He seriously inspires me.

Steve connell

These are the moments that define us.
It’s not about is there light or is there dark.
There’s both.
It’s about what you surround yourself with.
Sometimes light will fight to be with you.
Sometimes you have to fight to be with light.
It’s a relationship.

Here s the webby

Here s some poetry i found online.
Its seriously convicting and convincing.
Use earphones for maximum experience.
Watch it a few times for the imagination to take its full flight.
Use your senses more than your rationale.
Enjoy.



Def Poetry: Sarah Kay



Def Poetry: Steve Connell

It may seem convoluted on first hearing, just keep listening, you should be able to get it. Pay attention to his words more than his actions.

For those in love with photography, a simple tip.


$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod - The most amazing bloopers are here

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Switching from Chinese to Gp was rather daunting.
All is left in God's hands.
Next up lit. And i am still slacking.









For those who missed the F1 race, here is something for you.

One smile is enough to speak volumes.

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I had my first Polaroid in my life. It looks disgusting because it's expired. Nevertheless it is treasured, and personal. Thanks Ian. (Me smiling)

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I want to thank the following people who made that simple yet difficult decision.
For those who fetched me home, or to some central Mrt station, that simple act is noted, remembered, treasured, and forever appreciated.

These are the simple life changers:
Ian's dad, all the way from pasir ris to my door step.
Ern, all the way from church to my door step.
Chye aik, (Ystd) to outram mrt.
Ren Hao who took out 25 bucks to pay for my taxi fare. (That was elevate celebration dinner, we ended really late, like 10 plus. It was the last meeting i had with riverlifers for the next few months. That was the final conviction why i wanted to change church = i cant hang out with friends till so late, which totally sucks! And i am not old enough to keep staying over because i have yet to finish playing with the gun for two years. However my brother has that luxury, hence that makes a lot of difference.)
PJ, every trip is appreciated.
Amanda Ong's parents.
Nicol's mum (once)
Alissa Lim (For the rides to church too!)

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I am having my promos (my school calls it mid course) tommorow.
I have no idea how i feel.
I am still blogging.
I would say i have been slacking and mugging a lot, started like two weeks before september holidays. Started = more than just tutorials. So its coming to about 6 weeks of mugging?
I know i am holding onto my confidence. God.

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I find it hard to believe that my mindsets and perspectives are consistently broken down and reformed throughout this year.
Yet i still find some things in my personality unchanged.
As Chye Aik said, "Unlearn, and relearn."

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This looks interesting


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You revolutionised my life.

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One smile.

Almost everyone on earth listens to music.
Out of that many people, quite a number of people plays decent music.
And in that number most of them play other people's music.
The other bit left compose their own music, for themselves and others to play.
I am one of them =)

I might one day take it seriously and get it down on scores.
I am currently grade zero on the piano, and my music theory has not gotten pass 1.
I took test papers, but i never sat for the real exam.
Making decent music is not that difficult, all you need is imagination.
Yup, imagination brings you a long long................................................... way.

Stop playing music only made by others!
Make your own music.
Be your own music.

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I hate conformity, and loathe the typical.
I love deviation.
I cannot stand typical classical pieces because the whole world knows how to play them.
My classmate asked if i knew how to play cannon in D, it made me feel a little repulsive there and then.
Yet its the common that connects.

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On Thursday morning - 810am - The Final Fight
It was the last Gp lecture in the whole year.
Yay and Boo =)
Gp lectures are the slackest and in every 15 mins you might just watch an intriguing video =)

On this particular day i did something amazing.
I entered LT1 first, not taking into account the 4 tutors.
Literally, I was the first student to enter a 600 seater lecture theater.
I felt space, i felt i was something small in something big.
All across my vision i only saw empty grey chairs.
All was mine to choose out of 600 seats.
The best part? For those who came in late, they had to sit on the floor.

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Nothing interesting on the content, at least concerning us. However its good art, and the editing must have taken eons to complete. The frames would have just killed me.

I played about 7 hours of Frisbee in 3 days.
I think its the first team sports that i participate so actively.
I studied econs and thoughts of the Frisbee flying towards my head popped in.

I seldom imagine sports and find it hard to stop.
The first time that happened to me was skating.
Now its Frisbee.
To think i used to think that Frisbee is one of the most boring sports.
All you do is use your backhand and throw to one another.

Absurdly, i think girls who can play Frisbee well looks attractive?
Their stance is just woah...check it out.

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Wayne constantly bugs me to get a girlfriend, at least soul mate whenever i feel i need the extra strength, when i need to blurt out all my rubbish.
Not the best advice, actually its an assertion of their own views (we are guilty of that all the time).
But i appreciate the effort to make me smile.
I remember them.
Nope, i am still available, and i am not for sale.

Candice said just indulge.
If indulging causes things to grow, and lead to something ungoldy, then that isnt wise is it now?
Had enough quarrels to know what's it like.
Anyway its a little too far off as well.

Candice blooper - uritating.

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A few more days to mid course.
I'm not sure if i am filled with enthusiasm for it, but i know i am secured.
I am actually looking forward to the end of it.
I know where my security is. God.
Let not my confidence waver or wane since i have one who creates the multiverse living in me.
With this God - centered confidence, anything is possible for God.

As Nat puts it, With a God so great and so big, what can hold you down?
If it's strength you need, stop using what's left in your physical body.
You. Can. Do. It :)

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Amen :)

I sat on the canteen table for two hours, in destitution.
The sense of hoplessness was overwhelming.
I left the table, praying that the bus would come immediately.
It did.
I reached the interchange and asked that my bus home would come immediately.
It did.

God, "Son, what makes you think i wont answer your third prayer?"

From Universe to Multiverse. Are You Ready?



Such videos just reinforce the fact why i think studying is irrelevant.
Better still, slapped by a physicist whom i believed as one of the most popular physicist in the world, claiming everything that science has taught regarding the big bang theory, is flawed, thoroughly flawed.
Dark matter?
Quarks?
Subatomic particles?
Why dont the school tell us the truth?

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God, "Why not?"

Speed mug.
Speed mug?
Speed mug!

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Met Abel.
It was nice to recall how we got to know each other.
So thanks Janel for asking Abel that question, and Abel for recalling, since it made me smile.
It was my brother's 21st birthday.
A great way to remember a great friend.


Yes 7 days before promos and i am still out.

I would have total freedom till wed, since no one is at home.
It may just be bad.

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I felt a flood of inspiration in my head when i was on my way home.

7 days. No 6. 6 days can do a lot.
In the last 6 days of Jesus life on earth, he could have simply gave up and forsake the cross.
In 6 days, many people would die, records set, babies borned, divorces, break ups, many tears shed, and me accomplishing everything i want to for mid course.

And Candice...yes i know how you feel about the consultation, I've always left the subs i dont like to mug last, i.e maths, but Mr Lin is too nice a teacher for me to not mug maths.
And i thank God for 'misplacing' you and Wayne, but more specifically you in my class, so i wont feel so alone about my tendencies to like the arts more than the sciences. No a lot more.

