It's been a seriously long time since I've written anything. Well theres loads of stuff to talk about. Holly had her birthday last week on saturday, The O level results were released, I went to Harry's with Dad, Had cathecism, Mass then dinner, Picked up Mikey from school, Went for a wedding, ZhongSan etc. Its loads. I'll just talk about some of them.
Holly's birthday was quite nice. A barbeque at east coast park sitting on rocks looking into the ocean. It was a small thing (3 of Holly's friends, Trisha, Eugene and I). Trisha, Eugene and I made our way there after cathecism by cab. When we reached everyone ad already pretty much had their fill so we had ours and sat at the rocks. Its amazing how geography can be applied here because the rocks should have been barriers (or whatcha call it) to prevent the beach from eroding. But it had connected to the beach already. I'm not sure if it really is deposition of sediments or intentional human interference. ANYWAY, Nichollete left before we came so only 2 of holy's friends were there, one of which was Danial's sister. We sat there and talked. I almost died and gave Trisha a heart attack, slipping on a slippery rock. =P We walked home and that was it to the day.
O level results were released. Our school standards dropped. The mean MSG now is 19 points. Thats crazy. Then again it used to be 17 or something which isnt that good either. Imagine the whole of SPS getting that and going to Poly or something. Its not something to be proud of. So I'm trying to discipline myself to get at LEAST 8 points. Anything more than 12 and Im off to Poly or CJC. Best scorer in school was 8 by the way. Other things that happened in school include LOM games day, house meeting, Chem, Bio and Physics practicals and all the other boring school stuff. A maths retest results are back tommorow along with our circular measure test results and standard deviation test results.
This weekend was funny. Cat class was funny. We played "honey if you love me"! I was coincidentaly paired up to say the line to Catherine. Even better. Joel was also "coincidentally paired up" with... well you know who =D. Then we had an organised debate where I was representing the side who will defend the faith from the "others" who will ask questions. Trust me. When your up against teenagers like Jerome and Steph, it takes a heck lot of faith and guts to be able to answer and rebutt their questions, leading to a tight draw. Then went for mass and dinner with Cat and went home.
At ZhongSan the next day, I met up with my non-biologically-related sisters Yunting and Yunying who greeted me with "Heloooooo"s! We put up the CNY decorations before starting the meeting proper. We nominated the different office positions. HuiWen was VP, YunTing was secretary, BiWen was Treasurer and Kenneth was "committee member" AKA extra guy who votes and has a say. Then we had Macdonalds lunch. Apparently, the candidates for world domination let you sample their food (and give you money for it!) Its a bit like you are the food critic kind of thing. I would like to do that! Free food (though its crap), you get paid, and you get to say its crap as well! After ZhongSan we went to Kit koufoo's wedding. Say apple there and she is one TALL 10 year old! Seriously! Not just tall, tall and lean with a long-ish face! Its quite touching to see my uncle get re-married. Its cool.
Nowadays it seems that everything is moving really fast. I dont mean the buses no those are slower than ever. I meant time. It was only 4 years ago, we were young impressionable 13 year olds ready to take over the world and looking foward to our "sweet 16". Now that it's finally here, it seems almost surreal that we are 16 years old yet it feels so normal. It's going to be so hard, fighting time. Running faster and faster to catch up with him and the world. The seconds become increasingly precious and it seems like we have no time to rest. There are so many things I want to do yet the minutes flow away like water from an open tap. There is just so little time to be with who we love, to be with who we want to be with. I really want to treasure that time with them.
~markyc
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Puzzle Pieces
A maths test is finished! Over and done with! I am almost 100% sure to pass unless 100 things screw up at the same time. Then i will fail and be "strongly advised" to drop Amaths as a subject. I won't do so anyway. Today was also supposed to be the last day of the recording but we were unable to finish the "community song" today so we did a rain check to friday. However, friday is a no-no for me. That also means that I have to miss all the video shoots! Argh... Mum wont let me do the video shoots. More like I know she won't let me. She isn't very supportive of it.
