bishie!

omg, i love bishounen!!!

bishounen means mei3 shao4 nan2, which means good looking boys(pretty boys is a more accurate term).

aHHH i discovered this new anime called Saiunkoku Monogatari. oh man. for those people who have watched Fushigi Yuugi before, just visualise an anime with every young male looking like Hotohori and Tamahome!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. -faints, dies, froths at the mouth- so many bishounen!!!! URGH

yes. i'm hooked onto it. sigh. so yea, youtube's my very good friend now.

we had GP prelims ytd. it was okaay lar. the compre was tough. the essay, well, my brains were scattered and i had to spend some time picking them up.

today's teacher's day celebrations. well nothing much lar. think the council skit was pretty entertaining :). and quite fun overall. good job! and the emcee, jeremy, was very good!

oh, our class tees arrived today! i love it! it's an Adidas jersey, paid 39 bucks for it, goodness. and i need to complain about something. i have a new nick name in class, and it's super unflattering :(. it's... THUNDERTHIGHS. omg. AHHHHHHHH. ok to be more accurate, it's among the guys. great. my brothers call me that too. it's not my fault for getting the allele for big thighs. it's all mendel's fault! haha haha haha...

let's discuss!

i need a platform to jot down my thoughts. here goes *verbal diarrhoea*.


singapore's birth rate is decreasing, as usual, [20 000 fewer births last year than in 1965, births per female dropped from 4.66 in 1964 to 1.24 last year]. also, brain drain.

problem 1: talent pool gets smaller with time.

solution: foreign talent. attract immigrants, convince them to stay and sink their roots in singapore.

problem 2: with that, competition for education(the young) and jobs(the adults) will increase. depriving singaporean citizens of opportunities.

solution: with foreign talent, economy becomes more vibrant, more jobs available. good for all.

problem 3: are we on the right track? we have a "brain drain", but before we look outside of singapore for other talents that are still here, we look overseas. are we not encouraging more people to leave? lack of motivation to stay here. brain drain to country A, country A brain drain to country B... vicious cycle. back to square 1.

solution: review our(govt) attitudes towards citizens? allow unrestricted flow of talent from A to B to C.... encourages diversity?

problem 4: how do you attract immigrants? with more immigrants, a more diverse society. racial harmony? with more races/nationalities, more difficult to ensure peaceful co-existance? allow them to keep their roots, but yet integrate the Singapore Brand into them? when you "stamp" the brand onto them, will they lose their uniqueness? becomes a homogenous society? *why do we want immigrants. what is their value to us??* (ok out of pt. but yet i ain't really talking about a pt. i'm jumping hohohohohoho.)

case study: Switzerland. they live happily within their boundaries! freedom to all, and are allowed to be "separated" from each other, yet are bonded with a single identity. harmony. singapore: to achieve harmony, we create rules... HDB quota for minority races. to allow interation, and thus understanding.
***does the HDB quota(and all of the other attempts of the govt) work??? and in switzerland, is there true harmony? check.



assumptions assumptions assumptions. urgh.




ok i'm tired. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

whoops?

yo peeps!

whoa looking at the response from my tagboard, looks like people actually enjoy it when i'm being nonsensical! goodness gracious me. looks like everyone's brains have turned atrophy too. hmmx :).

anyway, i love ms chua siok kheng and mr tan chih yuan! they are very, very nice people.

actually i have loads to say. as in, sometimes while i'm doing something, i'd think of blogging, then the words will actually be typed out in my mind. but then, i'd forget about it, because apparently, i'm actually satisfied with just imagining it in my head! oh dear. hope i'm not embarking on the journey to insanity. -frothing at the mouth, giving a mad grin-

hmm. is it apparently, or apparantly. oh my toot, my spelling sucks. let me check...

ok, checked. for fellow suckers with bad spelling habits, it's apparently, to set records straight.

i shall recommend a song. Endless Story by Yuna Ito. the chinese version is Xiang Nian Ni De Ge by Saya, and i'm sure many of you would have heard it before. but i love the jap version better.

oh yes, mel, i know about the issue of typing "hui lin" on tag boards. i don't understand, how could my name be a vulgarity!!! especially that it's MY name(hoho), how can it be anything bad?? goodness. maybe it's too good that it's become a crime to even type it out. oh yes, that must be it! hohohohohohohoho~! (think anime evil female laughter)

teacher's day is coming. SIGHHH. i'm a bad student(as in i hate to make gifts). i'll see how lar. i think some teachers deserve at least a card :).

i've been quite happy these few days, yippee :)!!

