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After my basketball training Mike, Shirley, Pak chong and I went to Marina Square to look for Jun Long. It was his second day of work and we would like to give him our support but unfortunately we failed to locate his working place. So we guys went to Cavana to have our dinner. After finishing our meals Shirley and I studied for our O levels while Mike and Pak Chong did some drawings. While studying we guys took some pictures in between the breaks. Jun long came to join us right after he had been dismissed from work. After slacking with us for an hour or so he left as he was pretty tired. After studying for sometime we went to shop around the shopping mall.

Zi Yi and Mei Xuan join us in the evening time. We guys went to the roof of esplanade to enjoy the scenery. Mike and I were eating our bananas with nuts (don't really know what its called) while viewing the scenery. Suddenly I accidentally dropped half of my banana and it almost landed on the person at the first level. Everyone turned and look at me when I shouted "Holy Shit"! When I told them what happened they laughed. How stupid can I be? But I bet even if it landed on the person he'll not suffer from any concussion or even hurt a bit. Clumsy me.After slacking at esplanade we guys bused home.

Chatted with Shirley about lots of stuff today and I'm glad that I shared my thoughts with her. She told me that I'm somehow like a tree which always leans towards the sun. I asked her what she meant and she said she meant that I don't have a stand or my own. I'm a guy without a definite character. I try my best to mix with all kinds of people. I try my best to make myself comfortable with them or trying to make them comfortable with me. In fact I think so too. I always felt that I'm like a liquid that has no definite shape and I try my best to fit in any shape of the container. I've always felt that way but I've told no one about it and I'm glad that at last one of my friends understands the situation I'm in. Thanks.



Was planning to join Yang Zi and gang to celebrate Veron's birthday but I've got to prepare for O levels. Most importantly I'm broke! Think they'll understand. Sorry. Happy Birthday.

I personally think that I'm currently a self centered person like how I used to be. An ambitious guy who is always hungry for victory. Who just come and go as he likes and think he's superior than the others. To me there can only be one winner, only one will allow to shine among the rest, only one will allow to be the best. In conclusion two self centered person cannot be allowed to be together.

Woke up around 11am today as I slept at 4 am this morning. So I'm not a pig as 7 hours of sleep is acceptable. Went to Plaza Singapura today as I've go to settle my school fees. Its been quite a long time since I went to PS. Nothing have changed much though. Its still crowded as usual.

After paying my school fees I took a train down to Compass Point to have my lunch. As expected I had KFC for lunch. Actually I planned to study for my history paper after lunch but I don't know why I just couldn't concentrate. I decided to change to a better location so I walked to CDAC which is just a couple of bus stop away from Compass Point.

To my surprise I saw Jun Long and Yong Rong in CDAC. They told me that Mike and the others will be coming. Tried to force myself to memorise some of the history notes but nothing seems to goes into my mind. Think I'll be going to ITE for sure. Yong Rong updated me with some of the stuff that happened to everyone of them lately and I found that a lot of things happened when I was away.

It wasn't long when Zi Yi, Mei Xuan, Mike and the others came. As expected they were surprised to see me except for Mike who was still half asleep when he arrived. After slacking in CDAC for about half an hour we decided to play block catching. How lame can we be? We had a fun time playing block catching. I really enjoyed it as its been years since I played block catching. Hope we'll have the chance to play block catching together again!

After playing block catching, Zi Yi, Mei Xuan and Jun long went home. Mike, Edwin, Alex and I went to block 303 for dinner while Yong Rong stayed in CDAC as he all of his energy was completely drained out after 3 rounds of block catching. After dinner, Alex went home and the three of us went back to CDAC to check up on Yong Rong. He seems to be more lively compared to an hour ago. After chatting for 15 minutes we splitted path and went home.

I really do hope our team can become stronger! I think that none of us is really satisfied with the standard of our team now. Don't really know why but I've got this urge to push my body to its limit!!! Be it Muay Thai or basketball! ARGH!

Lastly I did not study for my history paper!!!!!!!

Music of the day



I've been having quite a hard time looking for this music. Finally I've manage to know the title of the song but the problem is that I can only locate this song in imeem!
If any of you guys happen to have this music can you please kindly send it to me? Thanks!