I managed to recuit Isaac as a drummer for LateDecember. Now all thats left would be to find a lead guitarist and bassist. Prerequisites -
-Interested in alternative music (Coldplay, Veronicas, Snow Patrol, Boys Like Girls, KT tunstall).
-Good friend of mine and won't mind my craziness and random enthusiasm.
-Reasonably good lead guitarist and/or bassist. Musically talented.
Yea and if you happen to fit all 3, then good for you! Odds are that we won't be doing anything much until the big "O's" are over. Then we will up the ante.
School has been quite interesting and boring at the same time. My new English teacher is really good and respectable. She is wise and knows how to motivate her students, passing on essential skills, knowledge, and lessons in life that she posseses. I really respect her and it is a pity that i have recently failed to meet the deadline for the last assignment (whoops). My new Physics teacher can be a bit boring at times but he knows how to motivate us young ones by telling us that we can be "better" than he is if we scored an A1 in physics. Apparently, he scored an A2. My new Emaths teacher was also my Sec2 maths teacher. She can be boring but she can also be easy to get along with.
There was one thing I learnt this year. Well actually I knew it since a really long time ago but I just want to say it. Love is a descision to stick by someone no matter what happens. So the phrase "till death do us part". It is like it hurts so much to be with the person but you still do because you need each other. Kind of like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Whatever you feel empty with, he or she will complete for you. No matter how different you are, both of you still stick together. NO matter how much you try to, you cannot take the yin from the yang. The heat without the cold, or the light without the dark. Love is a descision to be the that other piece to the person. The different Puzzle Pieces that all come together will make a masterpiece. Alone, It is just a strangely shaped cardboard piece.
I managed to recuit Isaac as a drummer for LateDecember. Now all thats left would be to find a lead guitarist and bassist. Prerequisites -
-Interested in alternative music (Coldplay, Veronicas, Snow Patrol, Boys Like Girls, KT tunstall).
-Good friend of mine and won't mind my craziness and random enthusiasm.
-Reasonably good lead guitarist and/or bassist. Musically talented.
Yea and if you happen to fit all 3, then good for you! Odds are that we won't be doing anything much until the big "O's" are over. Then we will up the ante.
School has been quite interesting and boring at the same time. My new English teacher is really good and respectable. She is wise and knows how to motivate her students, passing on essential skills, knowledge, and lessons in life that she posseses. I really respect her and it is a pity that i have recently failed to meet the deadline for the last assignment (whoops). My new Physics teacher can be a bit boring at times but he knows how to motivate us young ones by telling us that we can be "better" than he is if we scored an A1 in physics. Apparently, he scored an A2. My new Emaths teacher was also my Sec2 maths teacher. She can be boring but she can also be easy to get along with.
There was one thing I learnt this year. Well actually I knew it since a really long time ago but I just want to say it. Love is a descision to stick by someone no matter what happens. So the phrase "till death do us part". It is like it hurts so much to be with the person but you still do because you need each other. Kind of like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Whatever you feel empty with, he or she will complete for you. No matter how different you are, both of you still stick together. NO matter how much you try to, you cannot take the yin from the yang. The heat without the cold, or the light without the dark. Love is a descision to be the that other piece to the person. The different Puzzle Pieces that all come together will make a masterpiece. Alone, It is just a strangely shaped cardboard piece.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Back to the World
Well after so many years of waiting, we are finally here as seconday 4 students. 16 year-old to-be's ready to take the world by store and find someone to watch those NC16 movies we have all been banned from watching when we were little 15 year olds. Of course our worst enemy also dwells in the depths of a cave hidden away in this paradise. We all know it as 'O' levels.
Yes even after that journey of a holiday, the examinations are now back to haunt us and take away the joy of being 16. Of finally being a young adult. I remember those last few moments of 2007 and the first few of 2008. I remember calling up a few of my friends wishing them a happy new year. Of course only 2 replied to my missed calls. Sophie and YunTing. The later calling me up in my sleep =P. I remember the jumps for joy and fits of laughter, ushering in the new year in conversation and sparklers.
