tagback!
yuanzhi: 25/8
no they go n change it. 22/8
ooh. 25/8 is the 1st day of my next semester. so it means ur prelims start during my holidays. haha. what a clash.


wednesday's debate was kinda interesting. something different from what we usually do during normal lessons.

yesterday was also the last day of lessons. one semester is gone so quickly just like tt. well, but it still isn't exactly the end of the semester yet. next week is exam week. sheesh! but it ain't too bad for me. out of the 4 modules i'm taking, only 3 have final sems. n out of this 3, only 2 require me to sit in the hall n finish a paper (mus266 is an online test).

today was spent slacking. only did the maths mock paper. ooh! guilty guilty.

hope tmr will be much more productive. meeting vera to study econs!
tagbacks!
chew: hahaha lao3 le!! you sound like the hike really almost killed you lol.
yea.. like seriously.. only approx 30km n i'm like in such a terrible state. my gosh!

yuanzhi: yes!! hahas thks a lot man. yup i am studying
=) work hard n get good results! anw u still haven tell me when are ur prelims.


celebrated Vera's birthday today.

the 2 coolest things that happened:

1. during ESL407 class, when weijie revealed the pic of vera's face with a cartoon body dressed in a bikini. hilarious. XD

2. pouring water over vera at the carpark. i was assigned the task, but daren't do it initially. it was done anw. lol. vera totally thought that she was gonna be cream'ed (we scared her last wk by saying we will spray whipped cream on her). what a joke.


wanna share a video with you guys...


The Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up

absolutely love it. =D
tagbacks!
yz: okay okay only
walao eh junle. u nvr go my blog n tag. u good
oops! =x just tagged at ur blog. hehe.

chew: haha mr junle's so short beside that guy!
eh c'mon it's not tt i'm short. it's just tt he's tall. a matter of perception u see. xP

Matilda: hahha, I have my means! :D anyways, welcome for the photos! :D
:)

binz: go break ur leg or smth then u can book out everyday for ns and can do admin then study(:
yea how i'd wish to. =x but i doubt i'll b able to take the pain, n it'll b so troublesome la. dam! lol.


my blog's like dying. sheesh!

not tt my life's boring n such, but thr r many things which simply cannot be revealed. oops! moreover, i tend to forget what happened once i reach home. it's as if the 1hr journey to home organises the whole series of events into the archives. basically it means i need to think hard to recall what actually happened.

anyway, these few days have been somewhat out of the ordinary, mainly on helping peter for his VC hike. i was his reserve companion and supposedly had to help him out for his hike report thru sat nite.

ok let me begin with friday.
i didn't have school tt day, so i decided to accompany clement to HQ. but before that, i had to complete an online music quiz and return the HfH pledge card to children's cancer foundation. loads of rushing and travelling during tt time. bedok - little india - tanah merah - bishan. anw at the scout shop, we had to wait really long for some really annoying, yet hilarious people who were making who-knows-what purchases.

aft we bought the necessary items, we made our way back to ahs to start preparing for the VC hike. well i wasn't really involved; i was just there to receive instructions from peter.

the 1st component of the hike started on Fri evening. it was some 15km hike with some i-don't-know-what instructions. hrd that peter reported 1 hr late n sorta failed tt component.

Sat was the 2nd component, a hike of about 45-50km (if i'm not wrong). peter n clement were going well until some time in the afternoon, when clement sprained his ankle. hence, i was roped in. so this was where the "action" began. i was at my aunt's house when peter called me to inform me of the urgent news. hence i rushed home to get changed. but on my way home, sean called to ask me about music quiz. of all times... but THANKFULLY charmaine was riding a bike on her way home. so i used her bike as a mini table, n she even helped me to hold up my book as i flipped thru the pages of my music textbook. anw back to the point. aft i got changed and made the necessary arrangements, i rushed to meet peter n clement at the junction of upper paya lebar & macpherson rd.

took over clement as peter's companion n picked up his haversack (i was too lazy to pack my own). clement went home after that, while peter n i made our way to the nx checkpoint, some church in bishan. it wasn't too bad until when we were on our way to the following ckpt; a height feature located in Loyang industrial estate. blisters were forming on my feet as we reached tt ckpt. pain... T.T nx up was the bedok lighthouse at east coast park. low spirits, injuries, lack of sleep (for peter), not a single ounce of hope and motivation was left within us. but nevertheless, we still reached tt ckpt, tt of coz was aft a long long long walk (in terms of time). to think tt it was the end, fat hope. thr was still approx 2km to the end point. T.T x100 we literally dragged ourselves down the road. torturous, simply torturous. withstanding all the temptations to give up; restaurants, happy families and partying people. fortunately for us, we were saved from walking an extra distance when one other team saw us and informed us tt the examiners were at mac. u see, we thot that the EP was still quite far away and wanted to carry on walking.

tt moment was just "OH MY GOSH... YES... FINALLY." shawn n guodong arrived shortly after. fortunately/unfortunately, there was a change of plans and i didn't need to go to peter's hse anymore.