-dusts around-

oh, my darling, how long have i not moved my hands over you!
oh, my keyboard!

ok that wasn't right. somehow i started typing stuff like that. anyway finally, i'm blogging! sorry darling bloggie, i was occupied with new loveS.. bookS! (haha YAR RIGHT)

再見是藍色的 by 矢野真紀. i like this song! but i don't know what's its english or jap name cuz i found it in the com.

anyway. life has been bad. caused by yours truly.

but finally "woken up" today! hopefully, life will be better from now on :). it will. as long as i choose it to be.

i choose you!

...pikachu!

heh.

quick update: my 2nd bro, ren jie, has gone to the netherlands for an exchange programme. will be back in 4-5months time.

talked to an old friend, and that made my day too! but oh yes i'm too embarrassed to tell him that. but i know he's reading. i think haha. if you are, thank you, even though it wasn't anything much. really sweet of you to just say hi! take care, and must meet up after As yep :)!

i realise that i type in a kind of "duh" mood. i'm suppressing my smiles and laughter! why oh why. maybe it's cuz i don't want my family to walk in on my looking totally idiotic and unglam. hmmx.

and oh. i've finally cut my hair. finally i can stop tying it. i guess i dont mind looking more boy boy HAHA. rather than to tie my hair, when i look better as a boy. HEH. and tying your hair is bad for your roots! your roots will get loose and they will be pulled out. and when you have no roots, you will not understand what is yin shui si yuan ("rmb the source") anymore!! haha!

ok if you don't understand me, it's alright. really. i forgive you. for i'm magnanimous, kind, lovely, beautiful, pretty! HAHAHAHAHA. ok sorry. i need to sleep. night :p.

pissed off

-erased-

cuz i'm appeased.

Graduation Cert

i had a "nightmare".

i dreamt that in my testimonial and in my cca records, there was nothing under student council. omg.

what a nightmare.

the (stupid) intrinsic fears that insidiously eat us from inside-out... without us knowing.


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anyway, do not be deceived by my position as the "vp of sc". that doesn't mean that i have a lot to write about in my testimonial, given the structure asked for by MOE. what an unfair deal, really. memories of PEARLS and all of those rigid judgements on your achievements in life are all flooding back. yucks.

Canute the Great

King Canute on the Seashore
by: James Baldwin, The Book of Virtues

Long ago, England was ruled by a king named Canute. Like many leaders and men of power, Canute was surrounded by people who were always praising him. Every time he walked into a room, the flattery began.

"You are the greatest man that ever lived," one would say.

"O king, there can never be another as mighty as you," another would insist.

"Your highness, there is nothing you cannot do," someone would smile.

"Great Canute, you are the monarch of all," another would sing. "Nothing in this world dares to disobey you."

The king was a man of sense, and he grew tired of hearing such foolish speeches.

One day he was walking by the seashore, and his officers and courtiers were with him, praising him as usual. Canute decided to teach them a lesson.

"So you say I am the greatest man in the world?" he asked them.

"O king," they cried, "there never has been anyone as mighty as you, and there never be anyone so great, ever again!"

"And you say all things obey me?" Canute asked.

"Absolutely!" they said. "The world bows before you, and gives you honor."

"I see," the king answered. "In that case, bring me my chair, and we will go down to the water."

"At once, your majesty!" They scrambled to carry his royal chair over the sands.

