Sorry people, been kinda busy lately, so updates have slowed. With perlims and the O levels just round the conor, I suppose that this is to be expected. So, please forgive me if I don't update for a few days...or weeks....or months...or years...or ages...you get the idea. :P

Well, we had our Chemistry Mork Exam again today, and this time we had a full paper. I suppose that I should be able to do okay for this. With any luck, I might even get an A1. Now won't that be a sight to see? lolz.

After the test, we had to go for another one of our long series of bio lesson. We had bio lessons for everyday of this week already! But I suppose that it can't be helped...what with us not completing the syslibus and all...Haiz, and we still have quite a long way to go till we finally complete the book. Looks like we will be in for a lot of remedia lessons to come. Woe is to me! :P

Yeah, nothing much to talk about. So I will just give you a quick quote and log off.

"There must be a hundred silver dollars in here," moaned Boggis, waving a purse. "I mean, that's not my league. That's not my class. I can't handle that sort of money. You've got to be in the Guild of Lawyers or something to steal that much."
-- (Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters)

Yeah, that's all. Ciao.

Oh boy...who would have thought that JiaWei would lose to both North and South Korera...I mean, how could anyone who won 11 - 0 with 2 matches in her bag end up losing the entire game? Haiz...Oh well, it can't be helped...Maybe we are just not fated to bring back a medal this year...But in 2008, at China, Singapore shall arise from the ashes of defeat, and pummel the unworthy into the dust! And in the process bring back tons of medals. Bawhahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!! o.O

Anyway, our new PM, Mr Lee gave his first National Day Rally Speech yesterday, which strached from 8 pm to 11:15 pm. And it was supposed to end at 10, mind you. The man stood in front of the whole nation for about 3 hours and 15 minutes, give or take. Won't his legs get tired...? I mean, what with him being 51 years old and all...He should at least be given a chair...But I suppose that that would wouldn't be good for his image, so it can't be helped.

I must say, I really agree with some of the policies that Mr Lee pointed out yesterday - some examples: less homework, 5 day weeks, yadda yadda, making me the next PM...Okay, so maybe he didn't say the last 2 points, but one can always hope, can't he? Mr Lee has also pointed out that some student had proposed to their principal to buy them a few Xboxes and PS2s, reason being that students were mixing around with bad company at the nearby video game center, so they were planning to come up with their own video arcade in school to prevent this. And what was most surprising was that the principal agreed!!! And so the video arcade was set up in the school, and voluntary parents made sure that no X-rated games are played, while at the same time keeping things going. I wonder how they handle things in there. In all likelihood it would be something like this:

Ah Soh: I wonder if this wire plugs into that hole?
Ag Gong: Don’t care lah, just plug it into holes randomly.
Student coming in: Excuse me, I would like to play Final Faaagggghhhhh!!!!

And the student is seen coming out, dragging his butt on the floor with a long black cable behind him. He is then last seen at the E&A room. :P

Maybe someone could try the same thing on Mr Lim...There's no point in my doing the asking...Besides, I'm leaving next year, so in all likelihood I would not be allowed to take/abuse this privilege if it is granted...What can a guy do? Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww........

Its another boring day...nothing much to do at school...Personally, I would rather stay at home and study...And if you believed that, I've got a bridge to sell you. :P Haiz, but i suppose that school has its usefulness too...It gets us to study when we otherwise won't, and you know that we need this one feature of school, we being the slackers that we are. Ah, lets study hard now, shall we?

Here is another quote to round things up.

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu-- was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it.-- (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)

Okay, its about time for me to go. Blessed be.

A lots of things have happened in the last few days, but I haven't got the time to type them out fully. I will try to do that now, but no promises. You see, it is 10:30 now and in a half an hour, I would be lying soundly in my bed, dreaming whatever it is that I would be dreaming. lolz.

First of all, my little sister enter this National Story Telling Competition, and for some strange reason, actually came in first. After think about this unlikely incident, I have come to a few conclusions: 1)Her school bribed the judges. 2)There was a mixup in the prize department and the top prize was given to them by mistake. 3)She really was that good. O.o Go on, take a wild guess as to which is the correct reason. :P In all likelihood, you would be able to read about her in the newspapers in the days to come, so do keep an eye out. :D

Aww, darn! I'm almost out of time! So here is a quick quote, this time taken from Scott Adams, the author of Dilbert.

" I don't know why everyone says poverty can't be eliminated. The solution is obvious to me. All it takes is what bankers call the :"miracle of compound interest."
This requires a long-term approach to the problem, but its fairly foolproof if you're patient. All you do is give each poor person a dollar. There are only about 5 billion poor people, so this is quite affordable as a percentage of the worldwide GNP. That dollar is deposited in a special bank account for each of the poor people with the idea that it stays there for generations collection interest. The number of poor people doubles every twenty years, but the value of money doubles every ten years, assuming it is well invested, so the gap will close.
In 4000 years, the descendants of the poor people will be allowed to go to the bank and asked for their money. The bank will inform them that the dollar was taken in fees 4000 years ago, and the balance of all their accounts is zero. At this point, the poor people will kill the bankers and steal all the money in the bank, thus ending poverty completely."

-Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future.

Okay, its now 11. I got to go now, but should come back soon in order to tell you all about the days events. Bye for now.

Hello people! A lots of things has happened in the last few days, and I'm really glad about it! On Friday, I went to watch "The Spook Show" with Mark. A most unexpected person came along too - Renee! I was really surprised that she was there. Anyway, back to the show. "The Spook Show" isn't bad to watch...The tricks the magician made were quite predictable, but nonetheless entertaining. There is, of course, always a trick involved, but yet we humans still watch a "magic" show to see a trick done well. It is just one of those things that humans do...Even if you have seen lots of magic shows and are able to tell what the next trick's going to be just by looking at the props on stage. :P

After watching the show, I went back home to sleep. Well, duh. Did you expect me to sleep in the streets? Ha.

Well, today we had our mork test on Social Studies and History. I hope that I would do well...I really do...It will show just how good I am....Or how bad I am, depending on how you look at it. lolz. Haiz, my brother is telling to move away, so I will not give you a quote today. Quite a short post, but i suppose that there is a first time for everything. :P

Its been a while since I've last updated...The reason being that I've just reformatted my computer, and I had to spent time to update Windows and reinstall all my files and what not. Its a tough job, but somebody got to do it. :P I would advise you to reformat your computers at least once every 6 months...It helps clean up your com of any crap that you might have collected over time. But be sure to back up all your important stuff first! You wouldn't want to lose all your work. :P

Hmmm, its been a long day, and lots of things have happened. First and foremost, the release of the 2004 O level Mother Tongue results. *gasp* O.O I'm not sure what you got, but I've got a 6! I passed! Can you believe it? Bawhahahahahahahaa!!! Ahahahahahahahahaa!!! Me, Alvin C., actually passed! I'm on top of the world! *looks down* *gasp* O.O *falls*

Me:"AGGHhhhnonononononononopleasepleasenononourharrrggghhhh.........Splat!"

lolz. Yeah, that's lame. Yes, indeed. *ahem* Okay, lets carry on. It doesn't what grade you got...Try to look at the bright side of it. If you did well, that's fine and good. Try to work harder and score higher next time. And for those who didn't...Weellll, try to harder too. Remember this phrase from dear Mr. Adem, "I am gifted, so are you!" You would be able to do well, I'm sure. Just give it everything you've got, and best of luck.

And now the next important thing of the day...So important that it affects the whole nation of Singapore. It's a day of great joy, one in which our country would receive a new leader...If you haven't guessed by now, it is the signing in of our new Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong...Well, I've just told you, so you have gotten it. If you've watched the live telecast of the whole event, I suppose that you would have noticed that Mr. Lee was extremely nervous when he beening sworn in...So nervous that he placed his hand down before it was done! I imagine that he must be so embarrassed! lolz. But, when he came up to deliver his speech, he did it with such grace and tact that even I would be hard-pressed to outdo him....Why are you looking at me like that? Was it something I said? *ahem* Right. I just hope that Mr. Lee would be able to led Singapore on to a bright new future, one where everyone in Singapore would be happy, at ease will themselves, and most of all, rich. :P Lets hope that Mr. Lee would be able to job as good a job as Mr. Goh...Only time will write the story, and history will tell it.

Okay, this is one very long post...I would love to type more, but i have to study for my SS and History test on Saturday. So here is a quick quote, and I'm signing off:

Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at a crucial moment tended to ask themselves questions like "What is my purpose in life?" very quickly lacked both.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times)

Okay, I'm signing off now. Ciao.

Ahhh....I've just finished watching Gundam Seed...It's quite a nice show...Gets really touching at the end...So many ppl died...Felt like crying. Those who shouldn't die died, while those who should die also died. As it were. Hard to believe that the almightly Freedom Gundam would be so badly damaged in battle. Really a nice show...The begining is a little boring, but it gets better as it progresses. Long live Gundam Seed!!!

Ahhh, didn't do much today...Spent the whole day watching Gundam Seed. The are a few loopholes though. For example, when the Aegis Gundam attached itself to Strike and blew itself up, how did Kira get to Lucas's house at PLANT? And the ArchAngel...It was able to defend itself so well in the begining of the series...Then, after it was repaired at Orb, its hull could be torn apart by a single missile. lolz. Oh well. :P

Today is National Day!!! Yah!!! I love National Day...Cuz I need not go to school for today and tomorrow. lolz. Try to catch the fireworks, people. If the reports are to be trusted, it will be a sight to behold...Maybe. :P BTW, happy birthday Jun Liang! May all your wishes and dreams come true in the following year. :D

As for Mr. Anonymous...Yes, is possible to load your own songs from your computer to your blog. But first you must find a server which allows you upload your song to your site so that it can be played. I'm using Tripod to upload mine. Then you must decide on which file format your want your song to be...I've converted 1000 Words into a Flash file using LAME software. Then by messing around with HTML, I've placed the file into my blog. Yup, that's about it. Yeah. Hope this helps....The URl from which I uploaded the file is http://stifler-leonheart.tripod.com/jade-words.swf.