Sunday afternoon. went to clement's house to return him his haversack and pass him den equipment. his mum was really nice. :) spent quite some time there before i popped by at peter's place to return him his stuff.

my whole body's aching rite now... ouch ouch ouch! neck - shoulders - back - butt - thighs - calfs - feet. terrible terrible. the worst thing is the blisters on the sole of my feet. =( every step i take is just oh-my-tian...

i'm so not going for another hike anymore.
tagbacks!
SOCKLING: i am very hungry. i think youre at/going to 85 while im home. okay im going off la. i very lazy to move, how about bringing a sedan to my house?
LOL! i was already at 85 when u tagged. u should have called or something. i was rotting away at 85 since 6.30. zzz...

yz: hm... how i am right now? still the same, 153cm. 40plus kg?? i know i am short! no nid to remind me.
lmao! XD not in tt sense omgosh. n so what if u're short? u'll grow. n wl u only 40+kg? i m dam jealous la. hmph! anw what i meant was how is ur life coming along with the prep for O's.

yaqi: ah don't worry sexaye! we will meet up somehow alright. we will(:
i really hope we will. ;)

binz: go shave ur head again then i can touch the bald head! haha
hmm... well u can wait for a yr plus, then it'll b time for me to serve NS. haha! oh wait! i don't wanna go NS in between my studies! =(


ECO182 project group
weijie, me, valerie, vera, kristy

take 1!
oh sh!t, i blinked. let's take another shot.

take 2!
matilda, valerie, vera weijie, kristy, me, mingyi

thanks to MATILDA for the lovely pictures u see here
tt's all for now. i've gotta go do my ESL essay yet again.
tagbacks!
yz: hm.... how to reply ur reply?
HAHA! well for a start you could say "yep i will". n mayb u could say something more abt how you are right now. y on earth m i tellin u what to reply? LOL!

Matilda: HELLO! (:
HI! :D oh wait! how did u find ur way here? o.o

clem: HEYYYYY LELELELELE! haha
HEY! ur tag came in just when i was at ur blog. what a coincidence. haha. anw jiayou for VC hike, you can do it! :)


In the course of a lifetime, how does it matter?

when you get mad, disappointed or feel lousy, ask yourself the question above. will the issue matter after some time? what impact will it have on your lifetime?


econs presentation went well yest. hooray for the end of presentation! =D

this semester is coming to an end soon. and i'll have 2 weeks break after that. yay!
but unfortunately those in JC n poly will be studying for their exams during that period, so it'll b a lonely relaxation time. =\

i've got nth else to say. bye!
tagbacks!
chermaine: hahahhaha bald ! few days aft i met you then ur hair is goneeeee
HAHA! u mean u didn't know i planned to shave? aww...

yaqi: don't worry i loveeeeee how you turn(: haha i didn't forget! it's just that hengxin don't wanna treat us!
thank you! =D anw now it's like kinda hard for us to meet up, considering the different lives we have. haix.. makes me feel emo. =\

huiling: rofl you look so...botak! hahah.
=_= LOL! well apparently my hair is growing faster than grass, so in no time it'll return to it's normal messy bush. XD

yz: lols same here. aiyo u see la. u make me speechless. ALL THKS TO U!
lol! anw i veh long nv see nor tok to u le. dam saddening la... but well i shud not distract u from ur intensive studying. work hard!

-pam-: :D
HELLO! =)

t 'bitha: I KNOW YOU MISS ME ALOT ALOT ALOT HAHAHAHAHA!
YES! I MISS YOU LOADS LOADS LOADS. & the fact tt you couldn't attend AHS SC invest simply made it worse. =(


"The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live"
- Norman Cousins

somehow it just hit me really deeply when i came across it on the net. made me do some serious self-reflection and i understood myself further. i suppose it sounds kinda stupid huh? but it's true.


anyway...
i'm starting to feel a little pressured by school. projects, tests, homework... and End-of-Sem exams. terrible terrible! c

ESL407 - essays and journals are a real torture. i spend like hours trying to come up with a piece of work that is of a certain standard. it's tiring when the essays simply come in one after another. 1 more essay n 1 more journal to go. oh! and there's like this fun activity since the course doesn't have end-of sems. Debate! well at least that's something i enjoy. but wait! it's ain't exactly as easy as it seems. loads of planning and brainwork involved. =\ looks like i forgot to say some things. essay outline due the coming wed, and the nx journal most probably will b written in class. just great. sheesh!