I thank God for lowering my hopes and expectations when we were about to receive econs test results.
God kept telling me, "Your security is in me, not the subject you do best." Even if you failed, you will still smile.
I got an S. Which looks disgusting, but...i am still smiling. But basing on assumption, Wayne and I got the second highest score in class. And Candice broke the assumption, so...
Considering, i planned my essay outline, which resulted me to not have enough time to complete my essay, and i threw away 3 marks in my case study, because i didnt know i have to give the demerits of monopoly. 3 marks would have changed one grade, maybe two.

So am i still smiling?
I dont know.

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The answer is clear, do not settle for the second best.
Patience will go a long way.
Wait for the best.

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I'm thinking.

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I said that there is no higher life, only a contented life.
Higher life is one where you find contentment, and right now i dont feel too contented, there are a lot of things i want to do but i cant. Not Just Yet.

Then again, if Jesus can bring contentment....
Lets no dive into a discussion for the sake of you readers.

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I'm still thinking.

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Its one of the worst times to lose motivation, and i might have just got into that. zz.
To spend my time thinking if i can make it or break it.
To wonder if words still stand true.
I read enough psychology to know if I'm still thinking this way, my performance is going to plunge.
Which is more important?
Realistic expectations, or positive reinforcement that might inflate too much hope?

After 6 hours of sleep, i am still yawning.

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What if one day, your smile is robbed away by someone else. What will you do?
What if that someone else is one of your close friends?
Isnt it always the case, since your close friends have the capabilities to break your heart?

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In this hour of devastation, i still find music to swing my head to.
At least music to keep my heart beating.

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"Son, I am still here."

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"God on what reasons do you believe i can do it?"

"Son, I believe you can do it, because I know who you are. And I know you can do it."

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Left hanging.

I found an awesome spot at T2 macs =)
Where the bright light shines down.

I saw how the light shone into T2 at 11am.
It Look Absolutely fabulous, enthralling! Captivating.

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Alright i found this song after more music hoping.

I think people will find it gay, yes it sounds gaiety, yet the lyrics are nice.
I cant believe i fell in love with this song.

Its Heavenly Star by Genki Rockets
Click on More Info for the lyrics.

And i am surprise i found Christian context in this song.
It would be nice to sing this song to God anyway =)

I see you, feel you, I'm your creation

Here s the wiki article on the supposedly fictional musical group.

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Your self esteem is validated by God.
The value He stuck on everyone is the same.
He DIED for all on the cross.

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Stop wasting time doubting God, and start praying!

I can link a million people =)
But i am currently too lazy and do not have the time to do that nonsense.
One day i will come up with top ten blogs i visit =)

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My Frisbee soared today =)

I can throw with my left hand =)
Learnt forehand, hammer, and left back hand =) All in half an hour

The feeling of throwing the fris with forehand is just awesome.
The wind that travels through the fris...
The sound you create when you swipe the fris through the air from the right to the left and then release.

We played spider man.

Learnt the number game from Adam, which practically screws your cognitive functions upside down.

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Our self identity is in God, hence all of us are different, thus unique.
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

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Gas Law up next.

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I found this.
Love it.

Repetitive it is, yet i somehow love this kind of music.
But it does not last.
My love flutters like a butterfly.




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The time before you meet the girl, and the time after you meet the girl.
The line still rings.

With Adam.

I watched My Sassy Girl.
I was blown away =)

Disclaimer; for those who plan to watch read no further.
I will raise your expectations, and the movie will lose some of its effects, let it surprise you as Adam puts it.


The colours were seriously awesome!
I love the Autumn scene, the dancing scenes, the scene where a painted arrow points to Charlie's head, the museum scene(Especially the blue painting, and how they sit on boxes that emits light!) =)
The plot is so simple to remember, nothing complicated, yet there was a touch of complexity to the characters' lives.
It was nowhere near superficial.
It is the first movie i would confidently say i remember 60% of the entire movie just by watching it once.
And they made music and lyrics look like a disaster.
Kidding, i didnt like that show anyway, was extremely corny.

I was caught by surprise with their comedy, it was rather inappropriate at certain times, but due to that reason, it became hilarious.
And i dislike the two times they talked to the camera, it was so awkward.
But the twists embedded in it, was stunningly memorable.
The plot used simple psychological cues for easy memory, like places, and simple traits of both characters.

What really makes me love this whole movie is their scriptwriting.
It has more depth than i anticipated.
Almost every line has its effect. Sometimes silence did the talking. Their facial expressions was more moving than the lines they said.
Terse i would say.

Lines from the movie.

Destiny is the bridge you build to the one you love.
(Its a rebuttal to the idea of if its meant to be, its meant to be.)

The following lines totally blew me away. I cant agree more with it.
(Not the exact words, but somewhat there)

If you are lucky enough, you will meet a girl who will divide your life into half. Before meeting the girl, and after meeting the girl.

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Its all about waiting.
Love = waiting

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Two words: Totally awesome!
It is one of the top five romance movies in my ranking list =)

The trailer is quite a few posts down.
Yes just scroll down and watch the trailer.

28 29 31
These are the scores of my shooting Pe module test.
Nowhere near fantastic, but the consistency, makes me smile.
I saw everyone's score, i shall award myself the most consistent award. Hee.

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Here is something i found.

Given to Alex Tee for his 17th birthday.



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And this picture speaks of my current feelings, but not actions.



I am going to be egoistic.
I think i am cool.
Listening to mondo grosso totally makes me feel that way.
Here is one.
They use a touch of techno, PIANO! violin, cello, and bass!
Its the kind of music i might just swing my head to.

The idea and things i want to do, is enthralling and thrilling my senses.

Ultimate Frisbee has captivated me.

I think my blog has turned into one that spams you with videos, pictures and links.

Extreme Catapulting







These are two different videos. The above is more interesting though.
Both kinda stunt me.





I am a slacker.

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There is no higher life. (Disgrace)

This year my perspectives and mindsets really got broken down and reformed.
Pre U sem did the major reformation in perspectives.
There is no higher life. Only a contented life.
It is just a different form of living.
Not being exposed to something, doesn't make me less inferior to you, it simply means my interest does not coincide with yours. Took me years to even find out this concept.

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Linguistics politics.

There is a difference between Being Silent and Silencing Someone.
Being Silent = Forcing someone to speak, to fill up the silences and emptiness in the conversation. You create discomfort.
Silencing Someone = To strategically maneuver the conversation to evade the topic you wish not to engage in. You insistently force the other party to make no mention of a point that can be used in argument against you by changing the topic. You evade and manipulate.

This i learnt from Lit consultation. It blew me away. I never gave thought to the differences of silence, and the effects created.

Silence is Speech

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This week my hopes of doing well for the subjects i am good in, is reduced to crumbles, as our tutors and lecturers keep exposing us to different ways the questions are phrased, and how each student so easily fall into the traps set.
I am still holding on to God s hand, hence he would do something with the crumbles i see now.

