Random Stuff

Hello again. I know that I still have not put up the photos of my new house. Just be patient with me for a while, it'll be up quite soon(Hopefully). And I have 123 views on my blog! Yay!

Oh, and it seems that 3 different people voted for 3 different posts. Now I might have to draw lots. Oh well, at least it goes to show that all my posts are appreciated and should be quite good. I really do wonder which one to hand in. I think I should just give it a bit more time for people to vote. And special thanks to all those who voted.

Sadly, I have to wear Full Uniform tomorrow again. It seems that there would be a Muster Parade happening. I don't think that we would have to participate in it, but maybe we would just need to watch. I do have to stay back for Chinese re-test(for failing spelling) after school, and I might miss out on the Parade. Which is a good and bad thing, depending on how you look at it. The good thing is that I miss out, and the bad is that I miss out. But by the way I look at it, it is a good thing. Hell, changing into the uniform alone takes up a lot of time. I knew that I would resent wearing my Full Uniform eventually because we bring it almost every single week starting from this year. And I don't like people to look at my big plastic bags when I'm in the bus. It makes me feel uneasy. I hate it when I get extra unnecessary attention too. Makes me nervous and scared.

I'm not working harder as I was expecting myself to at the start of the year. Just too stressful and it's just my habit to slack. In my opinion, if you know the technique or method, you should be alright already. Homework should be reduced. Small class tests should be enough to practice. Take Geography for example. The teacher asks us to read certain pages and then he tests us. It's enough to know the content in the textbook and people would actually read the textbook. If you just tell them to read the textbook and do nothing to follow up, no one would read it other than the hardworking ones. And that's why I like the style that the Geography teacher uses.

Alright, I shall end here as I want to read up on Hamlet Act 5 Scene 1 for the Literature test tomorrow. I'll probably search Wikipedia and cram all the important information in my head. And I have to pin up the badges and buttons on my NPCC Uniform for tomorrow too. Wish me luck for my test tomorrow and have a good night. Or good day. Or good afternoon. Sayonara!

Writer's Block

I have to write a post and another one for tomorrow and touch up a little on my grammar and put up pictures by this Friday. And there's nothing interesting that happened this week for me, so I shall write about not knowing what to write about. I'm getting the same feeling that I always feel when I can't write a composition. I get stressed because there's a deadline, and that I'm 'forced' to write when I don't feel like it. I mean, can't the teachers give us some slack? Four subjects a day, and that means at least two pieces of homework a day.

Forget about the burgers, steal the coupons!

So much work, so little time. I really which I had the power to control time. That'll be so awesome. When you want to eat, you can just stop time and head to McDonalds and steal some burgers. You could fast-foward time too, and see what happens in the future. But the best is to stop time. It's so flexible and you could do whatever you want with so much time. And you can have freedom and do whatever you want without having to worry about anything. I really hope someone from the future would pass me a remote control that I could use to control time. Come on 'Me' from the future, pass me that remote now!

I don't even know which blog post I should pass up. I should put a poll so you people could vote on the posts. Yeah, I'll do that tomorrow. See, if I had the power to control time, I wouldn't even have to worry about adding the poll. I can think of at least 101 things from the top of my head that I could do if I could control time. Controlling time would be a big part of my life, because I'm a procrastinator. Here's a spooky video about a supposed Time-Traveller from a very old Charlie Chaplin Film called "The Circus".

The old woman a Time-Traveller?I doubt it.

Why does my Television react to the buttons I press?

Also, I feel that compositions are time-wasters. There are so many similar topics that always come out. Like "You heard a crash coming from the kitchen" or "I saw the house door ajar, and when I went inside, my mouth fell wide open...". It's just so common that it gets on my nerves. There's only a range of things we could write, and ours must be 'extra-ordinary' and we must think out of the box. The only things we could write if our house door was ajar was that there was a burglary, your family member lying on the floor or there was an explosion or something. There, I just showed you that compositions are a waste of time.

I don't know what to write here. I'll just say some random things. First off, I've been writing shorter and shorter posts. I must have some new material or my blog is going to look plain and boring. The next thing is that I don't know how to end this post. I must say something before I end. The last thing is I want people to follow this blog. It makes me feel famous. Seeing my Views getting higher makes me happier too. See the spike in views? The biggest one? That's when I posted it on my Facebook. So to my friends in Facebook who took the time to read this, thanks. I'd appreciate it if you vote on the best posts at the poll at the bottom and if you follow me.

