The reason why we often read nice-looking sentences in itialics, thinking that they're some famous individual's quote, is that they are made to look special. And if you think about it, this particular set of itialicised words are kind of lame.
"T. Y. Foong"
Slow to learn their lesson are the ones who read this second line.
"Un-famous Author"
All hope is lost! Weird are those who never learn their lesson, because they keep reading nice-looking, itialicised sentences."
Now Infamous Writer
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
true friends are hard to come by.
I'M SORRY EVERYONE.
i forgot that alarms ring even when phone's turned off.
i can't believe that happened in an ACTUAL A level exam.
this is the most difficult listening compre i've encountered in my life.
i'm really sorry i disturbed everyone's chain of thoughts.
grrr.
anyway, been nostalgic of late.
i don't wanna live in the present. future's good too. anything but the present.
God be with me, please.
i forgot that alarms ring even when phone's turned off.
i can't believe that happened in an ACTUAL A level exam.
this is the most difficult listening compre i've encountered in my life.
i'm really sorry i disturbed everyone's chain of thoughts.
grrr.
anyway, been nostalgic of late.
i don't wanna live in the present. future's good too. anything but the present.
God be with me, please.
Monday, July 17, 2006
poems
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.
francis william bourdillon
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To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Raph Waldo Emerson
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If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley-but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass-
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains,
we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do,
and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;
It isn't by size that you win or you fail-
Be the best of whatever you are!
-Douglas Malloch
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.
francis william bourdillon
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To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Raph Waldo Emerson
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If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley-but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass-
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains,
we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do,
and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;
It isn't by size that you win or you fail-
Be the best of whatever you are!
-Douglas Malloch
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
byebye. don't you understand?
Today was the last day of our SL (Service Learning) project. After a 4 day 3 night camp, 10 sessions over 10 weeks today is our last day at the Jurong Minds School.
And well, after those weeks dragging our feet to come for our sessions i would definitely say we never regretted one moment of it.
To be honest, the first day i came i was shocked. The kids were so different, and what's worse, they didn't seem to know that they were different. They were really living in oblivion of their condition.
But as we warmed up to them, we realised they really actually know more than what we think they know. Watching them play captain's ball today, I really felt like we've come a long way. Felt so proud when nasar, probably only 10, managed to intercept the ball and snatch it away from other kids twice his size, and keeshaw, made spectacular snatches (then throwing them away in panic), crystal scored throughout, Fahanah never missed a chance to say OUT when the ball went out of the sidelines, Fauzi, weng kiang and weng hiang played their hearts out too.
And I just realised how irritating i must have been coz i kept shouting from the sidelines 'se xin CATCH!, shu jun RUN! crystal PASS THE BALL! Bawal block! Kok pang defend!', don't think they heard me actually. Haha. I really really hope they win during the sports carnival next saturday, most importantly i hope they play their hearts out, full of the confidence they have now (:
We really didn't think they'd understand goodbyes or even know how to react to farewells but when kah mun told them it was our last day today, some of them went 'why'? and they really actually looked sad. Some even shouted 'take picture!!', and that's precisely what we did (:
doesn't it make you wonder though?
What will become of these kids who don't know better? Who may never come to understand salvation, that Jesus died for them? Will we see them in the kingdom of heaven?
Anyway, that aside. I got back my results for midyrs.
Math - E
Chem - O
Chinese - B
Econs - B
GP - B4
it's quite horrible really. God please help me :(
Oh and Italy beat france. :(
that was my guess before the game started and during the 1st half even, but france definitely dominated the 2nd half and even the extra time but it's really just their luck that henry was injured, ribery was subbed out and zidane, zizou oh zizou.
no one knows what he was thinking when he rammed his head into Matarazzi's chest, but i guess that's just how most great people want to be remembered.
'Better to burn out than to fade away'...
this world cup was really entertaining though. Some goodbyes too.
Nakata's retiring at 29 and going to Harvard Business School. :(
ok anyway gtg study now
And well, after those weeks dragging our feet to come for our sessions i would definitely say we never regretted one moment of it.
To be honest, the first day i came i was shocked. The kids were so different, and what's worse, they didn't seem to know that they were different. They were really living in oblivion of their condition.
But as we warmed up to them, we realised they really actually know more than what we think they know. Watching them play captain's ball today, I really felt like we've come a long way. Felt so proud when nasar, probably only 10, managed to intercept the ball and snatch it away from other kids twice his size, and keeshaw, made spectacular snatches (then throwing them away in panic), crystal scored throughout, Fahanah never missed a chance to say OUT when the ball went out of the sidelines, Fauzi, weng kiang and weng hiang played their hearts out too.
And I just realised how irritating i must have been coz i kept shouting from the sidelines 'se xin CATCH!, shu jun RUN! crystal PASS THE BALL! Bawal block! Kok pang defend!', don't think they heard me actually. Haha. I really really hope they win during the sports carnival next saturday, most importantly i hope they play their hearts out, full of the confidence they have now (:
We really didn't think they'd understand goodbyes or even know how to react to farewells but when kah mun told them it was our last day today, some of them went 'why'? and they really actually looked sad. Some even shouted 'take picture!!', and that's precisely what we did (:
doesn't it make you wonder though?
What will become of these kids who don't know better? Who may never come to understand salvation, that Jesus died for them? Will we see them in the kingdom of heaven?
Anyway, that aside. I got back my results for midyrs.
Math - E
Chem - O
Chinese - B
Econs - B
GP - B4
it's quite horrible really. God please help me :(
Oh and Italy beat france. :(
that was my guess before the game started and during the 1st half even, but france definitely dominated the 2nd half and even the extra time but it's really just their luck that henry was injured, ribery was subbed out and zidane, zizou oh zizou.
no one knows what he was thinking when he rammed his head into Matarazzi's chest, but i guess that's just how most great people want to be remembered.
'Better to burn out than to fade away'...
this world cup was really entertaining though. Some goodbyes too.
Nakata's retiring at 29 and going to Harvard Business School. :(
ok anyway gtg study now
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