I break conventions, hence i tend to not answer to the question at hand, and hence my poor results, which education deems as a failure, yet i see it as my uniqueness.
Yes, i still assert my uniqueness.

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There is no higher life. Only a contented life.


I found Jane Elliot and her eye colour exercise videos months ago, or maybe last year. Now i found the full documentary.

She conducts a practical lesson on prejudice and discrimination.
I felt the tension and anger boil within those discriminated.

The third grader admitted, violence does not make me feel better.

Here s the link.

It can help your Gp, if you watched, evaluate and analysis certain key points you can learn from this documentary.

As i believe, humans have the natural tendency to want to feel superior, (Guess that s what sin does) yet when our eyes are open to the truth that God did not create us different, but uniquely, the prejudice and discrimination would just obliterate.

The terrors of EoM has once struck my poor soul.

I consulted mr Hazrin today. Enlightenment shone its beam down on me. At this last hour, i was offered a path of salvation, yet it might have been too late for salvation to reach me as a i see the door shut before my eyes.

I cant exactly blame myself. Some of my classmates and i were merely instructed to redo and our ST simply pointed to where was wrong, made no mention how our amendments are to be done, and called our ideas useless. Our efforts over many hours were labelled: Useless. Demeaning.

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In the beginning of this year, I kept thinking to myself, is JC a life where you have no free time for yourself, and you constantly study? The past few weeks, and the next few weeks, will prove this assumption true.

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Sleeping time, as i once said, is now considered a luxury to me.

Its a luxury, simply by economic terms, demand is high, supply is low, thus causing a shortage, which makes it a "luxury".

If any of you my readers have realised how all my post's grammar is just warped, and the syntax seems absolutely wrong, this is what studies have done to my brain. I lost simple cognitive functions.

Most of the time i have to edit my posts numerous times before it looks decent enough.

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I messaged Candice this evening, " Smile, through God s strength you will smile. The Joy of the Lord is your strength. I pray God will sustain you. Amen!"

Now this prayer i pray it upon myself.
At this moment when i feel time is pressing down on me, i trust God.

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I hate to feel so torn apart, by work, by people around me.
Especially when i have to wreck my brain over opportunity cost. PW or Promos?

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If you care, and you hurt your close friend, and when you do not care, stand aside and see your close one get hurt, which is better?

Which explains why there is so much lying, superficiality, and insecurities between people, and so little truth and authenticity, since every time you speak up for truth you run the risk of losing a friend.

I guess that is why our parents either go through a numbing process and not care at all, or they keep scolding no matter how unreasonable.

A lot of times, we as children complain that our parents do not understand us, but after a few years of scolding and growing, i realized it was me who never understood their intentions and love then.

I thank them for not giving up on loving me.

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Done with EoM =)

Thanks Desiree and Candice.

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Blogging keeps me sane i guess.
I visited my cob webbed like Facebook found so many un glam photos.
I will officially start using Facebook after promos and join in all the stupid games my clique is playing now.

KS go study la!

Looking at certain faces on Facebook, made my mood go up by two =)

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I will be having lessons from 750am - 440pm without a single break.
Nope no lunch, no break.
If i didnt count wrongly, thats 8hours and 50 mins of lessons =)

Dont worry, i wont starve to death, even though i will be fasting, i will still find time to eat. My teachers and lessons do not override my hunger.

The past week emotionally zzz ing.
Yet i know i faced much more painful times last year.
On Friday my brain restarted its engine three to four times.
It fluctuated between motivation and lost of hope.

I guess i want to do well for promos, simply because it brings glory to God.
And that thrills me =)
Dont you feel good when you know you make your maker, your lover, and your saviour smile?
It feels awesome.

I think, for once in my whole life time, i finally figured out the right purpose in mugging.
I dont feel insecure if i flunked everything. I know God will provide a way, and somehow, there might be arrogance within me, because i know i can make it out there in the world, and i am confident to say that. I will find ways to make myself indispensable in the firm i work in. If they decide to dismiss me, they most probably will feel the guilt linger in their guts for a few days.
=)
But please, i want to do well.

I am kinda happy for helping Josh cover the entire N level physics syllabus in approximately 3 - 4 hours over two days =)
Hope that boy does well, and get at least A2. HooHoo. Dont feel the pressure man, since i practically told you whatever they can test you. Unless they got the aliens from Mars to craft the questions.

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I definitely need a bigger wardrobe. It is suffering from over population of clothes.
I am looking forward to my new room too.
=)

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I ran across the whole of T2 basement floor today, with slippers =)
My heart palpitate with adrenaline.
I felt verve ran through my veins.

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The thought of purchasing a frisbee and a camera has been flashing its signal in my brain.

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Ever seen anyone mug halfway in airport, takes out a frisbee and starts flicking it around?
No?
I'll be the first
=)

Ian showed me this trailer about a month ago?

I thought the colours and story boarding looks awesome.


My sassy girl - The Ang Moh version.




Revival.

Sermon preached by Pastor Benjamin.

In Singapore context;
The first revival came at 1932, with missionary John Woo. 2000 got saved in a few weeks.
The second revival came at 1972, the ACS bucker watch tower. 4 Boys prayed and fast during their recess consistently. One day they came down from the watch tower and see hundreds of students slain as the Holy Spirit visited them. This revival spread to RGS and TKGS.
(Ever wonder why the East has so many churches?)
The third revival is coming at 2012. 4 years time.
The speculation is, each revival happens every 40 years, which kinda make sense, since 40 is a holy number, which theology will explain why.

I am excited =)

The key to revival: PRAYER!

You cant expect God to do something, when you are not even preparing yourself for it.
God will not visit his people, unless they are ready, they welcome him, he sees the desperation, and rid themselves of unholiness.
He is a Holy God, his glory would just be too overwhelming if our lives are too filled with sin.

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The major factor that stops revival from happening is unholiness.
And one form of unholiness, is LOW SELF ESTEEM.
I was shocked and stared at Pastor Benjamin when he said that.
Low self esteem will lead to jealosy, and envy.
"God why did you not give me those talents he/she has?"
"God why do i look so ugly?"
Its dishonouring God when you doubt God's creation. You.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
You are PERFECTLY made.

Out with inadequacy!

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God called you to soar like an eagle.
An eagle soars above the storms, has clear vision, and flies to its destiny.

God did not call you to be a chicken!
=)

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Its rather sad to learn that there are more christians divorcing than non christians. In Singapore context.
Pastor Benjamin spoke to a judge and learnt this.

Regarding vulragrities: Even if you Substitue F*** with Fish, God still sees your heart.
Hence you should not even say anything, just snub it out in your brain.

Being tempted isnt a sin.
Entertaining the temptation is a sin.

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Its interesting to learn how smith wigglesworth kicked a baby borned without eyeballs up like a rugby ball, and the mother grabs the baby and screams!!!! EYEBALLS!!!!!!!