"Bring it closer to the sea," Canute called. "Put it right here, right at the water's edge." He sat down and surveyed the ocean before him. "I notice the tide is coming in. Do you think it will stop if I give the command?"

His officers were puzzled, but they did not dare say no. "Give the order, O great king, and it will obey," one of then assured him.

"Very well. Sea," cried Canute, "I command you to come no further! Waves, stop your rolling!. Surf, stop your pounding! Do not dare touch my feet!"

He waited a moment, quietly, and a tiny wave rushed up the sand and lapped at his feet.

"How dare you!" Canute shouted. "Ocean, turn back now! I have ordered you to retreat before me, and now you must obey! Go back!"

And in answer another wave swept forward and curled around the king's feet. The tide came in, just as it always did. The water rose higher and higher. It came up around the king's chair, and wet not only his feet, but also his robe. His officers stood before him, alarmed, and wondering whether he was not mad.

"Well, my friends," Canute said, "it seems I do not have quite so much power as you would have me believe. Perhaps you have learned something today. Perhaps now you will remember there is only one King who is all-powerful, and it is he who rules the sea, and holds the ocean in the hollow of his hand. I suggest you reserve your praises for him."

The royal officers and courtiers hung their heads and looked foolish. And some say Canute took off his crown soon afterward, and never wore it again.

it's already thursday NIGHT.

oh man. goodness. sigh.

why can't i stop Time?

question:

Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD!
Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
There's no trick or surprise.
Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can!

Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of them ... really.
Now, scroll down (but not too fast, you might miss something.)

1)Think of a number from 1 to 10
2)Multiply that number by 9
3)If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together
4)Now subtract 5
5)Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with (example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c, 4=d,5=e etc.)
6)Think of a country that starts with that letter.
7)Remember the last letter of the name of that country.
8)Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter.
9)Remember the last letter in the name of that animal.
10)Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter.



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Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark eating an Orange? I told you this was FREAKY! If not, you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think of something else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in Denmark when given this exercise.


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got the above question from xun's blog, from one of his tags by issy. urgh yes i'm one of the stupid 98%. but ohhh i finally found out how this works!(through the other tags). sheesh. i'm such a loser hahahaha

insomnia

had insomnia yesterday night. probably slept a bit in between. my mind was awake, my body was working on recycled adrenaline. very bad.

"woke up" before the alarm rang. my mind was still awake. decided that i really lack sleep when i saw a pair of bloodshot eyes belonging to a dishevelled girl staring back at me in the mirror.

didn't go to school, took a sleeping pill(my dad said it's a sleep adjuster or something though, not sleeping pill), and tried to go back to sleep. woke up after 2 hours of sleep, forced myself to sleep again. finally got out of bed at 11am.

sigh. i have this fear that i wont be able to sleep again tonight. if i cant, i'm going to watch tv till i sleep, or hell, i'd meditate just for the heck of it. if i'm truly desperate, maybe i might read bio, and imagine kph's voice in my head. maybe i'd knock out immediately. maybe ju oon's a better alternative. hmmx.

goodness gracious me. i'm spoiled for choices.

-rolls eyes-

Ok Go

i was surfing youtube yesterday, and i came across this band from Chicago called Ok Go. they have the most amusing videos. i like their songs! goodness. even i am shocked by myself haha. according to darling wiki, their songs are in the Indie Pop and Power Pop genre(whatever that means).

this is one of their videos. i like the dance choreagraphy. it's really fresh and different. i mean, is it even dance? ahha. ya la it is la. just that it's a different type. innovative! but i'd get sick of it after a while.

check the video out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCjSwr7zYtE

i like their song Do What You Want a lot! hmmx.

anyway National Day is coming. you know what this means? it means we are again another week nearer to the A's! BAAAh. i hope being nearer to the A's is equivalent to being a step closer to reaching my As. heh.

it also means we are going to have 2.5days worth of hols! whoopee!! but hey, that's bad news. it's the devil's way of tempting us into watching tv, pigging out(proof:my mom's cooking good food on 9 Aug), using the computer(EVIIILLL), or simply slacking :). heh. temptation taunts~. (private joke with the SN LD girls. good old days.)