Alright, I'm going to stop here and hope for some new content that I can write about tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be something 'solid' unlike this post. So to all you people out there who is reading this, Goodnight(Or morning or afternoon, depends on when you read this)!

Change Of Address

Today, I shall be writing about the time where I moved house during the holidays. I might be making many mistakes as I just woke up after taking a nap from 3PM to 7PM. Currently, I'm watching Terminator 2: Judgement Day. It's quite an action-packed show and it's funny at certain points. I have not ate my dinner so I'm going to type faster as I'm really hungry. I shall now start to recap what happened during the 26th.

On the 26th of December, I moved from Geylang to Bedok. The new location of my house is very close to Fengshan Centre and it sells many delectable food at affordable prices. Due to this, I have gained weight fortunately. So far, I'm loving this place as it is very close to my Church(Bethesda Cathedral) and I have my own room. However, I dislike the process of moving house as it is very troublesome and boring. I have moved houses around 3 times in my lifetime so far. The first time was from Telok Kurau Lorong N to Hougang, then from Hougang to Geylang, then to Bedok. I had to pack all of my things and put it in a box on the 25th. It was a slow, tedious process and I felt happy when I found certain things which I had lost over the years.

The Earlier Kitchen (Dude put some clothes on!)

Renovation (Don't ask me who that guy is)

The Kitchen (Hey guy leaning on the window, stop slacking!)

The next day, the movers(The ones who helped us moved our furniture) came and put our things on the trolley and one by one, they sent a trolley down and put the furnitures in a truck. In two, actually, as we had many things. After putting all the things into the trucks, they set off our new house. Then, we(My family), in our father's car, drove to our new house so that we could help them move the things. I was told to watch the furniture in case the movers or someone take away a box as we had lost a box when we moved from Hougang to Geylang. It was extremely boring as there was nothing to do but to stare at the boxes. After a long while, we sent all the boxes up to the 8th floor and started to un-pack the boxes. I found my box and took it to my room and started unpacking it after the furniture was put in place. I put the books and files on the study table and arranged it neatly. After an hour of chaos, we managed to unpack everything and arrange our things in our own rooms.

Overall, I still hate moving house as there is nothing interesting to do and it's very boring. After a few weeks, I manage to settle down and I enjoy staying here as it feels much bigger compared to the last house I had stayed in(Geylang).

I will be uploading the photos of my house and the older house later as I'm going to have my dinner now. I also want to watch Terminator 2 now on television as I have not watched it before, though it was made in the year 1991. Hasta La Vista, Baby!

NPCC : The Secondary One's First Day

It's been 10 days since I posted, and I have not much to write, just that I'll write about the NPCC training today. So, I had to wear my Full Uniform which consists of the Shirt, the Trousers, the Beret, the socks and boots and  the belt. I really hate bringing it to school as I have to walk a bit and change buses. Worse still, I
have to bring it back. If only I could leave it somewhere in school... But I'd have to wash it and iron it and all that. Oh well, guess there's no easy way out.

I'm in NPCC, and I'm proud of it!

When I reached school, I felt excited as I spent an hour putting on the buttons and badges on my Shirt the previous day. I felt a sense of pride and looked forward to the training. Another reason why I was excited for the training was that the Secondary One students would be coming and there was a new Buddy System that would be set up.

After school, My friends, Arjit(In NPCC too) and Danish (In NCC Land), stayed back to change into our Uniform. Then Arjit and I went outside the NP Room and wanted a Sir to check our Uniform. I was kind of disappointed when I was told that my Name Tag was pinned wrongly and other problems with my Uniform. So, Arjit and I adjusted each other's Uniform. Then, the rest of the squad came and we falled-in. The Secondary Ones came too, and they assembled beside us.

The Parade Square is considered Sacred.

After putting our bags in the NP Room, we did our drills at the Parade Square. We were split into groups and did marching drills around the Parade Square. I felt jubilant as I preferred Marching Drills to the Footwork Drills, which are quite boring. Footwork Drills are drills which require you to turn from the position you are standing in or change from Stand Easy to Attention and vice versa. We marched around the Parade Square, turning left and right and back when our ICs gave the commands to. We did that for around for 40 minutes, and then we went down to the NP Room to take our bags and change into our PT Kit(PT means Physical Training; to me, it's just a fancy name for PE Uniform). So after changing, we went to the Field to play Soccer. Thanks to our Sir Derek, we could play at the Field as there were people from the Cricket CCA occupying the area.

