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Friday, April 27, 2007

8:55 pm

Wearing:pjs

mood: sleepy

Ive decided i wont come online as often as before. I want to take care of my eyes. Im feeling so motivated after watching a Cheryl Fox programme on myopia. Its going to be pretty irritating reminding myself i have to take an eye break every 45 minutes.

I'll probably heck it. haha.

Today was a rather unfun-filled day. Firstly, we had a prize giving ceremony today to award the 2006 batch of JC 1s and 2s for their academic/cca achievements. I was laughing like hell when i saw yiliang going up. I can practically feel his ecstasy when he went up to take his prize. Then i laughed at anne-marie, the fast talking wit, also known as my lechmi who went up to take a prize for KI. Im lazy to talk about all of the prize winners but im very happy to mention Kaiwen and Gabriel. Gabriel, despite his liver problems did comparatively well for the As. An avid member of fencing, he even comes when his school years are over, which is a nice thing to see. Gabriel, continue to come back ok!Kaiwen, whose known for always drinking, has done bloody well scoring As and Distinctions in EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT. Plus, he such a sportsman. Congrats for getting into OCS. I need help in lit haha.

So yes, theres Gabriel on the left, Kaiwen on the right. So you would think that we were part of a good audience who was clapping for every single price recipient in full earnesty. Not exactly.What we focused on were:

Our shoes

Stelli and Sam Han

Andrea. A bit of Feline, Jessie, Winson and Kat

Stelli and Sam Han

The extra-terrestrial

So after the awards, Kat and I went for break because we were so goddamned hungry. We had a nice lunch date, considering the rest of the class were mugging for the upcoming econs/math test towards the end of the day. Our joy after math test could be seen in more photo takings which will be presented now:

Nick and Winson in their greeting mode

Zehra and Me. Which im too lazy to invert heh.

Dedicated to Stelli :)

Class outing at some random indonesian restaurant upstairs far east.

3 of the main men of T4.

Making full use of detention

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

9:11 pm

wearing:pjs

mood: okay

Honestly, im a little down. I've pretty much gotten over my Godpas passing away but upon finding out that im going to attain some of his stuff, im feeling a little..ok i cant describe. I guess i finally felt that his passing has become reality. Godpas going to arrange a tea-party (haa godma and her teas) so that she can distribute heirlooms that Godpa had instructed her to give. I didnt even expect anything so its just a little weird. I dont even what to know what ill get. My dad was joking ill probably get a hankerchief.

My godpa was a stingy man. And boy, did he love hankerchiefs!

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

6:41 pm

wearing: cjc pe
mood: :)

MR GLASCOW HAS BEEN PROMOTED!!!! He seriously deserves it. Both Mr pang and him are two of the most enthusiastic teachers i've ever had. Its interesting how we have such strange teachers in CJ, all of who make us laugh. Take for example Mr Kwee and Mr Glascow. Mr kwees' just retarded- which is adorable and hilarious. Mr glascow witty remarks can make us shake with laughter. I guess this is why i enjoy econs and lit so much.

I need to drag myself out of this chair and start doing my work. What a drag!

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

5:57 pm

wearing: white shirt and jeans

mood: ho-hum.

In light of the Cho shootings, my mind has been constantly adrift on the possible impact this event has on Asians. I feel for those who are in the US because they are possible targets for aminosity of any kind. In most cases, westerners cannot tell apart a korean, japanese and a chinese. So pretty much the yellow-skinned, black eyed and distinctly chinese (or in this case, korean) looking person is a target. I guess this is not to say that ALL americans would be against them but the racial prejudice still does exsist.

I can think of many reasons for the westerners to hate us

1)Basically most of the big attacks on the US were caused by Asians. E.g Sept 11 bombings, Cho guy.

2)The beheading of westerners are done by our Asian counterparts in the middle east.

3)Westerners are also losing jobs due to cheaper production costs in Asia. How many times in econs do we have that example of American steel workers losing jobs as a result of the transfer of production into china.

4)American industries are facing competition from Asian industries. Hello toyota.

5)The 'white superiority' belief still exists. They dont like others impeding on their territory either. This brings me back to cambridge last year where one other student from another JC faced racial discrimination when someone drove passed asking him/her to go back to his "fucking country"

Yet, i feel us asians have a lot to learn from our western counterparts.

Especially in their advertising. This probably explains why the american advertising industy is worth billions, hundreds of them. I think their most ingenius fomula is the "Terms and conditions" product. Usually a campaign will boast something like "money-back guarantee!" "10000 year warranty". Naturally one would be all-assuming and believe what they say WITHOUT READING THE FINE PRINT. Haha, no wonder there are so many lawsuits against insurance companies. One guy is suing some insurance firm because they refused to pay him for his stolen watch because he wasnt wearing it.

My favourite american advertisement today would be:

Ah. Low fat butter.

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