Muay Thai

In the battlefields of Ayutthaya, in 15th and 16th centuries, the Burmese and Thai armies faced each other. Accounts from the Burmese of the period give reports of ferocious unarmed Thai soldiers who were trained to fight with their feet.

In Thailand today, Muay Thai or Thai Kick Boxing is a highly organised and popular sport.

Each bout begins with a period of Ram Muay (boxing dance) in which the boxer pays tribute to his teacher and invokes the good will of the spirit of the ring.

The boxers wear a woven headband, which is removed during the fight, armbands containing tiny Buddha images, tape round the ankles and feet and regulation boxing gloves and shorts.

The atmosphere at a Thai boxing event is full of noise and enthusiasm. An orchestra of Thai oboe and percussion instruments plays continuously, with the tempo rising and falling in time with the action

When the Burmese faced the Thais there were no 'rules of combat' but modern Muay Thai is organised under a set of well established regulations.

Any part of the body may be used to strike an opponant, except the head.

Although the boxers today wear gloves, punching is considered the weakest of all blows. It is the head kicks, and knee and elbow strikes which are decisive in most matches.

Muay Thai a system of unarmed combat, Muay Thai (or Thai Boxing) originated in what is now Thailand over two thousand years ago. Its precise beginnings are shrouded in legend, but early records show that monks trained novices to become bodyguards for the royal family. Exhibition fights were frequently staged for the royal court, and they could be brutal. Fighters had their hands wrapped with rope, which was coated with a sticky resin and then dipped into crushed glass. The bouts often ended in death. Thankfully, Muay Thai has evolved over the centuries. Competitors now wear protective equipment as they try to score with punches, elbows, knees, and kicks. Rugged and spectacular, Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand. It is also enjoying a surge of international popularity with practitioners is countries such as in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Australia, Brazil, the United States, and Canada. Muay Thai differs from Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Kung Fu in several respects; Kicks and punches are delivered with full power and without holding back. Even today, boxers fight barefoot, wearing only cotton anklets on their feet and boxing gloves on their hands. Patterns, or so-called "Katas", do not exist in Thai Boxing. Focus, power, timing, and reflexes are developed by constant sparring practice, hitting the kicking and punching bags and pads, and participating in matches. Muay Thai is primarily a pugilist (boxing) system, which uses basic, but powerful kicks, punches, knee and elbow strikes. Practitioners of other martial disciplines because of its devastating effect revere the Thai swing kick (roundhouse). When aimed at an opponents lower region (rib cage, thigh, or knee) the target area often becomes numb which may cause the recipient to drop to the ground immediately due to the pain. Along with that, add punishing elbow and knee strikes that are commonplace in the Muay Thai arsenal and this system becomes an almost unstoppable weapon for the stand up fighter in the ring or in the street.

Thailand has a proud fighting heritage. All year round, the stadium throughout the Kingdom are packed with fans who gather to cheer on their boxing heroes. The Thai boxer uses his fists, elbow, knees and feet as the weapons of attack. Muay Thai is fought over five frantic three-minute rounds with two minute breaks. While knockouts do occur, most bouts go the distance. For these, two judges and the referee award points for effective strikes. Before each fight begins, both boxers perform a graceful pre-fight dance of deep spiritual significance known as the Ram Muay.

For a Thai boxer, the pre-fight Buddhist rituals are as important as the fight itself. The rituals are the soft balance to the hard elements of ring warfare. A calm well of inner strength of fight skill and fury that overflows into the ring. For the Muay Thai fighter, the pre-fight dance, know as the Ram Muay, is the traditional method of focusing on the spirit, in order to understand all it's strengths and limitations. The dance rituals are most important as they are a living performance of beliefs and the state of the spirit. It begins when the monkhon is place on the fighter's head before he enters the ring. The monkhon is an elaborate stiff headband - made of hemp - that extends down the back between the shoulder blades and end in the silk thread tassel.
The monkhon is a sacred object which has been blessed by seven Buddhist monasteries. It is not the property of the boxer. Instead it belong to the teacher and his training camp. Placing of the monkhon on the fighter's head reminds him that he represents not just himself and family but also his teacher and the camp for which he fights. Many believe that the monkhon is blessed with magic spells to ward off injuries and evil spirits. The monkhon is not worn during the fight. But Thai boxers often wear a piece of cloth around one biceps called the kruang rang with powers believed to have emanated from spiritual charms, amulets, herbs and spells.
A kruang rang is given to the fight during the temple ceremony that he goes through, before being accepted into his chosen training camp. It is blessed by the monks and becomes a fighter's talisman. No fighter wears a kruang rang for dress purposes. Rather it is an object of deep spiritual belief.
The fighter enters the ring with his monkhon and begins to walk counter clockwise around the ring, sealing it against forces of evil. For the fighter, it means that a psychic barrier is raised around the ring through which no one's desire for him to lose can penetrate, thus ensuring that one fighting spirit can fight another fighting spirit without hindrance.