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I've been thinking this.
Even as much as you dont feel like reading your bible, it somehow seemed quiet time has turned dry.
I guess we still ought to read our bible, even if it seems like a ritual.
I believe that even if its a ritual our hearts is unwilling to take, yet we obediently regularly do our quiet time, it is Worship.

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Had steam boat for cell dinner =)

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Frisbee is much cooler than i thought.

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Mugging like an ox.

God sustain me.

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You want to change your community, you have to be a changed person.

None of me.
All of God.

Choose to walk in purity.
Walk the path of righteousness.

God s been gracious.

JC life as many has said, is no life.
To a large extent i am testament to that.
To another large extent, there are JC kids who did really cool things, at least enough to show they have a life.

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I am currently feeling mind raped. Candice coined this term.
Its emphatic in its nature. But i guess that goes to show how bad the condition my brain is in.
It horrendously suck, when you are dumped with information you do not understand, or digest, or capture. You are forced to do work on it. And when you get a breather, you feel guilty or you cant really slack with peace in mind, because you know more work awaits your poor soul when you finish slacking.

In JC, they incessantly (Never stopping) keeps pouring new information into your head. Each clinical, and easily desensitising to the soul who feels in intangible ways. (I realise i see a lot of soft stuff, i mean details, people behaviour stuff like that...and sometimes JC just wants the hard stuff...zzz)

I had this image in my head.
When new information keeps pouring in, like the number of people dying from Rawanda genocide, discrimination, Lurie and his sick nature looking for redemption, Kink demand curve, and all the inflation, chemistry that seems so minor when you look at the above stuff mentioned, and maths which is highly frustrating to the brain which finds it daunting to conquer the whole tutorial, since there are usually approximately 16 questions, and each questions having many intricate details to it....it is just sick!
PW to add on, which has driven my poor CT (Who i maybe for the first time found the heart to emphatise his efforts, and really really saw his care, fell sick while trying to push our grades up, who is inexperienced in this, becuase its his first year for PW, so are many teachers, and i think IJ is screwed big time for the PW department) sick sick sick.... =(

You feel time constraint...you are simply overwhelmed. Not handing in homework, can be a norm, copying homework to hand in time, can be a norm too. It may be fewer subjects, but each subject's demand is just too much to handle at times.

Back to the image i had...all these nonsense keeps wrapping around your heart and desensitising it. SO much so that your heart starts to slow down, its like thrash, black gooy liquid oozing out of your heart, and the heart finds it hard to keep running on. And you try to rip things off your heart, all these desensitising stuff, yet you have little time to do so, because more would just flood in day after day...when you finally cant beat the rate of additional desensitising element due to lack of time...you meet the demon within = emotional breakdown / burnout.

JC life can be one that forces you to look too little into your own emotions, and think too much in technical and clinical ways.

Those who avoid such atrocities inflicted in the human mind, thank God for their brains, but i guess they have lower EQ as well, and are rather insensitive in some sense to begin with.

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They said Singapore has one of the lowest index.
Walk on the streets and see for yourself.
Select 10 individuals, nope no couples! Just people alone...
Count the number of people, whose lips tell you they are smiling...
I sat on the bus today, and saw none. NONE.
I wonder is it really that difficult to smile, but scientists has proven that smiling takes lesser muscles than frowning, so why are our lips sunken?

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Adam Khoo gave a 2 hour talk today.
The school has managed to cut a deal with him.
He will conduct a workshop for IJC students, learning ways to learn.
He usually charge a private client (students) 1600 bucks, our school got him to charge 150 bucks.
The school will sponsor 250 students for that 3 day workshop.
IJC seriously invested a lot to my batch.
Its the first time this year, they sponsor the whole J1 cohort to go for a camp that cost about 25o bucks per head.

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Thanks Candice for the positive reinforcement.
I really treasure and value it.
But kinda belittling yourself wasnt erm...that plesant...but it was needed to prove your point. Oh wells. I lost the capacity to justify my actions, my thinking, and the words that i speak.

I've been fluctuating on my self perception. I am quite confident that i am smarter than our classmates, but hearing it from another person, is a whole different experience.
I was wondering what defines smartness?
I prefer to be intelligent.
And i know intelligent people at times do not do well in academics.

God's existence is incontrovertible.




I am clearly being random.
I am clearly slacking.
I am desensitised.

This is the product of my classmate, starting to turn insane.
She epitomises what i call the mugging bug virus.
It has infiltrated her brain and took over her cognitive functions.
Hence she published this article.
I decided to republish it because i found it hilarious. I did not play with nitrous oxide.
I am actually finding all the definitions for the words i do not know in my Gp essay book, and i resorted to such enmity, animosity, trance, reek, onus, YES ONUS is the word to republish this.
I know i am tired, and i doubt if 5 hours of sleep is enough to fill half my mortal battery life.
And lets admit, blogging is my way of escaping this ever antagonistic life.

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15 Ways to Know if You're a Mugger.

1. You wish that the human body does not need to respire so much in order to carry out its bodily functions, so that you can use more energy to mug than sleep.

2. You have a timetable for every 15 minute interval of your life, in order to maximize the optimum capacity you can mug whilst having a remainder of time resting in order to not "burn out" before you need to. After all, what loser thinks in the short run? Draw a LRAC (Long Run Awakeness Capacity Curve) la!

3. You always never fail to carry your GC around, in case you feel the pressing need to calculate the dy/dx of a curve you see in the street.

4. You live, eat, sleep, dream of Chemistry. Le Chatelier's Principle is the answer to all life's philosophies.

5. You always have panadol in your bag. Mugging has always been a priority to you in contrast to resting, and you'd rather synthetically alleviate yourself of your headache than rest it off. You need to mug!

6. All of your friends know that you carry panadol for this reason.

7. You subconsciously recite the definition of the first ionization energy in your sleep.

8. When eating Nasi Lemak, you immediately single out the cucumber and start labelling it - the seed, placenta, pedicel...

9. You have converted all of your lecture notes to .doc files and bluetooth-ed them to your phone. Through this, you are able to maximize mugging even whilst commuting on the way home while not carrying the bulky files themselves - definitely saves your blood sugar for, you guessed it, more mugging into the night. Efficient, right?

10. You definitely have no qualms about sleeping at 3am each night whilst mugging. Your racoon-like eyes are testament to that.

11. In your mind, you analyze the market structure of the shops you pass by on the way home, and scream "price discrimination!" when you pass by certain fast food restaurants.

12. You burn a lot of paper outside your HDB flat each weekend, and these were the papers you used for Maths revision. You know that it's not exactly environmentally friendly, but they have created a small mountain half a foot high in your room, and you confuse them with your other notes you need to mug with. Anything that meddles with your mugging must DIE.

13. The library is your second home. Scratch that, it IS your home, since you spend more time there than in that place where you're supposed to sleep in a bed anyway. Power naps rock! =)

14. You're nodding at each of these points stated above cause it's just SO TRUE.

15. You're motivated to mug all the more now because you realised that your secrets to mugging are not all that secret after all. Haha!


