Wisdom

"The skillful use of knowledge and understanding for successful living." - A.R. Bernard

Poly or JC?

Worth a read, especially for the dear ones taking your O's this year:



If you're reading this and you are on the verge of a similar dilemma, you can always consult yours truly. After all, none of the bloggers, i would assume, on the website has the dual experience of being in both a local junior college and polytechnic.

In any case, to all O levelers: Do your best, and God will do the rest. ;)

Muted

How do you talk to somebody who doesn't want to?

Dammit.

If Only Wishes Could be made of Airplanes

The irony of education is that it takes your youth(almost) in exchange for what? Grades.
And in our sunny little island, grades literally mean money.
Your salary is dependent on your grades.
Yet you spend almost 35k(poly figures) at least for education and you have to slave for another 3-5 years till you've gotten enough money for marriage.

Seeing how one of facebook friend's status reads: "my mum on seeing me so rushed and stress over my essay told me to quit school if i can't handle it -_- i scolded her right away, asking her how can she ask me to give up, shouldn't she encourage me to complete it?? her response, save money what then you go find someone marry -_-"

Perhaps if education finished at 14 and we could all start working by 15, it would an ideal that I look forward to.
Then, people like GJT could really be a young mommy!

Fact of the matter is, what is necessary and what is not?
Is it wrong to specialize at an early age?
When kids were as young as 4, adults used to ask this favorite question of theirs: "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

Yet, 20 years down the road, these kids have deviated far from what their initial ambitions were. They dwell deeper and deeper into a downward spiral of consumerism and get unknowingly caught up in the rat race.

Or perhaps, is it that the children of our generation that have lost their ambitions?
Their hopes, their dreams, their sense, identity and faith in who they wanted to become?
Ask one in Singapore the 'what-do-they-want-to-be-when-they-grow-up' question and what is the common response you get? "IDK."

Or maybe, it is the grown-ups that have ignored the dreams of their kids and placed them in a cave to show them that such is the only way or perception of who you should be when you grow up.
"Mommy, I want to be a painter when I grow up!"
"No dearie, you should try to be a banker, a lawyer or doctor! Then you'll earn a lot of money like that."
Yes, love, care and concern is evident, but its so protective that it becomes a barrier, constricting the creative space needed to flourish.
The seed kept in the dark, will never grow.

T(e)V(il)

Entertainingly thoughtful session after Medsoc tutorial today, although almost everybody was like half-dead from waking up early/brushing up unfinished business for MarComm presentation.

Now i can't enjoy TV or movies anymore.

But that's ok, just like the Socrates cave example provided by Ms Sonia, we're no longer in it.

Now I understand why "There is more to that than what TV actually shows you."

Thank God I stopped watching the telly around sec 2.
Heh.

Thankfull-ness

Its little things like having your gf pay your cab-fare home and a taxi uncle that lets you pay netts and cash so that you can get home safe and sound at 1230am.

Thank You Daddy God<3

18

The fun doesn't start when you turn 18, its when everyone else you know does.

Projects

Oh well GraComm presentation is over, so is LocVid shooting.
Sure its not the best but everyone came out happy.
That's most important.

Hurt

When they said lightning couldn't strike twice in the same spot, they lied.
It struck my heart four times.

#777

Now whenever I think of 'Monopoly', I think of 'deal'.

Awesome awesome day ironically without pay.
But still enjoyed it very much with beloved Jacqueline Lim. :)
Black ink pasta haha!

Taking Away the 'FRO' to get 'LICK'!

Yes i've already told you I'm not a fan of Frolick's.
But the point is, lovely bumble bee and I stumbled upon a brand new chill out place at Tanjong Katong Road yesterday.
A innocent looking shop dotted along the road, if not given a second glance would have probably made it seem like just another run off the mill cafes that inhabit on this street of Singapore.
Entitled 'LICK', the anagram stands for Little Ice Cream Kafe(Brillantly cute isn't it?).
After dinner at MagicWok(a little delightful place for thai cuisine), honeybee and me walked up the street back to where we alighted near the student hostel to find this amazing spot.
Comfy, cosy and chill. Sofas aplenty, albeit the space in the shop was limited.
Now the ice cream is very good, sporting a variety of flavours we had never seen before.
There was even a 'Kaya Toast' flavour. (?_?)!!!
After trying out some of their more interesting flavours, we decided on a combination of Wild Strawberry and Frozen Watermelon:



Much to our delight, Mondays are free combinations day! So we added a mix of fruit loops to the frozen delight.
Turns though later, I was spending more time discerning with each scoop of ice cream which was strawberry and which was watermelon.
Oh well.
A sweet surprise though, they cater to parties!
And if its friday, its a day full of ice-creamery goodness with their $10.90 ice cream buffet(student priced!)!
Awesome awesome awesome stuff.
Ok check back soon to see if i've discovered more interesting places to dine!