The wai kru begins with the boxer kneeling in the centre of the ring facing towards his training comp. Gloves are brought together in a traditional manner clasped at face height. The boxer then wais (bows) three times. Each wai pays homage at several levels-as with all pre-fight rituals. The fighter bows in respect to the Buddha ( a man, not a god, who attained enlightenment through the complete understanding of the human mind nature), the Sangha (the order of monks who are seeking enlightenment) and the Dharma (the Buddha's teachings). At the same time he also pay homage to his teacher, training camp and his fighting ancestors. It is for the fighters an intense moment of focus, a form of meditation that sends him inward to the clam well of the fight fury. The Ram Muay dance follows. It is a beautiful, graceful slow dance which moves in each of the four directions, seeking protection from each.
The four-fold movement also expresses the fighter's belief in the four noble truths of Buddhism which remains him that the world is dukkha (impermanent and unsatisfying). The four virtues of compassion, temperance, prudence and justice are expressed and balance the hard form of deadly Muay Thai. The gloves then circle the air above the kneeled fighter's head, symbolically paying homage to the higher powers and asking for courage and protection in the battle ahead.
Each camp has a distinct and different Ram Muay. While performing the Ram Muay, the Thai boxer centres himself. His body awareness is total and shown by the control of his dance movements and the sense of power that emanates from a forceful but well controlled performance. Moving inward to basic body and power awareness, the fighter is able to focus the body in the dance and be warned of his physical limitations. At the same time he is put in touch with his capabilities. Rarely does one fighter watch another's dance. Instead, they prefer to meet spirit to spirit without prior knowledge gained by any close scrutiny of an opponents pre-fight dance.

Muay Thai traditions date back to the days when the skills in hand to hand combat were a survival necessity. Thailand has a culture linked to the battlefield and these combative skills can seen with the rituals and fighting fury in the Muay Thai ring. The rules of Muay Thai have changed over the years. A century ago Muay Thai was fought until only one of the fighters remained standing. Each combatant had his hands wrapped in a covering cloth and in old times, the glued and glass.
Muay Thai contests followed the way of western boxing with the introduction of a ring but it was only after World War II that the rules of Muay Thai were finalized in today's form. Thailand's sporting authorities decided to standard the rules of Muay Thai to make it acceptable world-wide and to establish recognized professional standards. It was decided that a Muay Thai contest would be divided into five-three minute rounds with two minute breaks. Declaration of fouls is intended to ensure the fighters use the weapons of Muay Thai unheeded i.e. the use of fists, elbows, knees, shins and feet as well as fascinating, clean grappling. One referee and two judges keep a ten point scoring system and make the fifth round. An even round is judged 10-10, slight advantage 10-9, wide advantage 10-8 and one side10-7.

The fouls are following:

Ø Hitting an opponent who is down or rising after being down or after the end of a round.
Ø Wrestling or roughing at the ropes.
Ø Butting with the head.
Ø Poking or thumbing the eye.
Ø Pulling the hair.
Ø Fighting while holding the rope.
Ø Cunningly avoiding an opponent's attacks, such as by feigning to fall or slip under the rope, or hiding behind the referee.
Ø Intentionally kicking or kneeing the groin.
Ø Any unsporting action causing injury to an opponent.

The use of foul blows results in a penalty of one point. The winner is declared from a decision on points, knockout, technical knockout, an opponent surrenders, or a fighter is dismissed from the ring due to a serious foul. The referee also has the power to declare a no contest if he considers the fighters to be not genuine in their endeavors. This way the referee can stop any sham contest.

