what holiday??

the common tests are over! i'm pretty sure i failed almost everything. maths was the worst. i left ALOT of questions blank. if i get full marks for all the questions i attempted, i will get 26 marks. lol. and maths was the only subject i studied for! this just goes to show that studying does not guarantee anything. if you go into an exam without studying, you have nothing to lose. that's what i feel. haha. but only this kind of not-important tests then can play play. when a-levels come then cannot anyhow play play liao haha.
last friday we had a friendly against river valley high too. we beat them 7-0. but i'm quite disappointed cos it could actually have been more than 10-0. ALOT more. i managed to get 2 goals before being substituted off 10min into the second half. so i've been top scorer so far with 5 goals in 2 games (reko is 2nd with 3). mum says why can't i be top scorer in studies too lol.. i can, but give others a headstart first lah.. haha! makes it alot more interesting again. just like o-levels.
GIGS was okay. i guess the game was quite fun, but maybe not practical for so many people to play. but the comm should get better with every event it organises. so i'm not thAt worrried yet..
hmm... i've got nothing else to say i guess. i'm just happy for the one-week away from any lessons. looks like nothing's changed for me even though the holidays are here (except for not needing to go school for lectures and tutorials), cos during school term i also act like it's my holiday haha!! just ask the twins and michelle lol.

9U3

it's been a pretty eventful week.
on wednesday we had the CJC annual cross-country. at macritchie reservoir.
i managed to get 9th place in the school. so got another nice trophy:) but my table a bit no space to put it. it started really congested but i managed to break through the crowd half way through the jungle. then just keep running til the end haha.
yesterday (friday) had chinese alevel results. i got a U! haha... so have to take CL 'B' this year.. sian lah. i expected to fail chinese lah so don't worry people i'm not sad. stop comforting me guys lol. i just don't like it that i have to go for CL B lessons. waste time..
then we had a friendly against NUS high too. we trashed them 8-1. i got a first-half hat-trick. first goal was a tap-in from a goal-mouth scramble. then the second goal was a nice scissors kick from a cross from the right. the hat-trick goal was a cut-back from justin to me on the edge of the box and i shot it first time into the top corner. it was 5-1 at half-time. then second half we scored 3 more and then coach subbed me out cos he was trying out the substitutes for 2nd half. so yeah, a nice win for us. but they weren't very good lah.. that's why it was just a warm-up for the A-divs haha.
yup that's all. next week is common tests!! die..

rockafella

HELLLOOOOOO CJC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha. that was what i shouted when the curtains opened and the cheers from the crowd greeted us. for a moment i was stunned and just stood there soaking it all in. then came to my senses, took the mike and shouted into it lol.
yeah, rockafella was pretty ok. actually it wasn't as good as i had hoped. cos i kinda messed up abit of my second solo. and according to daryl, brother paul wasn't very happy cos we blasted our instruments until the judges couldn't hear me sing. but everyone i asked told me they could hear the singing. so i'm wondering what's the difference between the judges ears and those in the audience. cos the video yiying helped me take could also hear the singing very clearly. haha. ah it doesn't matter now lah.
actually i thought it was quite bad, but after seeing the video i think it was actually quite ok.
i think "only one" was good. the crowd sang along during the chorus. my class were cheering like mad haha! and there was one part where the crowd did a kallang wave. i think it was during the solo haha.
now i look back, i think "i'd hate to be you" was a wrong song choice. cos it's not a very well-known song. so the crowd couldnt sing along. maybe something like "she will be loved" would have been better. but no use crying over spilt milk lah.
well, it was a good experience:) the biggest stage we've ever performed on! and the largest audience. i think about half the school went? the whole auditorium was filled lah. and to just hear the crowd was like... wow... haha. too bad my classmates weren't allowed to go right up to the stage so i couldn't do my planned stage dive. LOL. we had REALLY planned to do it! totally nuts haha. but thanks to the class for supporting me(: hearing them scream and seeing them stand up and cheer my name was the best part of last night.
having a band performance is really something. i'm not sure if i'll ever perform in front of such a big crowd again. or having such mad supporters. but i really hope i get another chance. performing is really something else.
but being in the crowd is another thing!! haha. when Class Act (last year's winners) performed "beat it" i escaped from backstage to the hall and joined my class. and we starting going OUTTA CONTROL. haha! jumping like crazy and a BIT of moshing. hahaha.. moshing is the most fun thing ever man. too bad the school didn't allow it...
yep. all in all a good experience. i performed not to win, but to just perform and entertain.
one great rock show can change the world...