And here is the quote of the day:

Ridcully was to management what King Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association. His mental approach to it could be visualised as a sort of business flowchart with, at the top, a circle entitled "Me, who does the telling" and, connected below it by a line, a large circle entitled "Everyone else".
-- (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent)

Yeah, nothing much to type liao. Blessed be.

Due to popular demand, I've decided to update my blog! Yah! Joy to the world! Yeah, nothing of interest happened during the last few days, so I have not been updating. Alvin Inc. apologies for any inconvenience caused by this lapse in duty. :P Right! Yesterday, my school celebrated National Day. Mostly what we did was watch the uniformed groups march into the quadrangle, after which we sang the National Anthem. Then the uniformed groups marched off, after which the Girls Brigade performed a complicated drill. They pulled it off quite well, though a few missteps did pop up here and there. I suppose that this is to be expected. After all, they are only human. :P Now take a wild guess as to what happened next. Yup! Got it in one. We started singing the national day songs. Every year it is the same old story. Every year we do the same thing on National Day. Won’t it ever change? Oh bother…. Anyway, we had our Thanksgiving Festival today. All in all, its not bad…Though it got quite boring in parts. :D The band played really well, in my option. Shuyi did a great job singing in the choir. I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of guts it took for her to stand there and sing like it is nobody’s business. Nicely done, Shuyi!

Haiz, next week we would be having another mock test...This time it is Social Studies and History...Again! Apparently, the school feels that we aren't good enough at our combined humanities, so they are trying to give us lots of practice before the Prelims and the Os. Haiz...

Another thing I've noticed...Why do we always say "The school" this and "The school" that when what we really want to say is that the people in charge of the school is the ones who came up with the decision. The school is just a building, a pile of bricks and mortar all placed in a fashion which would allow it to support the weight of all the students. It is not a sentential being. It does not think. So why do we always say that it is the school which came up with the decision? Even I am guilty of doing this. I don't know...I suppose that it is just one of those things.

Okay here is the quote of the day:

In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
-- Schrodinger's Moggy explained (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)

Ah, too bored liao. Ciao.

Ah, bloody hell...My com gave up on me while I was typing out my blog...Lost everything I've typed...And it was just a long peice too! Moreover, it didn't happen once, it happened twice! Oh Gawks...

Anyway, the song that i assume you are hearing now is sang by Jade, from Sweetbox, and it's called "1000 Words". Its one of my favorite songs of all time. And like any most of my favorite songs, it is an FF song. Final Fantasy X-2, to be exect. I just love the way it starts off slow at the begining and builds up to its climax at the ending. Isn't it beautiful? No? Oh well, that's too bad. One man's meat is another's posion, as they say.

Haiz, I got back my A Math test paper today...Didn't get as high as I wanted...I'm so bloody lazy that I'd might as well put as apple in my mouth, spread some hay on the floor, and start napping with my arms and legs out to the side. No insult meant to certain members of the animal kingdom and the human race. *ahem* As it were.

Man, I've so got to start working hard...When I compare myself to the pupils from 4/5, I feel somewhat inferior, even though I am a Homo Sapien Superiorlis. :P Their sense of motivation and will to study astounds me. If I could be just as hard working as them, maybe i could....Ahhh nevermind. No way I'm letting the 4/5ians beat me! Going to work hard! Yeah! This is the last lap of the race on this path of daggers, let us all run upon it together...We can make it! And we will make it!

Haiz, I've been asking Victor to pass me a little for, say, about two weeks now. And everyday he will say something like, "Tomorrow, tomorrow! I will bring it!". But when the next day comes, it is nowhere in sight. Makes you even wonder what the little mass of gray matter we have behind our eyes are for...

Okay, here is another quote:

It is a universal fact that any innocent comment made by any recently married young member of any workforce is an instant trigger for coarse merriment among his or her older and more cynical colleagues. This happens even if everyone concerned has nine legs and lives at the bottom of an ocean of ammonia on a huge cold planet. It’s just one of those things.

-Terry Pratchett ( Witches Abroad)

And here is some interesting stuff to know:

Correspondence of Demons to the Seven Deadly Sins
(According to Peter Binsfield, a Jesuit, 1589)
Lucifer- Pride
Mammon- Avarice
Asmodeus- Lust
Satan- Anger
Beelzebub- Gluttony
Leviathan- Envy
Belphegor- Vanity and Sloth

BTW, did you know that the name Lucifer really mean Bringer of Light? Its kind of strange that such a nice name is changed to mean the same as that of the Devil himself. Well, its a weird world. Truth is usually stranger than fiction.

Ah well, nothing to type anymore. Lets all study hard now. Blessed be.