We had a fun time playing Soccer as the last time we played it was quite a long time ago. After we played for quite some time, we went back outside the NP Room to fall-in and we were given our buddies. We had around 15 minutes to talk to each other. It was really interesting to hear what they felt about the CCA. I still remembered the time where I was a Secondary One, and was really impressed by the CCA and had many questions regarding NPCC. I think the new Buddy System was helpful as they would understand more about the CCA and what happens during the trainings when they ask us because they probably would not ask the Sirs as they might appear scary to them. And the Sirs are scary.

We took our bags and went home. I really hope to be able to know more about the Secondary One Cadets as they are quite unique and interesting. Apparently, they're going to name their squad "The Gunners". Hopefully it changes as I don't really like that name, but that's just my personal opinion. Oh, I just found a video on Youtube that was taken during a full dress rehearsal from Suntec City to Marina Bay 4 years ago(2007). If only we can march as well as them.

Marching On The Road

Like all my other posts, thanks for reading, and I will be grateful if you would spend the time to write a comment as I think my blog still has room for improvement.

My Holiday

It has been around a week and I think I should write about my holidays so that I can remember it when I return to this blog 10 years (or more). It has been real busy, quite a few major things that happened. First, I moved from Geylang to Bedok. Another thing that happened during the holiday was that I went for Unit Training Camp (UTC) organised by my CCA (NPCC). I'll be talking about UTC and cover about the moving of house in my next post.

The camp was held from 27th December to 29th December. 27th was actually my mother's birthday, so I missed that unfortunately. So on the 27th, my father sent me to school, and I saw my friends at the Canteen. So I sat down and talked to my friends. Then, the ICs (In-Charge) asked us to 'fall-in' (Assemble). They told us to put our bags outside the OVA (Old Victorians' Association) room and take our water bottles. After we did that, they asked us to gather in our Barracks (Groups) at certain places. Just then, I realised that my water bottle was empty when it was supposed to be full. I was scared for a moment but after that I calmed myself down.

A Stove I wish I had.

(I just realised that the lines is a hand)

After we had gathered, we played some games. First, we introduced each other to one another. Then, we had to say each others' names. The first person will say his name, then the next person will say the first person's name and his own name, then it would keep continuing until someone couldn't remember the names. It was too easy and no one lost. Anyways, the next game was to pass a bottle and there was music playing. When the music stops, the person holding the bottle loses and does a forfeit (quite and easy one). Then the next game was Wacko. We we're playing happily until the Sirs(The Secondary 3 Seniors, now Secondary 4) asked us to fall in. Anyways, we had loads of fun. Luckily, my friend Travis gave me some water as the Sirs wanted us to drink up. Now, I can't really remembered what happened after this, so I'll skip right to Lunch.

During Lunch, we were given Solid Fuel, Mesh Tins, a stove and Maggi Mee and Canned Food to eat. I had no idea how to cook it, but luckily my Secondary 2 seniors taught me (And my Barrack-Mates) how to cook it. So we ate the food after having a hard time starting the fire. After eating, we washed the Mesh Tins and

Maggi Mee. But I had Mushroom-flavoured.

(Don't ever buy it, you'll regret it!)

threw the rubbish away.We then returned the Rations (The Solid Fuel, Mesh Tins, the Stoves and the leftover food) to the Sirs. I forgot what happened next as I only remembered the "Happy Moments". So I think after this, we went for a run... I think. No wait, maybe it was bonding games. Hm... Oh! We went to the Parade Square for some games, but unfortunately, it was ended earlier due to lack of time. No wait, this was before lunch.

Before dinner, we went for a bath. And guess what we ate for dinner? Maggi Mee!(Boo!) I was really afraid of losing my hair at this point of time, but no, I still have every strand of hair intact. Anyways, the next thing we did was to play "Night Commando". The objective of the game was to get as much twine from your opponents. The twine is put inside the back of our pants and it must be sticking out so others have a chance to pull it. But as usual, some dishonest tied it to their undergarments. So we had a fun time playing and it was really thrilling and exciting and it gives a kind of adrenaline rush, though it's a bit frightening and scary as it is dark. So after this we went for supper which consists of Jacob's Biscuits and we slept after that. I managed to sleep even though it was cold.

And the next morning was fun! We had 5BX (5 Basic Exercises) and then we ran 2 rounds around the school. After that we had a breakfast of bread and Grape Jam. However, there was no spoon. So we had to dip our bread into the jam bottle. Okay, let's move away from this tragic incident and move on to PT Comp (Physical Training Competition)! We had to do Crunches, Push-Ups, Jumping Jacks, Half-Squats, and Buddha Claps. Our Barrack did 300 Crunches, 100 Push-Ups, and figures that I forgot. We had beaten the other barracks in certain exercises and we were quite elated. And here's a video and it's a break from this long post.