The 8 Weapons Of Muay Thai

It's the weapons that make the difference and in Muay Thai the combatants are free to use the body's most powerful weapons to their best advantage. A Thai fighter refers to the two feet, two fists, two elbows and two knees as the eight weapons. When combined together, these eight weapons are a dangerous combination. The feet are used for long distance body contact, the knees and fists for medium range attacks, while the elbow is used exclusively as a short rage weapons. An experienced Thai fighter has sound defensive techniques for protection against the eight weapons. One effective measure often used as a counter manoeuvre in ring combat, is know as "the wall of defence", whereby the fighter protects himself by rising a knee to make contact with a lowered elbow to form a protective shell. This human shell has the strength to absorb the attacking thrusts emanating from any of the eight weapons. Whether they be short, medium or long range, any of the eight weapons, if executed correctly, can strike an opponent with lightning speed and precision accuracy.

Strength of The Grapple

When it comes to strength in the ring, grappling is the big test. Unlike western boxing where the clinch is illegal, Muay Thai allows the fighters to grapple for position and ascendancy. When two boxers cling to each other in combat they use their knees, fists and elbow to attack their opponent. Grappling is strenuous work and requires a great deal of conditioning to hang onto an opponent who has defensive techniques that can keep an opponents clinch without making any attacking moves, the referee will separate the two combatants as grappling without action is not permitted in a Muay Thai contest.

Wall of Defence

With a wall of elbows, forearms and defensive knees, the Muay Thai 'wall of defence' is regarded as an impregnable shield. In fact, so strong is this defence that Muay Thai rules state that both boxers must maintain aggression throughout all five rounds.

Thai fighters are trained to defend against all forms of attack. Defensive moves are precise and can be switched into attacks at any moment. Breaking through the Muay Thai defensive wall is difficult but possible. Knee rams and roundhouse kick are key weapons for breaking down the wall.

As Muay Thai is a close combat sport; skillful grappling and knee techniques are required. A tough close-quarters fighter can be extremely effective in taking the wind and the will to fight, out of an opponent. A knockout move is almost certain when an opponent's head is brought down to an upward-driving knee.

Fists Of Fury In Muay Thai bouts, the abilities of power punching is also demonstrated but doesn't score high points. It's the elbow strike that singes out the Thai Boxer from the other martial artists. An elbow attack strikes its is the weapon used for a fast knock out.

A big difference between international western boxing and Muay Thai, is that the judges will award the decision to fighter consider to have proven himself the "ringmaster" after five rounds. Point are not determined by the number of strikes but rather by the number of effective blows. Of prime importance is the effectiveness of the strike, its strength, the target and, most importantly, how the much disadvantage it causes the opponent. Among other, lesser aspects which impress the judges -and they are definitely taken into consider action during scoring - are the defensive abilities of the two contestants.

At the end of contest it's the judge's task to identify who is the "ringmaster". The over- riding question to be determined by the judgement is : which fighter dominate the contest? Thus the final fifth round is often the decider.

林恒熠 Thats what others call me in chinese. I'm proud of my chinese name though some of my friends make fun of it. In fact I don't really know what's so funny about it. I think its a pretty nice name and I like it.

恒 means forever while 熠 means to shine. I think my parents wants me to shine forever. I also wished to shine forever but sometimes in life no matter how hard we tried to fight for the things we want, it's still impossible to be achieved.

Before leaving my secondary school one of my chinese teacher wrote a poem regarding my name for me.

Lawrence and I were supposed to study yesterday but while we're about to start studying some familiar noises caught my attention. It sound as though someone was either kicking or punching something hard. I saw quite a number of people from where the noises were from and they were watching something in amazement. They were watching a guy in red and black sparring in the ring. A fighting competition! I was so bloody excited about it so I dragged Lawrence along with me to joined the crowd.

There were 2 different teams competing with one another. The red and the black. Most of the competitors seems to have their muscles well build. I believed they're either NS guys or they've completed their NS. Lawrence and I thought its Muay Thai competition but I was kind of puzzled when they did not use their elbows and knees. As using knees and elbows should be quite common in muay thai. And to my surprise they somehow use techniques that were quite similar as judo to toss their opponents off the ground. I told Lawrence that I'm somehow disappointed as I think that the fight lack of some excitement as elbows and knees are not included. I think Lawrence was quite shocked and disgusted at how brutal I am. Come to think of it I'm indeed getting more and more violent nowadays. Though elbows and knees were not included but there were still some injuries inflicted on the fighters. 2 of the fighters got their nose injured while 1 of the fighters got kick on his groin. Poor guy.