Disclaimer: This is merely a product of insanity partnered with stress for the JC1 Promotional Exams. Please do not take this seriously, and definitely don't be offended by it, if you would. Mugging methods are copyright to those who practice them on a regular basis, and are not to be copied unless given the permission to do so.

Copyrighted by Candice.CO Pinoy is under heavy pressure. Call Hotline to save her. Pick up the phone and it will tell you the number to dial. Be forewarned it will speak in Filipino language.

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There are strong Barriers To Entry, so forget about doing another similar article.
Tactile, or visual imagery? Touch the Yellow fruit? Fiddling?
Implicitly differentiate this product please.
Yes, i have to agree, Le Chatelier's principle is actually holds true for all of life's philosophies.
I personally believe we are in the constant search for equilibrium in life.
RedCat? AnOx?
A friend that looks like the two above?
KINK DEMAND CURVE! Its Kinky!!
Kinky's Definition:
5. An unusual or eccentric idea.

3.	kink - a person with unusual sexual tastes

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Back to definitions.
Define: Definitions

I just finished my 9 day long dued holiday assignment Gp essay.
975 words.

'The worst of times.' Is this an accurate picture of the modern world?

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And this photo i saw, brought an end to my zzz feeling after writing the Gp essay.

Taken from Megalife One camp photos




Abashed



More Abash

First Day = 19 visits. (For my blog)
Second Day = 14 visits.
Third Day = 10 visits.


Hence we can establish a pattern.
(N-1)
=)
My maths failed.
No, i am serious!

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I think i got the mugging bug =(
'Mugging bug' as i term it, is when you start feeling desentised towards people, and you start talking to your books.
When you attempt to communicate in social terms, your behaviours and manners seem absurd.

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I guess, i made the observation the past few days, how heavily, and subtly my clique influences each other.
KS, is the catalyst to all subtle changes, and surprisingly he influences us the most. His randomness is seirously, no link.
For example if you compete him in 成语 and he loses (Which will never be in my case), he wont concede defeat, he will instead talk to you in Tamil, and smile or laugh after that for his doings.
Wayne, is good at planting random stuff into your head.
For example, "Joey breathed, a woman just got raped."
"Joey yawns."
I am somehow subtly influenced by his narration, till i start narrating my classmates actions in front of them. And, given my peculiar way of adding adjectives to what they do, it can be interesting, yet exasperating.
Candice, asserts herself in a few ways.
'Orhh'...and 'Shut up'!
She is the least influenced i guess.
I got a feeling there s more, but i guess i see KS, Wayne, and my actions more clearly.

And i freaked Candice out, when i told her i know girls don't wear...when they...

Insinuation is the...

=)

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Syntax sounds cool eh?
Go find it here.

Word of the day: Salacious
And to accompany the word Salacious, here s word of the day 2! :Insemination

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I wonder how hard am i studying.
You may have studied hard, but it being effective is all together another thing.

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I'm in love with Mae, for the moment.

Its a band for those who think its a girl, or an item.

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Introverts, are least influenced by people's actions, and extroverts, vice versa.

I realised all my close friends who are introverted, do not often blog.
However, we have to take into consideration, other factors, like the business value in their life.

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I am the champion for listening to the most music in school.
Wayne and i at times listen to music when we make our way to LT1.
And i, am the champion because i have yet to find someone else listening to music in lecture, because i do.
I listen to music, on one side of my ear =)

I gained a new philosophy.
Why must life be so silent and dull in terms of sound? Why cant music make your life a little brighter, and bring some colours to the plain white walls?

To me music brings colours to your life.
Different genres with differing lyrics brings about different colours.
The greatest part is that the colours are not seen but felt.

Try observing how music can change your mood and others, especially when you are engaged in some extremely boring subject.

Music is a lot more powerful than what you think.

If you never knew, music affects your spirit man/woman (Did a comprehension on gender equality)

Somehow, some of the bands that i think whose music rocks, seems to be 'wrong'.
At times, i get prompting from God that these bands, abuse drugs, have multiple sex partners, smokes and indulge in alcoholism.
When listening to such bands, its not good to listen to them for too long.
Subtly, thrash will be deposited into you, and it can bring your mood down.

When you are pissed, please dont listen to screamos.
When you are broken, dont listen to songs that accentuates self pity.
Its a bit like walking in the middle of the highway when you know you would get knock down.

Be selective.

Dont hesitate to delete songs that you feel prompted by God that is ungodly.
I mean its not that there is only one nice song on this planet, and God asks you to delete that ONLY nice song.
At the very least, dont listen to it often.

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If you have yet to realise how zzz my grammar is for this post, say hi to the Joey who feels desentised and suffer from dementia.
And the word of the day part, for those who checked the meanings, i am seriously just being spas.
Regarding the word syntax, it goes to show how bad the syntax is for this post.

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Now playing: Mae - Breakdown
via FoxyTunes

Greed is unending, never satisfied.
Greed can only be nullified with contentment.
The only way to kill covetousness is with contentment.

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Regarding the Chicken Essence brand poster ads at the bus stops, i think its one of the dumbest advertisements created on earth, at least to me.
Firstly, RI no longer sits for O level exam since 2006. The last batch was 2004, if I'm not wrong.
Next, what defines a PERFECT IB scorer? They should be holding their certs instead of Chicken Essence.
Thirdly, what makes you think that these people, from top schools, really do well, JUST because they drink Chicken Essence? Dont they have brains by nature, with the addition of hard work?
And yes, 5% of RJC students cant get into Uni, for the 2006 batch.

I cant believe that local advertisements are so downright dumb. I'm abashedly ashamed (Yes dual emphasis) by the messages these advertisements give, and PEOPLE BELIEVE IT?!?! Faints.

And they cant think of something more original than to use top schools?
Ms Ong Lay Pheng is right, use the neighbour hood schools and you will attract more consumers.

It just disgusts me that Chicken Essence has to reinforce the TYPICAL stereotype that ALL top school students do well. They just have to reinforce the fact that Singapore's Education system is competitive and in order to make it to top, get Chicken Essence.
I guess i degraded my blog in a way, but to readers, this is a good example on what is critical thinking. Justify their credibility. Looks like PW paid off.

This is one of the places, where i get prideful and say, i can get come up with an advert 10 times better than that. THE ONLY credit i'll give them is that they get decent looking people for the advert. But its expected anyway.

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And regarding those who are still brooding over the Pastor Mike Guglielmucci issue/hoax whatever you will call it. Just move on?
You never lied in your life before?!?! You never threw away someone's trust?
And i guess, there s a lot more BIGGER issues to settle than this hoax?
Can you justify your brooding, when in that short span of time, a few hundred babies just got aborted across this world.
People died of starvation, and a few girls/woman got raped?
I mean these kind of stuff happens CONSTANTLY, and you still brood over the whole hoax?
It just doesnt sound justified to me. <-- There s a link to check out some death rates.

Number of babies aborted throughout the world since World War II:

More than 1.5 billion.

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This post is simply: Conflagrate .