                                      There is no Spoon 

 

After this, we had lunch, and we cooked all the food as our Sirs told us that we would have Catered food for dinner. Apparently, this was because the ROD was postponed to the Campfire. Then, we went for Telematch but our BLs (Barrack Leaders) and ABLs (Assistant Barrack Leader) were forced to do some punishments for leaving the flag behind after the PT Comp. So, for Telematch, we had to go around the school and find certain letters which would spell I[Space]Love[Space]UTC. They would give hints like, Loud DRILLing, which meant the Parade Square because we do Drills at the Parade Square at times. After going around, we saw our BLs and ABLs and they told us that they had to do push-ups and crunches. So we returned to the Canteen, tired and weary after running up and down. Next, we had other games and it was fun. We, as a barrack, went to the staircase near the bridge at the Koi Pond. The game was called "Telephone", and we had to dial the Pizza Hut number, and had to go to the 6th Floor and shout SIX! and then to the 2nd Floor and shout TWO! and so on. We were told that if we shouted loud enough, they would buy pizza, but we all knew it was a lie. Then we went up and down and everytime we were at the 3rd floor, they asked us to shout a cheer. So eventually we finished it, but the Sir said he pressed the wrong number.

The next game was "Broken Telephone", and it was real hilarious to hear the correct sentence and the wrong one. So after that, we went to play a game and had to support a pail using only one foot from each person. We had the longest record because the Secondary 2 Seniors thought of a good method to support the pail. However, we had to go back earlier for our next activity. The Sirs had pasted different cards around the first floor and second floor and each one is worth 5 points. Points are important as it determines the Best Barrack. However, we could not take our own coloured paper. On second thought, it was more like a card. Anyways, we could also play the most Epic Game and the winner of the Epic Game would win a card from the

Epic Game is Epic.

opponent. So we collected quite a sum of cards. Then we went back to the Canteen and we were sent to the Parade Square to play a game. They put paper on the floor and when they say a colour like Blue, then you have to be on a blue paper. It drizzled slightly though, but it didn't matter. So then they made it difficult by removing rows. Eventually we won, thanks to one of our barrack-mate. After this, we were sent to the Canteen and then we were to bathe and return for our Catered Dinner!

The dinner was delicious, especially after being deprived of "Human Food" for 2 days. So after eating, we were to have our campfire, but it was raining so we had to have it indoors. The Campfire was exciting and we did many cheers. After the campfire, we went to sleep. I forgot to mention that we slept at our Hall, but now you know.

The next day, we had breakfast, but our jam somehow turned into kaya. And if I'm not wrong, we still had no spoon. Anyways, the next activity was Area-Cleaning. Our Barrack had to clean the drain. What a fun way to end the Camp. Entering a mosquito infested drain, taking out the Maggi Mee and Tuna and other things that dropped out of the can. The mosquito bites we're huge and itchy. So after that, we waited to be dismissed. After much delay, we were dismissed, but not before announcing the prizes. Our Barrack had Best Barrack, the others had Best Cheers and some other people had individual awards like Best Camper, Best BL, and other awards. There were canned food, Maggi Mee and Chocolates. It was distributed after we had been dismissed.

So that was how 3 days of my holidays were spent - on a camp that taught all of us to be more disciplined. I'm looking forward tor the end of this year for the camp again. So how did you spend your holidays? I hoped you had a great holiday and thanks for reading this long post, I hoped you enjoyed it reading it.

My First Blog

This is my first time Blogging. Hopefully I would have enough contents and special things that would occur so that there's something I could write about and make my blog more 'complete'. Like, perhaps the presents I got for my birthday, how it was celebrated, and the experiences I had. I think I would continue blogging even after I reached my quota of 5 blog posts.

There's a thrill to this somehow... I just can't really explain it. I mean, to have people read about your day in school, and to have them leaving comments and all... It's kind of fun. It's also quite an interesting thing to do, recounting all the things you've done in your day and typing it out. It also helps you to remember what you did over the past few days. It's like a diary, an online diary. I'll probably check my blog regularly to see what people would post. Slightly excited thinking about what others would post.

I might be adding photos to other posts, to make the blog more 'visual' instead of just words and words. Hopefully you would find my blog interesting and leave some comments. Constructive ones that would help me. Thanks for taking the time to read this post. I'm going to check my friends' blogs, so until later. ;)