Anyway after much investigation, I found out that its not a Muay Thai competition instead its San Shou. San Shou do not use knees and elbows instead it uses quite a large variety of other mix martial arts including judo. I still prefer Muay Thai as I think the impact thats inflicted on its opponent is greater than san shou.

I really hope one day I could fight like those fighters with friends cheering for me outside the ring. Really hope that one if this days would really come.

Nice song. Meaningful lyrics...
How true...

Its late I'll blog another time.
Nites
candy dreams

Slept at about 4 am this morning as I was too engross in my computer games. So I guess time flies when you're enjoying and before I knew it, its already 4 in the morning. After 2 hours of rest I force myself out of bed as I'm meeting my team mates at 7am. I shouldn't have woke up so early as I was the first to reach. instead I should have given myself an extra 20 minutes of rest. It was 7.45 when our last member arrived. We bought ourselves some food as we guys believed that breakfast is quite an important meal and we can't possibly fight in an empty stomach. After we guys have finished our breakfast we took bus 161 to woodland.

To our surprise we were not late instead we're two minutes earlier. As it was raining before we came the floor was wet. We guys went to borrow some newspaper from the nearby HDB flats. We spent about 30 to 45 minutes drying the floor and doing some stretching and as well as warm up. We've got 9 players present including me while the opponents have around 12 to 15! Our 9 players consist of Jun Long, Jun Ming, Chit Wei, Terence, Jia Wei, Irvin, Pak Chong, Yu Fu and last but not least me.

I was chosen to play for the first quarter with Terence, Jia Wei, Irvin and last but not least Jun Ming. It was supposed to be Chit wei who should be playing instead of Jun Ming but Chit wei don't really know about the 3 seconds rule so he decided to observe for the first quarter. At the beginning of the match I was kind of too nervous and I lost many opportunities to score and I somehow cause my team to be in a difficult position. The first quarter started for about 2 minutes and the score's 7 to 0! My players and I were all demoralize by the score but somehow after the first 3 pointer from Irvin we guys began to pick ourselves up and play better. When the first quarter ended we guys were shocked that we were leading my 2 points 15 to 13 and I scored 9 points out of the 15 points. Everyone was calling me the top scorer."14 number 14" could be heard outside the court! I've never ever score more than 6 points in all my matches but now I scored 9 points in a quarter?! My team mates and I were also shocked by my performance. I've never felt like this before its as if everyone has their eyes stick onto me.

At the second quarter I was being guarded closely by the opponents. I somehow think they regard me as a threat to them. So I tried luring their attention and act as a deflection giving my team mates more opportunity to score. Chit wei was the top scorer for the 2nd quarter as Terence and I kept assisting him. Terence was guarded closely by the opponents too as the previous match we had against them gave them a terrifying experience of him. We somehow felt that during the match we guys fought hard like we were fighting desperately for our lives in a war. Its so lame. After the 2nd quarter have ended we guys manage to get ourselves a 2 digit lead.

Anyway at the end of the match we guys won the match by 14 points! The score was 64 to 50. Ever since we were leading we never gave them any chance to lead again. The top scorer of the match is chit wei who scored 19 points. Terence and I scored 15 points each. Irvin scored 6 while Jia wei scored 5. Yu fu and Jun Long managed to get themselves 2 points each. The reason Chit wei, Terence and I managed to score quite a number of points is because we played like a team and assisted each other.

This is the best match I've played so far and I'm pleased with my performance. Though I'm pleased with my performance but I'll not be satisfied. I'll train harder to become a better player.
I can see some of the result of my hard work now. We guys are also beginning to work as a team and bond together after all we've been through!!!

BAO FENG ROX!!!
All for one and one for all!

I've flunk my science practical that all I can say. Guess I've got to rely on my theory in order to pass but I've always sucks at theory. Argh. Can someone please tell me what to do? O levels is just 4 days away and I know nothing?! Maybe I'm going ITE this time round. Another year wasted I guess.

A couple of hours later my team and I will be having a match against Torrent. Hope that we'll win the match as I'm not sure if I'll be playing basketball anymore during the O level period. Everything seems so meaningless lately. Nothing has really caught my attention lately. Nothing interest me.

