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Friday 26 November 2010
A moment of truth. One thing that's true. It takes you deeper into the subject for you to discover whether it's really your thing. For now, I realised basketball isn't at all what I'm destined to be. I only like it, as a hobby. I'm not fated to be a serious sportsman, much less basketballer. I was naive to thing that it was all that mattered to me. I was so wrong. Medicine course was currently something I've wanted to take since I was young. I hope I was right, and it really is something I'm meant to be. Tuesday 23 November 2010 "Be careful of what you wish for, cause you might just get it all." Seriously, I should have missed it out ON PURPOSE. But I knew it too late, a little too late. And again, I learnt it the hard way. Never knew being loyal can put myself in such dire states..... ...physically.... ...Okay, mentally too. Friday 19 November 2010
A second chance? My name was called up to the front after the Chemistry lecture today, among the few people who will take H3 Chemistry next year. I'm not in there I know. But the teacher said I could appeal for it. But you see, when he said that, I was still hopeful for a good overall end-of-year result. After getting back all of them, I dropped all my idea about H3. Until today, when my name appeared on the screen. I could jolly well bet that I'm the only one on the 'appeal' list. Still, It was like, giving me the green light to go for it. It was like, hinting that they accepted my application. It was like, challenging me getting D for Chemistry promos. Not being boastful or what, but, what about my other friends who got a D for Chem promos and yet didn't get called up? It was like, God showing me that I should take this Leap of Faith. My mum already sent the appeal e-mail to the science HOD. Now I only need to wait for the confirmation. If I get accepted, well, super-hard labour, here I come. But nonetheless, as Barney Stinson always exclaimed, "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!" Tuesday 16 November 2010 Today, I learnt that God has the future planned for me. Okay, more of I finally realised that with a concrete example. For instance, today. After of an inactive period of basketball, I was supposed to have a training with the school team again. I was fearing for the worst; that I vomited to the extent of vomiting air == and got really close to fainting. But who knew that suddenly, a heavy downpour showered the whole place an hour before training. It all changed from basketball training to gym session. Okay, it wasn't an easy time, but at least nothing that I can't handle. I got pushed to the limit though, and probably tomorrow my whole body will be aching like crap. But you see, maybe this was what God has already planned. He prepared me first, before putting myself in the real deal. Nothing I can say to express my amazement, Except my most gratitude to Him and Him only. I shall not worry anymore xD Sunday 14 November 2010
Time warps, Time changes, Time heals, Time brings people together. Had a meeting with 3 of my Primary School classmates today, in which 2 No matter how little it is, we all have changed one way or another. I mean, of course, it's been...wow...6-7 years I guess. Michael, who was once the 'giant' in my younger days, is now only slightly taller than me. He could only stop growing, not grow shorter, so that means YAY! I did grow VERY significantly xD I was once barely his shoulder-height. Now I guess I'm err...his eye-level. Other than that, he was once the school academic champion. Okay, he is still as smart, I guess. But he played more than me =X Eka, who was once kinda chubby and could hardly play sports, is now the tallest among us, slim, and is in a basketball team. He must be really good. He is still the same, random, old Eka though xD Gina, who was once innocent, quiet little girl in class, has now grown into a more outgoing and *cough* less innocent xD Her voice, and the way she talks are unchanged though. Haha. Wow, it's crazy. Time does fly damn fast. It was once my childhood days in St. Leo II; getting into fights in school, crying when I get bullied or lost, being so ever talkative, falling into puppy love for the first time, being scared of teachers' punishments, triumphing as the 3rd in cohort for national exam. Eventually, we all went to different schools. And then it was my journey into one of the tops, independent secondary school in Jakarta, where rich, snobbish people are abound. But nonetheless, I made some best friends in there too. SMPK 7 BPK Penabur The first year was tough. I was like the nerd and the loser who got bullied in class. I tried to keep my ground, but I couldn't stand it. In the end, I only talked to a few people in my class. Luckily the cohort was reshuffled into different classes in Year 2. That was like my best times in the school. My classmates were all cool with me, especially the guys. I got myself a position in my class' "society". It's sad that at the end of my 6 months in Year 2, I moved into Singapore. A sad parting but nevertheless, I didn't regret my decision. And then came FTPSS. I got enrolled back to Sec 1. I'm officially a year behind my same-age peers back in Jakarta. Sec 1 and 2 were were awesome. But Sec 3 and Sec 4 were the best. My O Level weren't so bad too. Just like my primary school life, I think studying in a neighbourhood school isn't all that bad. It may even be better than some top schools. And we've come to 2010. I enrolled into another top school, NJC. It has been a bloody battle this whole year for me. But I didn't say I never enjoy it. It's been a challenging, yet a fun year for me. But hey, I survive! Time has been helping by moving fast. I'm now left with one more year and Pre-University is over! And here we are. Reminiscing how my whole life has been. Well, not every part of it, but I'm sure education and friends alone have been a big chunk of my life. Talking about JC2, Next year will be one fucking hell of a year. I can't find any better word for it. I remember saying at the end of 2009 that I was damn bloody positive that 2010 is gonna be "one hell of a year". 