ECO182 - thank god i'm in class B and have mr. ho as lecturer. Seriously i'm like already lagging when he's going so slow. cant imagine how class A copes with the bullet train speed. killer. anw there's a hell load of things that i only vaguely understand, and much of others which i don't know how it can b applied. dam, it sucks.

MTH115 - one and only subject which i do not have to study for. basically it's like AMaths during my sec sch time, so i'm just revising on what i already know. but well, tt's only for now. i don't know what the upcoming chapters are abt. =s hope it's something i already know.

MUS266 - competing with ESL407 to win the title of "worse subj of the Sem". Music, like ookkkaaaayyyyy... it's something so abstract and not concrete. all that fancy talk about tonality, style n stuff like those, i just don't really get it. ok but at least it did help me to better analyse and appreciate music. and well, the people in the class aren't making things any better. *rolls eyes*


Plans for NYAA residential project are finally forming up. hope it doesn't crumble like our previous plan.


helping Shawn and Peter for their VC hike... the thought of it simply turns me off. what a torture. =\


ok tt's it for random thoughts. i gotta go to sleep.
dam! there's music mock test tmr.
get me a miracle-maker, quick!

tagbacks!
huiling: lol what's with your hair? we're not gonna friend you alr hahaha!
eh... it's gone, for a good a cause. :) oh man! no! =( lol.

lucienne: yes junle! we're not gonna friend u le!!
*sobs sobs* ='( c'mon u know u can't resist me. dun deny it! xP

SOCKLING: noble dadddzzz. chats on buses (:
all kinds of chats on bus 14. from nonsensical crap to life lessons. =D

yz: lol
:) (i dunno what else to reply. LOL!)


Understanding Childhood Cancer
In Singapore, about 120 new cases of childhood cancer are reported every year. Among the types of cancer affecting children, the most common are leukemia, lymphomas, brain tumours and solid tumours. types of cancer

These children under the age of 19 have to go through a rigorous treatment regime. Besides the physical pain caused by cancer and its treatment, young patients often feel isolated because of the withdrawal from school and prolonged stay in the hospital. Cancer is a debilitating disease that takes its toll physically, emotionally and mentally, not only on the child but also on his or her family. treatment, impact on family


Hair for Hope (HfH), held annually since 2003, is an event that invites members of the public to shave bald to support children with cancer

Through this symbolic gesture, we aim to:

• Create awareness of childhood cancer in Singapore
• Tell children with cancer that they are not alone in their fight against cancer and there is nothing wrong about hair loss or baldness
• Build a community of support for children with cancer
• Raise funds to help children with cancer and their families

Significance of shaving bald
Treatment of cancer, including chemotherapy, causes hair loss in patients, and is associated with a child’s courageous fight against cancer.

Every shaven head represents an understanding by an individual of the ordeals that a child with cancer goes through.
tagbacks!
yz: LOLS U LOOK SO CUTE
haha! are u sure? i think i look weird. lol!

SOCKLING: OH MY YOUR HAIR.........
ahahaha! so noble of you but its super botak! ;D
looks v botak, but there's still hair on my head. feels prickly when one touches it.

JTING: it's like damn funny when i saw your head pop out when you sign in to msn ytd. LAUGH LIKE MAD. hahahha. welll done junle!! (: see you.
hmm.. most ppl would feel shocked/stunned instead of amused. u r 1 weird person. xP see you soon!

chew: hahaha I was stunned when I saw the photo here lolness. my mum was like AIYO!
O.O why on earth did ur mum see that foto too!? oh my...


day 1 after shaving kinda let me understand a few things.

having a bald head, it was natural draw people's attention. on a personal basis, i felt a little pressure. it was a feeling of uncertainty as to what people are thinking about when they looked at me. you may say "why bother what they think?", but i believe what i felt is exactly what most children who lost their hair due to chemotherapy and other forms of treatment feel. i thought about how they actually dealt with such situations. and with addition of the physical pains they go through from the treatment, these children are indeed under a lot of stress.