Taxi Taxi!

Let me tell you about this super nice taxi uncle i met yesterday.
When he pulled over in front of my house backdoor entrance, he realised his netts machine wasn't working!
I told him that I could pay him back(cos i didn't have enough cash with me) if i went up to get the money so he offered to send me back all the way to my doorstep(or basement step rather) at no extra charge!
Not only that, he waited downstairs for like 10+ minutes for me to get the cash and didn't leave the meter running at all, so it was still the price i had to pay like 15-20 min earlier.
With the late night charge he could have 'earned' so much more!
Thank God really for cabbies like these that make my day, especially since I was so conked out after Sheron's party.

*Scape is the Place to Be

I think i should really make blogging an everyday habit seriously.
Making something out of nothing, being STOMPish. LOL
And we kept talking about some illuminati nonsense while talking about our debate project.

OK but I'm here not to rant about that, I'm here to promote this awesome place at *SCAPE, actually, two.

The first is this place called 'Music Cafe'.
The name doesn't sound much, but its more than meets the eye.
Food that's awesome at affordable prices, plus Happy Hours that give you 1 for 1 drinks valid for 6 hours, doesn't that sound awesome enough already?
Add to that, spacious, comfortable furniture that's a treat for the eyes coupled with DJ mixed R&B songs to chill the night away, you got more than a perfect place to hang out with your friends.
No doubt that at the time i visited was a week night, it was quite obvious that much of the cafe was unoccupied, apparently people were quite oblivious to the fact that there was actually a cafe that existed there.
Staff was friendly, and hoped they appreciated the redbull we gave them haha!
Oh and guess who showed up at the cafe on tuesday night?
Muttons to Midnight!
Double whoppee that evening.
Get your butts here before this place becomes overpopulated.

The 2nd place I've got in mind is actually Red Mango, some of you guys might have heard it before, its this place where they serve frozen yogurt, much to the likes of Yami and Frolick.
However, after tasting both their closest competitors, i'd say that I prefer this one the most.
Yami's sour while Frolick's just plain bland, this one is somewhere milky in taste - the taste i crave while eating yogurt.
Did i mention the Granola tasted extra crunchy and smelled delightfully roasted?
Until 30th June, they're having a 1-for-1 promotion and any type of yogurt you buy so please do yourself a favor(or flavour, yes quite a bad pun really) and give it a go.
To those new to the frozen yogurt scene, its not to late to miss out the best in life other than the world cup.

Alright, adios amigos!

Hee hee..

i love jacqueline. (:

Euphoria

Most euphoric day on earth

A Quickie

I'm sorry i know i haven't been blogging in a really long while since AC, i think.

Just got through a 36 hour fast earlier today.
Awesome once i hit the end, but the last 12 hours was hell, with lots of nausea.

Good news soon!

Anyway I'm working on my Bauhaus and video editing this weekend as well as a shoot so I'm very unavailable(even though its holidays already, supposing-ly) so no parties, no tik-toks, no she-wolves, no gotta feeling(just plenty of meaning), no dinner, no dine-ups, no dine-downs, no ups-and-downs-and-spin-it-all-arounds, no hotel room service and no ho-zeh.

But you can ask me out on 14 June onwards!

AC 2010

Well AC was a blast, with all the free food, HAHA!
But that's not the main point.
I feel this year's AC I've learnt Pst Kong's about how he conserves 10-20% of his strength for a crisis.
Either that or I didn't serve as much?
Perhaps its because we were allocated to hall 7.
In any case, AC was fun.
And I've received a lot of spiritual inputs.

Heh

Reclusion

Sometimes I feel like becoming a hermit to withdraw from everything.
But hermits are often strange, weird and eccentric so I'll skip that.
Looks like its trial time again.

All i want is time to play my guitar.

All i want is time to make music.

MRTee

Elderly uncles and aunties rushing to get seats on the MRT just irritates you doesn't it?
But why they do so?
Perhaps the fact is that they're so insecure about people courteous enough to give up seats for them.
Or maybe its that people just aren't that courteous enough.
So are they now a symptom or a problem?

Imploration

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