i had a nightmare about oac and bernie. haha! on wednesday night, i dreamt that it was thursday already. and i saw bern in school. she told me i have to stay back after school because there's oac. i totally freaked out lar. "how come?? you all never tell us in advance leh. how can you expect us to stay back??" i said, on the brink of hysteria. she said, "sorry. it's been decided already. cannot change. must come." i almost cried lar. i yelled out, "it's not fair!!", and then my dream ended. hahahaha! shows my intrinsic fear and my deepest darkest secrets. i never knew i could be so freaked out by, erm, oac sessions. hahaha. goodness.

the other day, while i was studying, suddenly something small, black, cold, and relatively heavy fell into my t-shirt. omg. i screamed. more of like a yelp and silent screaming lar. (i don't like to really scream out loud - other than during PE lessons. have been conditioned to scream internally) freaked out for about 8 seconds and was desperately trying to beat that thing out of my t-shirt or to death. i realised that something was wrong, because i felt zero movement. so i decided to be brave and face the unknown. i looked into my t-shirt, and i found... my hairpin. URGH. stupid.

ok enough of my show of idiocy. i feel like day dreaming. good day, everybody. :)

today is a wednesday

ok i admit, that was a lousy title. but never mind, be a kind soul and forgive me thankyouverymuch -cues a sweet smile-.

yesterday, a teacher of mine(shall not name him ;p) complained to us about how he was wronged. or rather, he did something that was so minor, but it was blown up to huge proportions. well, THAT IS KARMA FOR YOU, DUDE. who asked you to do the same thing to other people, causing their futures to be at stake. *shrugs*. but it's really amusing, for all of these karmic incidents happened during his lessons. haha!

i also lost my respect for him. at first i respected him as a person, but not so much as a teacher. i had some basic respect for him, but it just degenerated as i got to see his ugly side more and more. he's someone who knows how to wayang. yesterday, because of that incident, he told us that should he see the person's mother who complained against him on the road, he would not hesitate to bang into her. in fact, he WILL bang into her. and he repeated that at least twice. or was it thrice? anyway, whatever the exact details, i've lost my respect for him as a person. he's immature, reckless, and someone who's so ugly. ugly inside. a monster.

ok let's talk about happy things! today i had chem remedial with ms sim. ahh, you might not believe it, but chem remedial is actually quite fun! even though we do not joke around or anything. maybe it's because everyone's relaxed, and eager to learn. and we actually understand organic chem so i guess that's why everything is becoming so much more enjoyable. or maybe it's because she taught us in a small group. maybe she should do that for all of her tutorials. maybe that will keep us awake heh.

i've been drinking chicken essence every morning for the past week. excluding weekends. because i just don't have enough sleep. baaahh! this can't go on! bad bad bad. i must learn to do the right things at the right times! brawh.

even though i don't have anything exciting per say to share on my blog, i realise that i'm not actually very bored in reality. i am enjoying my life now, even though there's nothing really much to talk about. that's good :D! mmm -stops and thinks-, that's good, hui lin!

OH i'm sorry i'm just disgusted by certain things. even though i try not to be, my irritation and aversion will just pop up and kill my mood. hahahahahaha.

in response to my sudden weight gain(ok maybe not very sudden), i've decided to go into Plan D. D for Desperate Diet!! HAHA!! -maniacal laughter-! ok halt your galloping horses i'm JUST KIDDING :p. heh i've just decided to do sit ups every night whenever i'm tired of studying. heh. i hope i remember to do so, instead of using food as a substitute for entertainment(for my bored, empty, and lonely stomach).

my brothers bought 2 new albums: Mika Nakashima's compilation of her best songs, and Piano Man, The Very Best of Billy Joel. good stuff!

my eldest bro typed a very gross testimonial for me on friendster. URGH. but i have to admit, i was pretty amused :).

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