Anyway Lawrence has been making up stories and twisting my words lately in his blog. Why can''t he get himself a better hobby? Lastly Khai Ying and I are just friends I won't returned to her just because I seems like I need someone around me. I won't used Chermaine and her as a substitute. We're just friends. Though I've let her go but I've still yet to find someone who I truly love. I don't really know if its due to the school holidays but I'm seeing much couples than before. I'm starting to see things clearly and this time round I've really let go the past that disgust me.

Went to Kimage for a haircut but I'm not really please with the results this time round. Instead I'm somehow pretty disappointed with the results. The barber shorten my fringe as well as the back of my hair without my consent?! I'm also not satisfied with the symbol which is carved on the right side of my head. I think its looks so gay instead of style. Argh. What done is done no point brooding over it. Lets just pray that my hair will grow back real soon.

After my haircut I accompanied Lawrence and gang to Hougang point as they got things to settle with their friends. It's simply a total waste of time. It's not as exaggerating as it seems to be. Childish is the only word to describe them. Why in the world did I even bother to care?! She's really getting on my nerves! Shouldn't have bothered about her stuff all along. If it wasn't for the promise I made to Lawrence I would simply show her no respect!

Lawrence told me that its common for couples to go into stage 5 or 6. He said that couples will cherish each other more. What kind of logic is that? I think that though we guys wont be in a disadvantage situation but the girls will lose out. Imagine how hurt will the girls be or lose out if there happen to be a break up. We were taught about those stuff when we were in the lower secondary right? I personally think that stage 4 is already the limit. Am I being too conservative? I'm so vexed... Normally when I'm faced with this type of problems I'll seek help from my sisters or girl-friends but this time round how do you expected me to ask them. Though I know what answers will come from my sisters but I'm still quite curious about what others think. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I'M NOT BEING A "AQUA" HERE!? CALLED ME THAT ONCE MORE AND YOU'LL GET IT LAWRENCE! _!_ =.=_!_

Imperfection

Just a week more to O levels and I really hope that I can pass my science and humanities. I've been failing my science ever since I was sec 3 and I've not pass a single paper for humanities ever since I was sec 1. The chances of passing these 2 subjects for my O levels are slim.

I've been studying in Kovan mac through the night for these couples of days. Lets just hope that last minute work do help. I'll be studying with Lawrence later at Macdonald. I hope that I don't doze off as today has been quite a tiring day.

Anyway, at the beginning of the year I set my self a target of 12 points for O levels. I think 12 points for O levels can be achieved as long I put my heart into it but due to some reasons I failed to study till now. So I guess 20 points for O level would be enough for me. As someone told me that "The higher your expectation, the greater your disappointment will be". Few years ago, I used to tell myself that too but I can't really recall why I totally forgotten about it. So I guess I shall not put in high hopes in the things I do. I shall not put in high hopes on the people around me too...

What for put in high hopes on others when I'm so imperfect....

Just a week more to O levels and I really hope that I can pass my science and humanities. I've been failing my science ever since I was sec 3 and I've not pass a single paper for humanities ever since I was sec 1. The chances of passing these 2 subjects for my O levels are slim.

I've been studying in Kovan mac through the night for these couples of days. Lets just hope that last minute work do help. I'll be studying with Lawrence later at Macdonald. I hope that I don't doze off as today has been quite a tiring day.

Anyway, at the beginning of the year I set my self a target of 12 points for O levels. I think 12 points for O levels can be achieved as long I put my heart into it but due to some reasons I failed to study till now. So I guess 20 points for O level would be enough for me. As someone told me that "The higher your expectation, the greater your disappointment will be". Few years ago, I used to tell myself that too but I can't really recall why I totally forgotten about it. So I guess I shall not put in high hopes in the things I do. I shall not put in high hopes on the people around me too...

What for put in high hopes on others when I'm so imperfect....

Music of the day



Manage to get only a few hours of sleep as I'm meeting my cousins early in the morning. We arrived at the zoo around 11am. The weather today wasn't really hot, in fact its pretty cooling. Though it did rain for awhile but all of us were smart enough to bring along our umbrella. Those who were stuck in the shelter due to the rain, were like looking at us with their puppy dog eyes. Fragile Forest is one of my favourite station as I love butterflies. I think they're pretty beautiful creatures. In fact I think they are one of the most beautiful insects in the world. I managed to pick up a few butterflies. While taking some pictures with the butterflies my cousins were like envying me so I tried passing them the butterflies. Though it flew off after my few attempts of passing the butterflies to my cousins but I managed to succeed passing the butterflies to them in the end. So I guess its a happy ending!