owells i guess it's impossible fully understand what they have to go through. =\ but i definitely salute them for their immense courage. =)


new found eyecandies. x)
tagbacks!
yaqi: i miss you so much sexy! esp when i went back sch the other day, i rmb when we were studying and twirling arnd in the classrm. we didn't eat out tgt like we planned to after getting our results):
yea, it's been like ages since we last saw each other. i rmb attempting to twirl glamourously, but failed terribly. lmao! XD yalor! it's like our plans were forgotten once we got our results.. =\ owells.

yz: i duno?? zzz.. lols. sian
haha! c'mon dun so sian la. smile! =) lol.

chermaine: leejunle :) life's good with ur timetable huh!
duh... or at least my life is better than yours. hehe! xP oh man i feel so mean. x)

val: JULNE! i can't wait to see you tmr! will i be the first one to donate or has someone else become the first already?
haha! you can be the first since u c me tmr morning. my other frens will only donate some time during the coming week.


Hair for Hope 2008 =)

surprisingly peter meant his words and he really turned up to watch me get shaved. in fact, we met at Novena MRT before making our way to Velocity @ Novena Sq.

The place was rather crowded the moment we came up from the escalator. Decided to register 1st instead of having lunch as my timeslot was approaching soon. I was kinda filmed and interviewed immediately after i stepped out of the registration line. hmm... i wonder if that happens to nearly everyone. anyway, seeing that there wasn't really much time to spare, i went to change into the event T-shirt and waited at the entrance of the queue. Then, one of the organiser/helper told me that i could enter the queue. hence, i made my way into the windy line. I didn't have to wait at all. somehow when they asked for 1 person to go on stage, everyone in front of me looked back. i guess they were shaving together as a group/family. So i went up, sat down, and the shaving began.

1 word to describe how i felt after the shave - COOLING. lol! my head felt so cool without hair on it. rushed down the stage to meet peter, then we went for lunch tgt. it was only after lunch that i remembered i forgot to collect the certificate. went to collect it before both of us made our way home.

i bet YOU must be anxious to know how i look right now. well i hope this satisfies your anxiety...



well i'm not completely bald like skin head, there are still like stubs of 1-2mm long hair.

i'm so excited to meet all my friends in the coming week! x)
tagbacks!
yz: of course i am special in ur life.
ROTFLMAO! XD and in what way are you special in my life? hmm... lol.

SOCKLING: mygoddddd always be my baby and i met you at the busstop that time!
haha! tt moment was just so funny. XD


ESL 407 was fun today chatting with matilda and mingyi. matilda was especially high. x)

econs was fun as well, with titus saying nonsensical/hilarious stuff. and as usual, mr. G was annoying me with his constant blabbering. sheesh!

met up with the ventures at night. talked about alot of crappy issues when we were actually supposed to discuss on the impt NYAA plans. unproductive, yet really enjoyable. lol.

SHOPPING TMR! =D
then MEETING CATHERINE & CHERMAINE! =D

'cause...
THERE'S NO SCHOOL! cheers! x)

please, just cut it out.
tagbacks!
yz: wa i screwed totally my chem n amath paper 2 le... sian sia. this shows that i am dumb sia.
junle my link must put more ;)))!!!
aiya nvm la. it's over already. look ahead towards the prelims! wah u think u so special in my life ar? XD

val: HEYHEYHEY! i think if you were to wear a bandana you will look really gay! i think you should wear an artist hat instead, it's gonna make you look cool! =)
bandana is so not me. in fact, i dun even noe wat kinda hat suits me. lol. artist hat? v hard to match clothes leh...

t 'bitha: Hahahaha hair for hope, okay jiayou Junle, I'll be having camp somewhere in Yiochukang at that time! Anyw yeah, I'm not going for investiture.. I guess Daryl is! :D
o.o WAH! ur life seems hectic. Y AREN'T YOU GOING BACK FOR INVEST????? WHY?


sleeping at 3+am for the past few days because of english. terrible terrible. but surprisingly, the lack of sleep made me rather high during the day. shouldn't the lack of sleep cause one to be unhappy? hmm...

music lesson today just made me hate the module even more. there was constant blabbering of musical terms and stuff, but i could hardly register anything in my mind. classical, romantic & baroque... chracteristics of such. symphony, concerto, sonata... differences between the 3. my gosh! it's simply too overwhelming.

went window-shopping today! =DD walked the whole of central, and many shopping centres in orchard road. felt so great to have sore feet after that. wahaha!


my sweet escape. ^_^