busy busy

wohoho haven't posted here for quite some time!
i've been really busy in school.
bcos first of all, trying to keep up with all my work. actually not really trying, but you know what i mean..
soccer training is getting intensive cos a-divisions is coming in april.
and also Hastily Assembled auditioned and got into rockafella. so there have been rehearsals. unfortunately the student council put them on days where there's also football training. so i've had to juggle them. i think coach isn't very happy that i missed some parts of training.
we had a friendly match with AJC yesterday. the match got cancelled after 10min cos of rain... we were actually leading 1-0 early on through an own goal. i missed a good chance and reko hit the post too. so we could have been 3-0 up after 10min haha.
anws, rockafella is tmr! (rockafella is an annual CJC rock concert event where all the ticket and shirt money goes to charity) our band, Hastily Assembled, is gonna be playing "only one" by yellowcard and "i'd hate to be you when people find out what this song is about" by mayday parade. i'm lead singer and lead guitarist, cheang is rhythm guitar, YC on keyboard, matthew tay on drums and edwin on bass. we haven't played at all since the auditions (which were one month ago) cos we're all so busy. me with soccer, YC and edwin with fencing, and cheang with dunno what he has lah. so the rehearsals have not been that good. due to some unforeseen circumstances such as the council not letting us play our full songs due to time-constraints and curtains closing on us while we're playing. lol. but i think we'll do fine tmr. i've got some nice crowd-rallying stuff up my sleeve(:
yeah well, it's been a really stressful and busy week. juggling soccer, rockafella, and studies. not to mention there's interclass handball tmr.. i have to play cos i'm either gonna be keeper to stop the goals or play centre to dictate the game and make killer passes. so i'm very important. haha..
normally with a week like this i would feel so dead and anxious, but a good thing happened this week that made me feel much better. God knows how much i needed that, man..
oh yeah, liverpool beat real madrid 1-0 last night too:)
don't know when i'm gonna post again, but definitely when i've got more time:)

Jersey

Cause Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair

Let's write a song that we can dance to
Cause they all wanna listen
Just to know how it sounds when
I do that thing you know that i do
When i find inspiration
This is me breaking down when

Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair

Let's write a song that we can sing to
And you can lead the choir
And put the hook where it hurts most
And you threw a spark that lit the candle
That set us all on fire
And sent a flame down the east coast

Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair

And i should have been your everything
I'm now at the end of my eternity
And i will sleep to have the darkest dreams
This just won't seem right to me I close my eyes and beg for peace

Jersey just got colder and...
Jersey just got colder and...
Jersey just got colder and...

Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair


another Mayday Parade song..

Your Song

You say that Gainesville's got no soul
Well that sounds like a good excuse for coming home
And all these Tallahassee skylines they keep singing out a song
and know it's your song they've been singing all night long
and this gally early rooftop just keeps calling out your name to come and stay (so stay)

So stay
Stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
I'll sing you every song I know if it will make you want to stay
And then i'll say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you

I poured through every song I wrote
Every line that I've cried, every note that was split with this pen
And every line in every song, they all seemed to come out wrong
Until your song
So let's sing it all night long
And this Tallahassee skyline hasn't changed
While the view from every rooftop says to stay

Stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
I'll sing you every song I know if it will make you want to stay
And then i'll say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you