3 Weeks, of pure muggerism.
Constant mugging. Progressive is its nature.

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This is super old.
I stumbled upon this, Seth Godin (One of the world's most popular blogger), whom i knew long ago, and the advice he gives on how to make your posts reader friendly.
Actually more than reader friendly.

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I want to do this.

The Great Experiment, i would call it.
I lied down on my bed a week ago, and i thought, lets see how powerful can the online networking be.
I will cook up a blog, and get 10 influential people to get another 10 people to go to my new blog. From this stage onwards, if they wish to spread, so be it, if they wish otherwise, so be it too.
Of course the blog cant just be telling them to share the link and see how powerful online networking can get.

I'm considering to put the current world's 10 greatest plagues.
Like:

• Global warming and its Effects
  
• Starvation and Water Shortages
  
• Apartheid and Civil Wars
  
• Abortions and Human Rights
  
• Religion and Truth
• Illiteracy and Education
  
• Genetic Engineering and Post Modernism
  
• Inflation and Capitalism
  
• Consumerism and Poverty
  
• Terrorism and Ideological Differences
  

And of course, you cant state the problems of this world and not attempt to give solutions.
Everyone wants to feel empowered to make a difference.
Thus, provide solutions.

Sounds ambitious.
Sounds impossible.
Sounds daunting.

I'll see.
You'll see.
We'll see.

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I heard from sermon today. We eat 30 tonnes of food in our whole life time.
Thats 30 cars worth of weight.
We spend 19 days trying to find the remote control.
This is true for those who watch tv. I seldom watch.
And you are actually really well off?
2/3 of this world's population, do not even have a bank account.
You dont?
You are above average, and you want to buy more?
What has advertisements done to your brain?
Do you really need those "things?"
Consumerism...

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I guess i found a simple rationale why people with little wealth are happy.
They do not have to worry how to spend the money, since they dont even have the money.
Poor people are rich people.

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Be

Contented

[I just want some space here]
[I am sleepy]




This is Mr cho, my lit teacher.
He once brought a camera flasher (The thing you used to flash at people while taking photos?) Hee. hee...Yes i treated you like a retard, yet i might have make myself a retard for doing that.
He flashed at people who were falling asleep.
I exclaimed, "What Mr cho flashed?!?!"
Isn't he good looking?



I study in INNOVA primary school.
I wish the photo was clearer, but its cute anyway =)
And my dimples are just so deep. Goodness.
And my right arm look like its flexing...




Check out the two exit signs.
Took this in LT1.
During Maths lecture.
I sat right in the front role.
I picked up a phone call from dad in that Maths lecture too.
Oh...did i forget to say that it was a make up lecture...
and it was at 550 - 650?
Pm.



Isn't Ian cute?
Dont you just feel like pinching his cheeks?
Thanks Ian for all the company =)
And I'm just proud of this photo i took.
Its still not awesome, but its nowhere near disgusting.

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Last night.
I went out with old poly cell mates.
It was an awesome outing.
It was last minute, almost.
I spent a bomb.
25bucks.
In two restaurants.
SPAGGEDIES and Cafe Cartel.
I had

• Penne Alfredo.
• St louis pork ribs.
• A little mud cake here and there.
• Some carrots, coleslaw, and mango lover.
• I had 3 pieces of bread.
• One loaf = 8 pieces.
• I had Soup too.

And i was actually kinda full after eating Penne Alfredo, and i stuff myself with all the other rubbish as well, since i wasnt satisfied by Penne Alfredo.
Indulgence.

We did not engage in any heart to heart talk, i mean its kinda tough when there s 7 of us.
To me, it was full attendance =)
Yet a warmth surrounds me.
Its been a long time since i felt that way.

Camwhoring was uberly awesome.
Especially the self potraits from Ian, and the photo with Ian posing as the wife, and Joshua as the husband.
One word: Hilarious

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Off to church.
3 weeks of mugging and i'll be done.
I must promote!
Got a family to feed =)
Aite!

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Now playing: Bebo Norman - Disappear
via FoxyTunes

ZZZ. I find such tag stuff, a little restraining, and i dont like to be confined to what i wish to say. Hence, i dislike tags. Since, Candice being a close friend, tagged me, i
have little choice but to abide. Loll...and sighs, i cant turn down tags can i? Since again she is the only one who tags.

And i am slacking here, while my classmates just got dismissed from Chem lesson.

Progressive study boy.


1. The person who last tag you is:
Candice? Luaren? GARCIA?!?! Balete?
I am not sure which one though.

2. Your relationship with him/her is:
Classmate. Assumed pseudo wife. Nothing to add on that, just that it is so not true.

3. Your five impressions of him/her
She camwhores.
Mugger on the outside, slacker on the inside.
Loves God, but still has much more to learn, yet at the same time, have walked some distance.
Orhhhhhhh....
Pinoi pressure!
(The stuff is written based on randomisation, and what comes in mind first)

4. The most memorable thing he/she had done for you:
Listen to me complain. The simple things like msging, online msn. bla bla bla.

5. The most memorable thing he/she has said to you:
Shut up!
Orrhhhhhh

6. If he/she becomes your lover, you will:
Ask her to surrender all the money she has. Grins.
Eh i am being retarded la.
Goodness, this is the second time my blog receives a tag virus.
zzz

7. If he/she becomes your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be:
Her hair and figure! Muhahahaha. No la.
Just stop orhhhing me.

8. If he/she becomes your enemy, you will:
Whats this man?! How come its all about her and nothing about me?
I will buy her a ticket and ask her to go home.

9. If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be:
She thinks I've grown too fat.

10. The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
Help me get all As, and she get all but one A less.

11. Your overall impression of him/her is:
Sleeps in hostel.

12. How do you think people around you feel about you?
I dont really care. I know those who are close to me, know who i am. At least well enough.
And i am contented.
I just dont wish to get flamed for nothing, by people who dont know me.

13. The characters you love of yourself are:
Imagination. Randomness. Blatant?
But i love my imagination a gazillion times.
I love it a lot because, i know many of my peers lack this.
And i find my imagination highly unique.
Contrite before God? Not too sure on this. God has to verify.

14. On the contrary, the characters you hate about yourself are:
Slacking too much, yet mugging.
Not progressive in what i do, but i guess if i am, than my imagination would lack.
I wish i could be more consistent with God.

15. The most ideal person you want to be is:
Myself. Because i am a unique creation by God.
Whoever asked this question, lacks self perception.
Sighs....

16. For people that care and like you, say something to them:
I love you toooooooo <33333
Too lazy to change what Candice wrote. The line above.

17. Pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wished to know how they feel about you:
1) Candice
1) Candice
1) Candice
1) Candice
1) Candice
1) Candice
1) Candice
1) Candice
1) Candice
2) No one else but Candice. Maybe lauren garcia balete might work too.

You people better go do this OKAAYYYY? =D
Ops. i mean you!

18. Who is 6 having a relationship with?
Huh? Dont understand question. Skip.

19. Is 9 male or female?
Hello. Is Hello a group of males or females?
What a stupid question.
SIghs...
Loll.
I should be watching my black hawk down now.
zzz.