The first bold move this year was to form a band. "late december". Founded by Holly and I and spawned from the ecstasy of new years day. Isaac would become our drummer once we have the time and we are still looking for a good guitarist and bassist that enjoys alternative rock. Im on the rythym and Holly's on the keyboard. Both of us do vocals for different songs.
The second bold move I made this year was to let go of something that i held on throughout the holidays. I wont tell you what it is but it would do more good than harm by letting go of it. Lets just say that very few people were benefiting from it so I thought it was the lesser of 2 evils to let go of it. It was a hard thing to do but in the end i fought the beast. It feels good now that I no longer feel it.
Third bold move. I got myself involved in a national education song singing video thing. Basically, MOE are putting up some NE website and they want a music video thing. So we have to sing all sorts of national day songs remixed and all that. Its col except for the fact that its national day songs. Theres this guy who will sort of do differnt versions of the songs. Stand up for singapore became this jazzy kind of mix and it actually sounds pretty cool. Looking at the song sheet, haunting nightmares would return of horrible national day songs unable to escape your brainwashed head and hours of propaganda social studies and television would play over and over again.
Now with the new year under-way, I just wished that each day was a little longer. Even during the holidays, I had tests of my own. Not academically but more emotional and spiritual tests. I was on a real roller coaster ride last month. I still enjoyed the holidays. It gave me a sense of relief that i was still... alive in a sense. Now that school is back, I feel like a brick has been suddenly dropped on me. Suddenly everything is going slow again and I am pressured to study to get into a good JC. So many times, we fly but land abruptly. Maybe thats the world that we have now. A world driven by results when what we really need is to do what we really truly love. To me, it would be film or music but there is so little opportunities to express in those areas nowadays. Til that day comes, its back to the world for us.
Cheers, Markyc
Yes even after that journey of a holiday, the examinations are now back to haunt us and take away the joy of being 16. Of finally being a young adult. I remember those last few moments of 2007 and the first few of 2008. I remember calling up a few of my friends wishing them a happy new year. Of course only 2 replied to my missed calls. Sophie and YunTing. The later calling me up in my sleep =P. I remember the jumps for joy and fits of laughter, ushering in the new year in conversation and sparklers.
The first bold move this year was to form a band. "late december". Founded by Holly and I and spawned from the ecstasy of new years day. Isaac would become our drummer once we have the time and we are still looking for a good guitarist and bassist that enjoys alternative rock. Im on the rythym and Holly's on the keyboard. Both of us do vocals for different songs.
The second bold move I made this year was to let go of something that i held on throughout the holidays. I wont tell you what it is but it would do more good than harm by letting go of it. Lets just say that very few people were benefiting from it so I thought it was the lesser of 2 evils to let go of it. It was a hard thing to do but in the end i fought the beast. It feels good now that I no longer feel it.
Third bold move. I got myself involved in a national education song singing video thing. Basically, MOE are putting up some NE website and they want a music video thing. So we have to sing all sorts of national day songs remixed and all that. Its col except for the fact that its national day songs. Theres this guy who will sort of do differnt versions of the songs. Stand up for singapore became this jazzy kind of mix and it actually sounds pretty cool. Looking at the song sheet, haunting nightmares would return of horrible national day songs unable to escape your brainwashed head and hours of propaganda social studies and television would play over and over again.
Now with the new year under-way, I just wished that each day was a little longer. Even during the holidays, I had tests of my own. Not academically but more emotional and spiritual tests. I was on a real roller coaster ride last month. I still enjoyed the holidays. It gave me a sense of relief that i was still... alive in a sense. Now that school is back, I feel like a brick has been suddenly dropped on me. Suddenly everything is going slow again and I am pressured to study to get into a good JC. So many times, we fly but land abruptly. Maybe thats the world that we have now. A world driven by results when what we really need is to do what we really truly love. To me, it would be film or music but there is so little opportunities to express in those areas nowadays. Til that day comes, its back to the world for us.
Cheers, Markyc
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