Jesus take the wheel

So true.

Idiot Bush: both in this video and in reality. Enjoy.

Debates

Argh... we lost to chij-tp at srjc quarter finals... We proposed "THBT (this house believes that) nuclear weapons are necessary for world peace" and sort of screwed up lah. Sian ah they get us to prep semis and finals when quarters are impromptu and on the same day, lose quarters then the prepped cases can throw away... Argh still haven't gotten over it

RJC won, VJC second. Surprise: RJ didn't prepare the cases they were supposed to prepare and did a last-minute thing. But that means they're smart enough to do that... so congrats to them.

But on a happier note, RI (kartik, shi yang, lionel, samuel) won arena quarters vs HCI, even after lagging behind by 20-0 after the 1st round. Haha... good luck and god bless for the next round!

OBS

Ok I survived OBS.... haha

Well... most of the activities are quite fun - like kayaking, abseiling, jetty jump etc. Except the land expedition: for the uninitiated (and the RG peeps going next week) this means carrying a 20kg backpack and walking all over in EITHER rain or suffocating heat and humidity.

But we kena mobile... the camping quite sian ah... especially when it rain and rain and rain... everynight pitch up tent, go sleep, then half hour later it will start pouring and the tent become swimming pool - i don't mind if the water is clean (that will be like sleeping in a bathtub of sorts) but it's all muddy, sandy, and basically gross. All this pitching up of tent bla blah blah takes up a lot of time leh... But a tent, being such a small confined space, really encourages u to know your tentmates better... got one night me and my tentmates (choon how, yongsheng, renyong) talk and talk cos cannot sleep (read: too uncomfortable to sleep)... Den we didn't really have proper food (except a couple of meals at the canteen)... only dry and canned rations.

Actually rain got pro and con also lah... at least not so hot, so dun sweat so much and stink so much and dun get so much bites. Then i was navigator for the kayak sea expedition.. then got one time rain so heavy until whiteout, visibility less than 20m, navigate the kayak also got to tikum tikum with the compass and map, if got obstacle u won't see until u r very close. But den my kayak the front hull got 5cm crack, the more water u bail out the more goes in.... so choon how and i ended up kayaking an extra half-kayak load of water around... then lag like shit. in fact the instructor told me after i used that kayak they condemned it... haha.

I think OBS makes a ripoff profit from the equipment replacement.. one mess tin charge $7.40??? just a metal piece of scrap that dents easily cost 7.40? rip off man... well, it's a COMMERCIAL operation after all...


Top: cook watch, half of 3C class... Really got to know everyone better through this OBS. Made friends with everyone, especially some (u noe who u are :-))

Will Zhang was right. OBS really brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. I've heard horror stories from certain friends from XYZ class about their bo chap, selfish, and slack watch, and am really quite happy that my watch really got quite good "gotong-royong" (合作）spirit. Everyone is basically nice to each other, and all contribute to the group :-). And in fact i see that everyone (or almost everyone) has some sort of leadership potential that just emerges at the appropriate moments. Quite hard to find such groups of nice pple.

Well, so at the end of the day, i find that i both love and hate OBS... it is certainly an invaluable experience.. but i could have done away with some of its things. had my share of fun and suffering. I got to know my classmates better, but the mosquitos and what not also got to know me better..... It has allowed me to appreciate (and love) comfort even more, but thank god it's over.

OBS next week

Haha next week whole week OBS liao... should be quite fun. And yes i'm doing photography again.

But den the next day after i come back got debate competition... 3 rounds some more leh... quite xiong ah. We've chionged all the prep this week, and I seriously hope we're not too tired to debate, and not too disadvantaged cos we're against teams like MGS, ACS, and some JCs who are well rested and have much more time to prepare... Tell me if u want to come and support :-) It's whole day (saturday 13/1) at Serangoon JC.

Just a little something from Will Zhang: OBS brings out the best in some pple and the worst in others... really... how fun it is depends on your attitude. it's as fun as you want it to be. Haha.

Going to sleep early (for once) Bye!

School start liao

Walau holidays pass so fast one... haven't even sit down and play a proper game of simcity or train simulator or warcraft already school start. As if like theory of relativity or something... (or more correctly, the opposite of it, since in ToR, time slows down in relativistic speeds)

Walau first day of school already rush like shit like that... haha but luckily pple quite cooperative today, especially morning assembly. and there weren't that many latecomers... (yah, latecoming point is the only job where less business is better). Budden everything else rush like shit... one stack of meetings... i certainly hope it doesn't get much worse than this. Btw, good job theodore for first day prog, can really see u put in a lot of effort... but stay calm and in control and just dun panic kae?

To the class of 3C... haha it's nice to know all of you. let's make it like a great class, and a great 2 years. sit tight and unite as a class! it's going to be a roller coaster ride ahead. I tend to find it quite hard to remember names and match them to faces.. so pls give me some time :-) Do talk to me about almost everything and anything (except sports and some forms of entertainment anything reflecting moral depravity)... and ask me for my pet topics :-) i have quite a few pet topics (e.g. MRT, quantitative chem analysis, cameras) for which i retain quite a database of info...


New year's resolutions:

#1 To walk closer to God, find happiness and refuge in him, and live for his purpose, with him providing the directions, and not to be bogged down by work such that i grow distant from God

#2 To bring more to know the Lord, so that they will have eternal life and an infinite source of strength and comfort living right in their heart (including my dad, who isn't christian)

#3 To do the best in everything i do, and trust in god to do the rest

#4 To edify the lives of those around me

These r only the 4 most impt ones... there are more (pertaining to GPA etc... not that you can't guess that )