20. If 7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
If they are together. I pray they have more kids?
How would i know?!?!
I know there s something called global warming though.
And i feel that Americans are the most ignorant people on earth.
Ops.

21. Tell me more about 7.
She has two eyes, one nose, one mouth =)
And she ties her hair.
Man i am only halfway through.
THIS IS SO TIME CONSUMING!
BALETE!!!! I SHALL EAT YOU!
HAHAHAHAH.

22. What is 2 studying about?
Studying on the best way to slack. In terms of allocative, productive, and dynamic efficiency.
Trying to aim for the lowest cost curve, produce the most output at lowest cost.
Trying to study how to be a monopoly.
(I shall hereby assume any number hence forth = Candice)

23. When was the last time you had a chat with 3?
Err. more than 24 hours ago?

24. What kind of music band does 8 like?
The Fray.
And only The Fray.

25. Does 1 have any siblings?
3 other sibilings?

26. Will you woo 3?
Err....why not you tell me?
I have someone else in mind.
Guess i haven given up?

27. How did you get to know 6?
Through something called education. And the natural selection theory.

28. Is 4 single?
Err she has 3 other partners, so nope.

29. What is the surname of 5?
Balete?
Makes me think of banana.

30. What's the hobby of 4?
Orhhh ing.
MUAHAHHAHA

31. Does 5 and 9 get along well?
Yes they are the same person =)

32. Where is 2 studying at?
Innova Junior College
Under the desk of Mr cho/lin?

33. Talk something casually about 1:
Lol. My classmate who incidentally takes ALL of the same subjects as me (which is rare? o_o), also got into the Pre-U sem like me, likes to take photos of people and camwhore, makes up a lot of theories, values creativity, plays DOTA like mad, and loves God =D He also likes to complain. Haha. (:

(This IS CANDICE'S classification of me. Which i decide to keep it original. The only two classification i can think of that we dont coincide is gender, and cca)

34. Have you tried developing feelings for 8?
Tried?
Err...give me a million and then i'll consider?
Gosh...

35. Where does 9 live at?
On earth.
Where do you who asked the question live at?
The sun?!

36.What colour does 3 like?
Wild guess.
Surmising.
Brown?
Loll.

37. Are 5 and 1 best friends?
ZZZ...
THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON!
SIGHS.
Didnt know the who you want to tag is such a huge question.
SHould have given some mark allocation.

38. Does 1 have any pets?
She is commonly known as...
No idea.
I WANT TO GO TOILET!
TWO MORE TO GO!

39. Is 7 the sexiest person in the world?
Candice answer for yourself =)

40. What is 10 doing now?
Walking and breathing.

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Phew...
Candice, if you ever tag me, please give me an intelligent tag.
Not one majors in feelings.
zzz..
Pls dont take it to heart though.
I'll remember your annoying tags, so fret not.
Hee..

=)

A smile for a really close classmate.

There is only one justification in forgiveness.
Since Jesus forgave, you should too.

You have every right to forgive yourself, since Jesus died for you on the cross.
Your unwillingness to forgive yourself, is a downgrading of Jesus's death for you on the cross.

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Surrendering is hard, but I'm sure God sees the intentions.
Dont give in yeah?

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I hope this wasn't too preachy like. Its not that i am some holy saint, but yeah i guess i speak up for the truth even though i had second thoughts if i should post the stuff mentioned above.

I am not asserting the stuff i claim as final, but its what i believe in.

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For those who have grown desensitised through the course of time,
You are not alone.
Work may have piled up so high, till you forgot where you place your heart, till you lost genuineness.
When you start seeing the change take place so fast till you are not able to recognise even yourself.
You look in the mirror and wonder who have i turned into?
Why are my actions not reflecting God?
You start crying.
Wish you could turn back time, get a better hold of the whole situation, prepare for the change, and not let it sweep you off your feet.
A sense of remorse floods your inner being, and you wish you could do anything to get rid of it.
You wish you had the strength and courage to start praying again, or simply read your Bible, or just to do it consistently.
Maybe, you should have been more aware, before the hole, that emptiness gotten too big to handle.
You wish...you didnt have to wish for all these wishes.

For those 3 close to my heart, you are in my prayers.

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Be patient yeah?
God will eventually give rest.
Have the courage to face it yeah?
All it takes might just be you having the courage to face it, with God.
Face all of it with God.
Anyway, He seen the most thrash in history.
No matter how disgusting it looks to us, He will still smile at you, and embrace you.

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You are not in this alone.

Inconvenient truth:

When the sun rays hit the glaciers, or ice bergs, more than 90% of the sun rays are reflected back up.
When the sun rays hit the oceans, 90% of it is absorbed.

And as the surrounding water of the ice bergs gets warmer, it would speed up the melting of the ice.

Hence, the rate is exponential.

If the temperature increases by 1 at the equator, the north pole would increase by 12 degrees.
Thanks to ocean currents.

If both Greenland and Antarctica completely melts, it would raise the sea level by 40 feet.
1 feet = approximately 30 cm.
40 feet = 30cm X 40 = 1200 cm = 12M.
Ooo...If you are 1.5 M tall...that would be about...8 times your height.
If you are about 1.7 M tall, that would be about 7 times your height.

There is a lot more.
Check this out.

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People, better start learning how to swim, just for the sake of surviving one more day.

If you have been ignorant, and not know what global warming is...for starters, the glaciers are melting at an alarming rate.

North pole, might just be the hottest place on earth in the next 50 years, since all the ice would have melted there, and the sea level insanely high there then.
And, glaciers are falling off from ice bergs, EVERY DAY.

Oh wells...

Maybe we should invent a floating city.
I think Japan has already done that.
But i pray, it does not get crushed by the tidal waves.

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Here s a link.
It shows the contributors of CO2...
America has got to do something quick.
I pray China does not follow suit.

No wonder Al Gore is so disappointed over their performance, i sympathise him.
And his patience and faith is amazing.
He presented the same message a thousand times to many people across the face of this planet.

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Thank God he put hope back into me.
There are ways we could reduce our carbon emission to zero.

This is one of the essays i read from the GP essay book.

Here goes:

The pen is mightier than the sword. Can written language really be so powerful?

If one had flipped through the pages of a History textbook, one would find above anything else, conflict and war. The pen and the sword are two very different methods by which we come into, and deal with, conflict. In this light, it seems that to say that the pen is mightier than the sword would be the equivalent of heresy - words cannot hurt your flesh, they can only harm your mind, whilst a sword can literally pierce through your heart.

The pages of History are littered with attempts to use forces to prove ourselves "mightier" than one other. Great revolutions in the history of mankind have, most of the time, been carried out through rampage, and bloodshed. It seems that the mere drawing of the sword pushes wars to new levels. Or at least that is what man chooses to believe. During ancient times, it seemed clear to Man that the answer to question of peace and development was the Sword. Forgetting Christ's appeal for unity in the Church, most of Christian Europe was embroiled in crusades - religious military campaigns - waged against external and internal opponents. The French Revolution that gave birth to the respectable principles of nationalism, citizenship and inalienable rights, was forged in violent turmoil as well. How did Word War Two end "peacefully?" With a large sword - the Atomic Bomb.