And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say i missed you boy
So sing it over again, and over again, and over again,
And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say i missed you boy
Now sing it over again and over again, and over again


by Mayday Parade

Happy CNY

happy CNY to all of you people.
it's the same as always. go grandparents house and collect hongbaos. sit there and stone. after awhile then go into one room so nobody can see me sleep. every year the same cycle repeats itself. haha...
my scar is now just a scar. it looks ugly and cool at the same time. but i don't like it being too obvious. i rather have the type that people can only see when they look closely.
last week went to school. paid attention at times. it's so hard to focus. especially when i feel some lessons like GP are useless. we even had parent-teacher meeting, so mum went. she asked mr rajoo how i was doing. he told her the same story as last year, that there are no doubts about my ability, just that i'm still sleeping and not working hard yet. then they want me to come up with a timetable to study etc etc.. so yeah i came up with it. but i'm not gonna start on it til after tomorrow. it's just a simple 1 hour of studying everyday mon-thurs. i don't wanna start off too ambitious haha. i doubt i can follow this regime anyway.
i tried to get some work done too. but i only managed to complete my econs holiday homework. but that's only cos it was on the music industry haha. so naturally i decided to do it on rock music. chose to do it on mayday parade too, cos supposed to do on a group that is upcoming or fairly unknown. mayday parade rocks man. their songs are addictive. and the lyrics are just.. wow. later maybe i put up one of their song lyrics.
sports: liverpool have drawn both league and FA cup games 1-1 against everton at anfield. does nothing to brighten my mood. gerrard got the goal in both games. amazing how he's still playing like that. even with all the court accusations and stuff. need to start winning man. too many draws already. a few more draws and we'll fall further behind man utd in the title race. we're still level on points with them, so i guess it's good. just that they have a game in hand. but yeah, if someone had said at the start of the season that liverpool will be in this position with 16 games to go, i'd have taken it.
coach was sick for the most part of last week too. so we didn't really train properly. there were some sec4 graduates who came for a trial game on wednesday. so we played against them 11 vs 11. we beat them 9-3. i'm still wondering how we managed to let in 3 goals. i bagged 2 goals in the game. but honestly, it should have been 4 or 5. missed some clear chances when i got pushed forward to striker at the last part of the game. but i think i'm playing my attacking midfield position really well. the whole team is starting to take shape. so a couple more months of intensive training and maybe, just maybe, we might be able to have a crack at the semis come the a-divisions in april.
i'm no longer chairperson of youth comm as well. cos the new comm is like, formed. but i'll stay on a while to help the new chairperson. which will be announced on sunday at plh.
yeah well that's about all i can say for now.
here's the best of some mayday parade lyrics:

"Three Cheers for Five Years"

I swear that you don't have to go, I thought we could wait for the fireworks
I thought we could wait for the snow, to wash over Georgia and kill the hurt
I thought I could live in your arms, and spend every moment I had with you
Stay up all night with the stars, confess all the faith that I had in you (I had in you)

Too late, I'm sure, and lonely
Another night, another dream wasted on you
Just be here now, against me
You know the words, so sing along for me baby

For Heaven's sake, I know you're sorry, but you wont stop crying
This anniversary may never be the same
Inside I hope you know I'm dying, with my heart beside me, in shattered pieces that, may never be replaced
And if I died right now, you'd never be the same

"Miserable At Best"

You're all that I hoped I'd find, in every single way
And everything I could give, is everything you couldn't take
Cause nothing feels like home, you're a thousand miles away
And the hardest part of living is just taking breaths to stay
Because I know I'm good for something i just haven't found it yet, but I need it

And this will be the first time in a week that I'll talk to you and I can't speak
It's been three whole days since I've had sleep because I dream of his lips on your cheek
And I got the point that I should leave you alone but we both know that I'm not that strong
And I miss the lips that made me fly

yup combined with the music it's great! can emo to this kinda songs man.. haha..
ok, happy CNY to everyone. let's hope yours is better than mine.