hey people.
i APOLOGIZE to 02 for the crappy performance manz. I was really terribly disappointed by my level of failure. ):
BUT TO MAKE UP FOR IT HERE'S AN AWESOME VIDEO OF GUITAR SKILLZ. MY EARS EXPLODED AT 0.33:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chaferbud#p/a/f/0/g3p0Qpwwydc
on further reflection, i have realised that
'If our devotion is to the cause of humanity, we will be quickly defeated and broken-hearted, since we will often be confronted with a great deal of ingratitude from other people. But if we are motivated by our love for God, no amount of ingratitude will be able to hinder us from serving one another.'
is so true.
i miss the days where friends were friends and everyone sat down together and laughed and screamed and cried.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
am quite stunned by the crazy amount of stuff people are saying on facebook.
yeah it'll be ready soon.
Lit play was really good. I really didn't feel like I wasted my time there, 'cause the actors were all marvelously gifted people who acted until 10++. I'm guessing they have to sleep at 3am and wake up at 7 to go to work or something. All in the name of art. (:
dry your eyes, dry your eyes, don't be afraid
yeah it'll be ready soon.
Lit play was really good. I really didn't feel like I wasted my time there, 'cause the actors were all marvelously gifted people who acted until 10++. I'm guessing they have to sleep at 3am and wake up at 7 to go to work or something. All in the name of art. (:
dry your eyes, dry your eyes, don't be afraid
Sunday, March 14, 2010
jobweeek
d
so 2 days of jobweek are over.
1) The 'OCBC' guy
We (me and my pal yongxin) walk up to this sprawling huge mansion. We were thinking 'aiyah no hope lah' but we decided just to try our luck and ring his intercom. Yeah, it's kinda hard to get a job when you can't even see the face of the guy you're talking to. It's really easy for him to just buzz you off since he doesn't have to look in your eyes and do it.
then:
"Could you boys stand back, I'm opening the gate."
WHATTT!
As we walked in, this middle-aged man walks up to us and says '01 or 02?' So we thought "Probably an old boy!"
Then he said: "I was from SJI 04." *peers at our nametags* "Joshua, and Yongxin. Come on in."
We were kinda delirious with happiness at that moment. The rest is history.
2) 44 “如意”
A bit of background first: the number 44 is considered very bad luck in Chinese culture as it is pronounced the same way as the Chinese word for death. So most people don't like to have that number.
This house, however, was an exception:
A rather freaky place. Not only was the number for this house 44, the neighbour actually put the words '如意' beside them (it means 'as you would like it'). Not only that, the gate had numerous signs pasted on it: 'Monitored by CCTV camera', 'BEWARE OF DOG' etcetc. Coupled with the tinted windows as well as the dark clouds looming behind the house (can't see them in the pic), this house looked like a WWII bunker out of its time. *shiver*
After a few other interesting houses which I shall have to skip over, we went somewhere else (location hidden to protect identities/ earnings of future batches ha!)
3) Nice angmoh guy
We rang the doorbell to yet another house and an irish man opened the door. (cool accent man!) He apologized for not having any money on him since he wasn't the owner of the house and spent about half a minute wishing us good luck. He had that really guilty look on his face and we walked off thinking 'what a nice guy!'
As we were ringing the doorbell of the next house, his gate suddenly crashed open and he ran out, saying "Hey! I found 5 bucks and i thought you should have it."
we were really touched. What kind of a person is this, who would go back and actually search for money in the house only to give it away later to 2 scouts at his door? Wow.
There were a few others, like
a) The family for whom we helped to pack up their books. When the mother/wife of the family saw us she gasped and said 'DID I JUST ADOPT 5 MORE KIDS???'
b) when we rang a doorbell and we heard a teenage girl squeak 'OHMYGAWD IT'S SCOUTS' and then open the door and say, "NO." and giggle. ick.
this is up to Day 2. Here's a little video or two of some weird people doing weird stuff! [to be uploaded later]
josh
so 2 days of jobweek are over.
1) The 'OCBC' guy
We (me and my pal yongxin) walk up to this sprawling huge mansion. We were thinking 'aiyah no hope lah' but we decided just to try our luck and ring his intercom. Yeah, it's kinda hard to get a job when you can't even see the face of the guy you're talking to. It's really easy for him to just buzz you off since he doesn't have to look in your eyes and do it.
then:
"Could you boys stand back, I'm opening the gate."
WHATTT!
As we walked in, this middle-aged man walks up to us and says '01 or 02?' So we thought "Probably an old boy!"
Then he said: "I was from SJI 04." *peers at our nametags* "Joshua, and Yongxin. Come on in."
We were kinda delirious with happiness at that moment. The rest is history.
2) 44 “如意”
A bit of background first: the number 44 is considered very bad luck in Chinese culture as it is pronounced the same way as the Chinese word for death. So most people don't like to have that number.
This house, however, was an exception:
A rather freaky place. Not only was the number for this house 44, the neighbour actually put the words '如意' beside them (it means 'as you would like it'). Not only that, the gate had numerous signs pasted on it: 'Monitored by CCTV camera', 'BEWARE OF DOG' etcetc. Coupled with the tinted windows as well as the dark clouds looming behind the house (can't see them in the pic), this house looked like a WWII bunker out of its time. *shiver*
After a few other interesting houses which I shall have to skip over, we went somewhere else (location hidden to protect identities/ earnings of future batches ha!)
