the birth of "AntiChrist" if I am not wrong, and this number, widely considered to be auspicious by the Chinese, is largely frowned upon by many Christians, especially those in the West.

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Somehow the whole notion of Christ and its nemesis, "AntiChrist" reminds me of the concept Yin and Yang largely held by the Chinese. There's always a need for a balance of forces, be it good or evil. What's "good" without the existence of "evil"?

Hmmm.. looks like the Chinese concepts have a wider acceptance and practicability than any other concepts around the world.

Just a random post

Shopping

Oh dear, I am following my parents' footsteps of becoming a shopping addict.

I am loving shopping more and more.

Not window shopping though, window shopping is like 点到嘴角的甜味一样，只不过短暂的快乐，根本就满足不了食欲。

When I shop, I HAVE to make a purchase. The protocol that many adopt when they go shopping is:

1. I See.

2. I 爽

3. I Leave

Loop and Repeat Cycle..

My protocol, however, has one addtional step:

1. I See.

2. I BUY!!!

3. I 爽

4. I Leave

Loop and Repeat Cycle..

I feel like a squanderer, like a 挥金如土的败家子。

But seriously, I just cannot imagine what is the feeling like to not be able to possess what you really want or what you have always dreamt of/yearned for/longed for.

I admit, I am possesive. I need to own what I want.

Shopping is just a process for me to identify my needs and wants. Buying them would then satisfy my desires.

If not, an unsatisfied man would become an angry man.

Speaking of which, I was a happy man on Sunday.

I bought myself a new MYUK wallet that says that I'm hot (for $29.00), a pair of black Professional Crocs that can be passed off as normal working shoes with proper and appropriate cover-up (for $62.95). Next on Monday, I went to buy gifts for Kay SIong and Ying Cheng, but I just could not resist the offer that the shop keeper made, and I ended up buying gifts for future birthdays, saving the extra hassle I may need to make to buy presents in future.

Not that the offer is a onc-in-a-lifetime type of fabulous deal, but the thought of saving a couple of bucks is enough to make my day. =)

(Total amount spent on gifts: Secret! Shhhh....)

After which, I accompanied Jun Quan for his shopping of gifts for his friend. We considered buying a purple jacket (that's tailored for women), bikinis with colourful stripes on it (yes, his friend has XY chromosomes), board shorts, protein powder, plush toys, and a ultra-cute silicon-filled multi-purpose ball that can be used as a stress ball or paper weight, or in my case, breast implants. He eventually settled on a pair of black flip-flops with orange graffiti from Ocean Pacific.

It's always rocket science for guys to buy gifts for guys. But then again, I made this task look like counting from 1 to 10 because all I took to settle the gifts was 10 minutes flat.

I think Jun Quan took like more than 1 1/2 hours?

Anyways, I am hooked on to shopping already.. Just like how I was hooked on to coffee during the LEP camp. I guess more wades of dollar notes will flow out of my newly-bought MYUK wallet for the rest of this June holidays.

I Am Open-Minded!!!

You Are 64% Open Minded

You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded. Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints. But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line. You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.

How Open Minded Are You?

I was expecting something like 70% or more though...

I Am A Realist!!!

You Are Balanced - Realist - Empowered

You feel your life is controlled both externally and internally. You have a good sense of what you can control and what you should let go. Depending on the situation, you sometimes try to exert more control. Other times, you accept things for what they are and go with the flow. You are a realist when it comes to luck. You don't attribute everything to luck, but you do know some things are random. You don't beat yourself up when bad things happen to you... But you do your best to try to make your own luck. You have a good deal of power, but you also know the pecking order. You realize that working the system does get you further. You know who to defer to and who to control. When it comes to the game of life, you play things flawlessly.

The Three Dimension Luck and Power Test

The 2nd (different) test that claims that that I am a realist. Nothing unexpected though... :P

I Am Powerful!!!!!!!!

Your Power Level is: 65%

You're a very powerful person, and you know that all of your power comes from within. Keep on doing what you're doing, and you'll reach your goals.

How Powerful Are You?

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

How Cynical I Am?

You Are 44% Cynical

Yes, you are cynical, but more than anything, you're a realist. You see what's screwed up in the world, but you also take time to remember what's right.

How Cynical Are You?

A MUST-TAKE QUIZ FOR ALL CHINESE HIGH GUYS!!!!

南初明星脸！！

这次的语特写作营，南初出了两名有“明星脸”的学生。当然，相似度这玩意儿，见仁见智，以下则纯属个人浅见，欢迎看官们来批评。




猜猜看，以上被红色方格所包围的学生像那些名人呢？

编号1：郑明豪
他长得像。。。新加坡史上第一位“校园SUPERSTAR” -- 黄智阳！！！

相似度：85%









黄智阳本人：





编号2：魏洁莹
她长得像。。。李南星的前妻-- 杨莉冰和新传媒8频道前新闻主播蔡萦!!

相似度：70%








杨莉冰本人：



抱歉，下载不了蔡萦的照片，但我相信我的读者个个都是很有墨水，很有文化水准的，都会定时收看8频道新闻，所以应该都对蔡萦这位出色的主播不会感到陌生，都应该晓得蔡萦长得怎么样吧！

以下是“黄智阳”和“杨莉冰+蔡萦”的合照。。。





What say you?

Photo Booth (Part 3 and 4)