The employment of words and the written language to mitigate or dissolve conflicts therefore seems pointless. It may seem overly idealistic to even think that the pen can overpower the sword in any way. The Munich Agreement was a written document meant to buy peace prior to World War Two. But it only lasted for a few months before war broke out again. History seems to have taught us that if we trust the Pen, our faith would be invested in passivity and inactivity. This faith would waste away into lost hope as long as someone takes action before we do, as long as any other person chooses to harness the power of the Sword, that is to use the power of action against mere words. It seems impossible for us to believe that the Pen can be more powerful than the Sword because words without action simply cannot triumph over the sheer force of action. The "Sword" is a modification of the spear head, which was after all, created for damage and destruction.

Nevertheless, the ramifications of mere words is essentially how much we make out of it. The fact that words can sometimes inflict a wound deeper than the sharpest sword can manage might render them more powerful than sheer force. In Othello, the famous line "it is not words that shake me thus" breathed by Othello before the finally falls into a trance reeks of irony. It is the mind games and the wordplay of Iago that makes the play a tragedy. This only goes to show how words can not just hurt emotionally but if used well enough, can even bring about physical damage.

We would note though, that the Pen can only be mightier than the Sword if the pen is an educated one. As Man becomes increasingly knowledgeable and learned, he also becomes more able to unlock the power of the written word, bringing the hopes of Bulwer Lytton, Shakespearse and Thomas Jefferson to life. Modern man chooses to educate his children the pen, not the sword. Some ancient civilisations priortised military superiority over "bookish" education and perished without leaving real legacies behind. According to Jared Diamond's Gun, Gems and Steel, the main reason why the mighty Inca empire was defeated by a much smaller Spanish army of conquistadors and reduced to a mere footnote in history is because the Spanish drew upon the power of written information derived from the great libraries of Europe. The Incas had not developed basic literacy nor record keeping in their civilisation - the written word was not yet perceived as a useful technology in their culture. Leveraging on extensive written records of successful past military stratagems and documentation of foreign weapons technology (i.e the use of steel to forge lighter weapons and armour), the Spanish thus smashed through tens of thousands of Inca warriors whose comparatively clumsy weapons and armour could not hold up to the onslaught.

Ultimately, when powerful words enshrining out most powerful ideals emerge from the pens of passionate and dedicated individuals, whole armies of ordinary people can be raised to change the status quo forever. Some of our most gifted writers have been our most gifted orators. BY adding the compelling power of speech and personal charisma on top of their written words ,the pen's ability to neutralise the sword can be multiplied manifold. Marin Luther King Jr.'s most memorable speech "I Have a Dream"inspired generations of white and black Americans to lay aside centuries of radical animosity. William Wilberforce's treatise "On the Abolition of the Slave Trade" penned in 1789 was arguably the main reason why we no longer accept the sight of men in chains as a norm. Wilberforce's and King Jr.'s convictions and beliefs and fighting for peace and justice were themselves influenced by the spoken words of Jesus Christ. written and passed down faithfully by early Christian apostles. From the ancient Jewish books of Joel, Micah, and Isaiah, both men found and fought for the promised day when "swords would be beaten into plowshares" and "spears into pruning hooks," where "nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore." (Isiah 2:4)

The pen epitomises patience and virtue while the sword is synonymous with rashness and aggression. The latter is unabashedly human, direct and swift while the former inspires humanity to attain what is good and is thus able to deliver messages with equal, if not more, fervour, depth and long-lasting impact than the other. Perhaps Man should use the Pen to restrain and the guide the passion of the Sword. Let words be the steering wheel of our vehicle that is fuelled by force and action as we drive towards the future.

After all, "sword" and "words" are really just the same five alphabets that have their positions jumbled.

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The last line: Beauty at its utmost. Utterly gorgeous, as Mdm Chitra would put it.

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I wrote this essay in about half an hour. 1063 words.
Thats about 300 words for 10 minutes.
30 words for a minute?
1 word for every 2 seconds.

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I wrote this whole essay as part of revision.
Whee.
And its the only essay that gives DIRECT reference to the Bible.
:D
Other essays do highlight certain events in the Bible though.

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Alright shall finish watching Inconvenient Truth.

I was drained till i went out for a 1.2km half sprint.

Watching the inconvenient truth somehow allowed a sense of hopelessness to overcome me.
I finished reading GP essay book. Alright there are 2 more essays, but near finish.

Their essays are God like.
Progressive, clean, concise, effect is well driven, and the conclusions usually catch me by surprise. Every line is crafted to impress you.
Some of their sayings are just seriously shocking.

I think i never studied so much in my life for 3 days straight, yet i feel under accomplished?
I guess i always set unrealistic goals?
God told me it was more than good, he is proud of me, and its actually a lot.

After skipping, God actually said, "99.9% of the time, you set unrealistic goals."

Candice said this to me, "like what you say,God sees the effort
and He sees things in His standard, not our standard
sometimes we think that His standard is always higher than ours, but maybe not necessarily."

Ever thought that way? That we expect more from ourselves than God expects of us?

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There are two things i want to invent, if i ever dive into the inventing game.
A kind of wear, that regulates body temperature, both preventing us from feeling too hot or too cold, since Global warming is screwing up all our temperatures.
And the other one: If we can generate electricity from our excretion, that would be great."
:D

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I just read about proper breathing techniques.

Its rather intriguing how we so easily overlook such minor yet major details.
If proper breathing techniques are applied, it would reduce anger, anxiety, depression, fatigue, irritability, muscular tension and stress.

Here s the link.

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I'm turning introvert, but i guess i'm still an extro.
I realise i dont mind turning intro cause i might find myself having too many friendships to maintain, so i dont see any point in getting more friends. At least friends that need maintainance.
One of the most important thing you must know about me...
Reciprocation is extremely important to me.
If you dont reciprocate, i would be easily discourage, and get tempted to strike you off from my friendship list.

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I have a "sweets" theory.
Assuming:
Every human being has 10 sweets of love.
If they only have one boy/girl friend in their life, then that boy/girl friend would get all the ten sweets.
If an individual had 9 boy/girl friends, and one husband/wife, then each one of them only gets one sweet.
Hence due to this simple theory, i believe in the first and last concept.
Why cant we increase the number of sweets?
Simply because, you cant turn back time. Everyone is 13 once.
Every relationship takes time to nurture.
For those who gives out too many of their sweets, the value of their final boy/girl friend would drop drastically.

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If i ever become a psychiatrist, i would research into social dynamics, publish some papers, and become famous =)
I might look into age - behaviour dynamics.

I am using dynamics as i lack a better word for it.

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I just drank soyabean milk.

I wonder who loves milk too.

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Thanks Mei for opening up =)