2011 is gonna be worse. But of course, I won't spend my time worrying my ass for the whole damn time. I'm sure 2010 has been meaning well for my training. If everyone can survive 2010, and be ready for 2011, I'm sure I can't be less than ready. Of course there are these things to worry about. Managing my time well, Hardcore basketball training for A Division basketball [ah crap, just thinking of the intensity of the training - the vomiting and the fainting - gives me goosebumps already. And Tuesday I'm starting again], Lots of PA events to take care of next year, PA concert for 2011, Teaching PA juniors next year, And of course, ultimately, getting A for all my 4 H2s in A Levels [That means hardcore studying, and with all the other things to be done for 2011, we're back to my first point]. I think I should be ready. But I still feel that I'm not. Fuck, whatever. I'm sure Time, and obviously, God, will help. I don't wanna think about it. Saturday 13 November 2010
Jack of little trades You know, I've been trying to be a lot of things. One of the tops in studies among my peers, A good basketball player, okay, at least to keep up in my CCA. A good DoTA player, at least comparable to my peers too, And many other things. On the process, I kept learning it the hard way. Okay, more like having it the hard way. I just can't keep up. Here in NJ, your best effort just won't be good enough. In my CCA, I probably should just be the water boy. In DoTA, I'm never more than a liability to the team. Either I feed the opponent, or I just can't keep up in gankings. Don't even talk about being able to enter a faculty of medicine. Though I'm still working towards it, I don't even know anymore. It's like everytime I try to be good at something, life stands in my way, slaps me into the ground, spits on me, and shouts "IN YOUR FACE!" Oh well. So that makes me someone who tries a little bit of Heck, I'm no jack of all trades. Nice to meet you, I'm Kevin. The jack of little trades. Wednesday 10 November 2010 *What a nice feeling it is after a hot shower xD* Okay, that was a passing comment. Alright, topic of the Yeah, I'm finally able to say out loud the last sentence I mentioned. Oh well, this part of the journey has come to an end. My OP was kinda screwed I think because I tend to speak too fast or because I didn't handle my QnA well. Imagine the two examiners asking you similar questions one after another. It was like as if my answer was out of point. Not like I didn't answer her question but... ARGH ENOUGH! What's done is done. I shall not rattle about it any longer xD You know what, after all this ends, I kinda feel that I'm gonna miss PW one way or another. The discussion we had during lessons, The time that we created a forest model for Marc to step on and make it as a video, The time that we were going crazy over deadlines, The time when Hui Ying always asked to come early in the morning or stay back to edit WR, The time when Li Shi impressed me with her artistic works for posters, The time when we headed down to Kampung Senang for our exhibition, The time when Jia Yi cracked weird jokes somehow xD, The time when Marc asked off-topic, 'guai lan' questions [well not that now he doesn't anymore], And of course, Mr. Keith Alexander Tan, our supervising tutor with his favourite phrase "Justin Baybeh". We celebrated the end of PW as a whole class too [well, almost the whole class] with a BBQ at Debbie's house. For the first time, we had almost everyone sat around in a circle and shared some confessions about ideal partners, first impressions, etc. It was another good session, I guess. Especially since the attendance for today's outing was almost 100%. Well well well. An end of another chapter. And a beginning of a new one. What new chapter begins? We shall wait and see. Saturday 6 November 2010
Wasted? I don't know, You tell me. I spent the last 2.5 days straight tuning the inside of my phone. It all started with iTunes hogging all my laptop HDD with its apps. So I deleted all of them that I don't use anymore. And next, my phone can't sync to my iTunes. I can't back anything up. I can't even restore from a previous backup. Afterwards, for no apparent reason, suddenly it just had this problem where I can't seem to open Echofon, my Twitter application. And then, my Facebook and similar apps can't save my username and password after I login, so I had to login everytime I go in and Facebook will keep sending email notification saying that my account was accessed and bla3x. Next, my Surviving High School can't operate. And lastly, my VLC Media Player can't play any of the basketball videos that I put in. After re-spring-ing the Springboard on my phone,resetting, restoring, even hard-reset-ing, The problem persisted. I had no choice but to reformat my phone. Luckily I could restore my contacts and sms-es, but not my musics and photos. Putting them again was a painful process. Oh well, even until now I still can't find a concrete solution to all these. All I can take note now is that before I install something on my phone, I better back it up first. Or the chaos comes back again. Wednesday 3 November 2010
6.5 hours of Left4Dead 2... ..with guys classmates, Followed by a supper and a sleep-over, The next day, Went home to bathe, but couldn't nap afterwards to make the sleep I had lost the night before at Keith's house. So I watched movies, 1 Thai movie and 3 Indonesian movies, straight in a row. By the time it was 8.30pm, I wanted to collapse in my bed already, and true enough, I dozed off the moment I touched my bed soon afterwards. It was a great break from this stressful world that I live in, but before I realised, I got back already. I was so engrossed in the break that I actually forgot to set my morning alarm back. I woke up late for PA duty today. After that, it was time to get back to PW. Now I'm in the middle of practicing OP with my group. And maybe when I get back home later, Maybe it is time to start drafting my I&R. I hope that after this post ends, I can forget about my utopia. And yes, it is time to head back to my reality. The harsh reality of this depressing world. |