I managed to gain a few knowledge about some of the animals today too. I also had a pretty close encounter with some of the animals. They're somehow like us, humans. I can sense their breathing, the heat in their body and somehow some of their feelings. Its really so god damn cool! I really love the animals there. I'm looking forward to the next visit to the zoo or perhaps night safari. Thanks to Jack for the treat to the zoo. Seems like my cousin managed to get herself a great boyfriend. Caring, smart, friendly, easy going and humorous how much could she ask for?

Went to meet Lawrence at Kovan around evening time. Tried some games in the arcade while trying out the games in the arcade we bumped into Yi Jie's godfather He treated us to pool. How nice of him! After an hour or so of pool we went back to arcade for another few rounds of games. Lawrence and I walked home after dinner... As usual we chatted about lots of stuff again.

Sorry Geok Ting. Sorry for not being able to attend your birthday celebration. Hope you don't take it to heart. Anyway your birthday will fall in a hour time. Therefore I wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and hope that you can be successful in whatever you do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to MeiZhen! Not sure if you will get to see this but I hope that you can pass your O levels with flying colors and get into the poly you wanted. Last but not least I wished that you will always be happy as your blog always seems to be so emo.

Not sure if you guys are reading this but anyway Happy Birthday...

Pictures of the day.

Life isn't perfect and maybe this the reason that what makes life so beautiful....

6 October 07

Attended basketball training this morning as I've got to prepare myself for the incoming basketball match. 2 more weeks to go and we'll be facing Torrent. I don't really want to go all the way to woodland to just gain some experience, its them the ones who will gain the experience. We're there to give them a experience of a life time. This time round I want to win, We'll win! As usual training today was fun. Mike, Jia wei and I is starting to work pretty well as a team. The three of us gang up on Jing Jie not letting him have a chance to score. Poor Jing Jie got to take all three of us together at once as his team mates ran out of energy.

After training Jing Jie, Jia wei and I went to Kovan for lunch and we chatted for quite a while. I was somehow surprise what Jia wei said Its unlike him to say such stuff but its good to know that he cares. After lunch I went to rent a vcd from the nearby vcd rental shop. This time round I rented a show called "Music and Lyrics". Its kind of a love story and my mum was like quite surprised to see me watching such movies.

During late evening I went back to Kovan to return Khim Peng the Vcd that she's lend me and meanwhile returned the vcd I rented from the vcd rental shop. Went to have dinner with Layhoon, Lawrence and Khim Peng after I've returned the vcd. Guess what?! KFC again! Argh. I've just had Kfc for lunch and now Kfc for dinner! I'm really a loyal supporter of KFC. As expected after dinner Lawrence and I went to arcade for a few rounds of games. Yi Jie's god father asked us along for a few rounds of pool when he saw us at the arcade. He treated us to pool as both of us were kind of broke! I'm only left with 2 dollars in my savings! How pathetic can I be?! I don't really know what's gotten into Lawrence but he's losing round after round, guess he's not in the mood for pool today. After seeing uncle off after pool we went back to arcade again. We're really arcade freaks but this time round Lawrence spend quite a sum of money on the arcade. Its kinda out of my budget range.

Walked home with Lawrence after that and I just found out something amusing. We guys don't seems to run out of topic to talk about. Though sometimes we talk about the same topic over and over again but we don't seems to get tired of it. Its late... I think its better for me to get some sleep now as I'm going to zoo with my cousins in a few hours time! Nights....

Music of the day

Sorry for not updating my blog for the past few days as I've been reaching home late. I've been slacking around with Lawrence at Kovan for these past few days. KFC, arcade and pool have become part of our daily routine. Lawrence and I are addicted to this carefree lifestyle of ours. He's been helping me out to build up my skills for pool lately and I can see some of the results after few days of vigorous training. Both of us are also addicted to the new games in the arcade. I think by judging the number of games we played in the arcade and the time we spend in the arcade, both of us can be address as arcade freaks. Though Lawrence have been coughing like hell for about two weeks but he still accompanied me for KFC. I think thats part of the reason why he had not recovered. My fault. Sorry to say that I'm so bloody hell spoiled. I've been addicted to KFC ever since I started working at Macdonald so you guys just can't possibly asked me to quit right? Anyway judging from the way we spent our money its obvious that we guys are broke. How I wish I could find a job soon.... Its really a matter of time before we're bond with super bowl.