3) Nice angmoh guy
We rang the doorbell to yet another house and an irish man opened the door. (cool accent man!) He apologized for not having any money on him since he wasn't the owner of the house and spent about half a minute wishing us good luck. He had that really guilty look on his face and we walked off thinking 'what a nice guy!'
As we were ringing the doorbell of the next house, his gate suddenly crashed open and he ran out, saying "Hey! I found 5 bucks and i thought you should have it."
we were really touched. What kind of a person is this, who would go back and actually search for money in the house only to give it away later to 2 scouts at his door? Wow.
There were a few others, like
a) The family for whom we helped to pack up their books. When the mother/wife of the family saw us she gasped and said 'DID I JUST ADOPT 5 MORE KIDS???'
b) when we rang a doorbell and we heard a teenage girl squeak 'OHMYGAWD IT'S SCOUTS' and then open the door and say, "NO." and giggle. ick.
this is up to Day 2. Here's a little video or two of some weird people doing weird stuff! [to be uploaded later]
josh
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
today i was reading matilda again, and i discovered this:
Never and never, my girl riding far and near
In the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,
Fear or believe that the wolf in a sheepwhite hood
Loping and bleating roughly and blithely shall leap, My dear, my dear,
Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped year
To eat your heart in the house in the rosy wood.
if you like profound romantic poetry then http://www.crowjudith.com/article/13/in-country-sleep is the place for you.
bryan, you're way deep in the saltwater room. i had to trawl through MILLIONS of other posts to find that one okay. you know what i mean.
and, it ain't about politics y'know. we all know what he's like. our fears are (quite) justified.
Never and never, my girl riding far and near
In the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,
Fear or believe that the wolf in a sheepwhite hood
Loping and bleating roughly and blithely shall leap, My dear, my dear,
Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped year
To eat your heart in the house in the rosy wood.
if you like profound romantic poetry then http://www.crowjudith.com/article/13/in-country-sleep is the place for you.
bryan, you're way deep in the saltwater room. i had to trawl through MILLIONS of other posts to find that one okay. you know what i mean.
and, it ain't about politics y'know. we all know what he's like. our fears are (quite) justified.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
heart that's heavy like a landfill
such a pretty house and such a pretty garden
sometimes everything feels so surreal.
and mattchan, i kinda agree with everything you said haha. I love the way you put things simply. Although i disliked sitting next to your tantalizing Popeyes' chicken throughout the whole bus ride.
bruises that won't heal
i really really have something for nice smooth British voices. cue Radiohead and Embrace. Only these people can sing the word 'bellyache' and make it sound so terribly sad. I guess it's comforting not to hear those people with crazy sick voices who tear up and and down the scale with tremendous riffs once in a while.
this is my final fit
Honestly, i cannot decide whether to make posts happy or sad anymore. So, this post is a mix of both. It really does feel better to post like this. Don't know how people will read into it though. (ohmygawsh he's going to go jump off a horse! While eating a banana. Or maybe he'll be cuddling an Elmo toy.)
BUT GUESS WHAT I WATCH WHEN I'M UNHAPPY:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chaferbud#p/a/f/0/JtmgpVnS9ew
so cool/cute right!
OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCJFFxoHJ4
I <3 Muppets.
It is late. Goodbye. (:
sometimes everything feels so surreal.
and mattchan, i kinda agree with everything you said haha. I love the way you put things simply. Although i disliked sitting next to your tantalizing Popeyes' chicken throughout the whole bus ride.
bruises that won't heal
i really really have something for nice smooth British voices. cue Radiohead and Embrace. Only these people can sing the word 'bellyache' and make it sound so terribly sad. I guess it's comforting not to hear those people with crazy sick voices who tear up and and down the scale with tremendous riffs once in a while.
this is my final fit
Honestly, i cannot decide whether to make posts happy or sad anymore. So, this post is a mix of both. It really does feel better to post like this. Don't know how people will read into it though. (ohmygawsh he's going to go jump off a horse! While eating a banana. Or maybe he'll be cuddling an Elmo toy.)
BUT GUESS WHAT I WATCH WHEN I'M UNHAPPY:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chaferbud#p/a/f/0/JtmgpVnS9ew
so cool/cute right!
OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCJFFxoHJ4
I <3 Muppets.
It is late. Goodbye. (:
no surprises
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgMbKJu9ws
One of the best songs i've heard in a really long time. (from house season 6 ep. 1)
a heart that's full up like a landfill
it's pretty obvious when people start copying other people.
One of the best songs i've heard in a really long time. (from house season 6 ep. 1)
a heart that's full up like a landfill
it's pretty obvious when people start copying other people.
Monday, March 1, 2010
samuel and i.
Samuel
if i recall
shark is joint 3 with panther
9:45pmJoshua
YAY (:
NOT BAD MAN!
9:45pmSamuel
or was it joint 5th with orca
hmmm
yeah
top 500 list
of patrols in Raffles Institution
not bad at all:P
9:46pmJoshua
AW YEAH!
9:46pmSamuel
haha
9:46pmJoshua
HIPPY DANCE FOR SHARK
9:46pmSamuel
anyway
9:46pmJoshua
HIP HIP WAGGLE WAGGLE
9:46pmSamuel
got the email?
did you?
if you did pls send it out
9:47pmJoshua
yeah
9:47pmSamuel
and ensure i do not hav problems with it
oh
and when i say the deadline is the 5th of march
i mean sometime reasonable
not 2359 march
or 11pm
9:49pmJoshua
okay
9:50pmSamuel
thanks josh
i love you:D
9:53pmJoshua
eeeek
no
this is going on my blog
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