Haze asked me to returned to mac and worked in Mc Cafe. Should I accept her invitation? $4.50 per hour seems to be so little for a 18 year old guy but it should be fun to work with them. Should I or should I not return.... I'm still pondering...

13 more days to my science practical exam and 19 more days to my first O level paper. I've not yet started my revision or should I say I've not even touched my books for like 4 months? Is it too late to start? For the moment I don't really give a damn about getting enrolled into poly. Will I regretted after I've gotten back my results? I'm running out of time and yet I'm still wasting my time rotting! Argh! Can GOD please give me some motivation and some determination? Where's the determination I once had? Where has it gone to? Everything seem to be so different... So many and so much have happened lately... I'm so lost, confused and tired....

时间渐渐的把我的悲伤给带走，我对你的爱也像吹过的风慢慢的变淡了。。。

Try the quiz here its quite true...
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/

What kind of person are you?

Here is the analysis:

You are an outgoing and cheerful person. Although you get frustrated sometimes, you get through hard times easily and are joyful again.

Your friendly personality makes you attractive in the eyes of the opposite sex, but this makes your spouse feel insecure. Your lack of emotion is a disadvantage, but your candor has made you popular.

Friends of your gender find it hard to understand you because of your innocent thinking. But this is your advantage as it attracts members of the opposite sex who have the same personality as you.

The five-question personality test

Here is the analysis:

1. Your ideal mate has a sense of humor and is lively.
2. You always compare yourself with others. You make your wishes too difficult to come true.
3. You are in despair about your lack of success. That's your attitudes towards success.
4. You realize that there are always ups and downs. Joy and sorrow are constant companions.
5. You are able to adapt and respond to changes. You think life is always uncertain.

The Most Miserable

You are basically a person who enjoys reminiscing.

You are a very emotional person indeed, easily influenced by people and your surroundings. For example, if society is sad about the death of famous people, you will share these sentiments, or when watching a sad movie, you will be so engrossed that you will end up being sadder than the main actors in the movie.

YOUR LOVE

Are you a very confused person?
Sometimes you like to be left alone.
Sometimes you want to be loved.
Sometimes you need him or her.
Sometimes you don't.
Does it sound familiar?

Your Working Style

You are enthusiastic innovators, always seeing new possibilities and new ways of doing things. You have a lot of imagination and initiative for starting projects, and a lot of impulsive energy for carrying them out. You are stimulated by difficulties and are most ingenious in solving them. You can get so interested in your newest project that you have time for little else. Your energy comes from a succession of new enthusiasms and your world is full of possible projects. Your enthusiasm gets other people interested too.

You see so many possible projects that you sometimes have difficulty picking those with the greatest potential. Your feeling can be useful at this point to help select projects by weighing the value of each. Your feeling judgment can also add depth to the insights supplied by your intuition.

Your feeling preference shows in a concern for people. You are skillful in handling people and often have remarkable insight into the possibilities and development of others. You are extremely perceptive about the attitudes of others, aiming to understand rather than judge people. You are much drawn to counseling and can be inspired and inspiring teacher, particularly where you have freedom to innovate. With talent, you can succeed in almost any field that captures your interest-- art, journalism, science, advertising, sales, the ministry, or writing, for example.

A difficulty for you is that you hate uninspired routine and find it remarkably hard to apply yourself to sometimes necessary detail unconnected with any major interest. Worse yet, you may get bored with your own projects as soon as the major problems have been solved or the initial challenge has been met. You may need to learn to follow through and finish what you have begun, but are happiest and most effective in jobs that permit one project after another, with somebody else taking over as soon as the situation is well in hand.

Because you are always being drawn to the exciting challenges of new possibilities, it is essential that you develop your judgment. If your judgment is undeveloped, you may commit yourself to ill-chosen projects, fail to finish anything, and squander your inspirations by not completing your tasks.

Your Hidden Talent