we were strangers, starting out on a journey...

thanks for the cd javier...
great choices of songs...
thanks sean and paul for janet as well!
addicted to 'for a little while'
janet is really awesome...
all her songs are wonderful...
hahas...
feeling a little panicky abt the nearness of the midyears...
so many dates, facts, terms, CHINESE words to memorise...
8days...
the countdown begins...
and the exam is gonna be held in the dining hall..
wth...
hate mass exams...
lolx...
went to ikea for lunch with han an today...
another major accident and collapse along ayer rajah...
anyways, trying to balance stress and fun..
muahahas...
kks...
bb!!
jlc

2 days into my life as a fourteen-yr-old...
no diff...
hahas...
full steam ahead to the exams...
its IP application...
if i screw up, i'll never forgive myself...
but thats not even an option...
all those mornings, afternoon and nites in school rehearsing, preparing, constructing...
i'm feeling its toll now...
while others were studying, i was working...
but it shld be worth it...
now its just textbooks...
me and my highlighter...
mug mug mug
jlc

i'm 14!!
happy birthday!!
hahas...
i noe i shouldn't be saying that to myself...
lolx...
thank you to all of u!
makes this bday all the more special...
thanks ivan, paul for calling...
michael, sean, yuan kheng, mel, stephann, deb, jc, abby, jamie, darius for tagging!!
and stpehanie!! [hahas josh...]
this has been a really great sunday...
went to tp genki sushi with josh, jake, adriel, josh ng and pet...
then pet and josh ng left...
so we the four of us were just lounging ard, making the ppl in the q outside wait..
hahas...
so evil...
and eating too much unagi sushi [adriel, thats enuff]
hahas...
then went ard window shopping b4 leaving...
its been really relaxing...
didn't really get any actual studying done...
just read and read some stuff...
but i guess i can let my bday be a lax one...
oh yar, thanks stefan and daniel...
happiness
[wheeee!]
john 14

the eve of my birthday!!!
muhahahahahas...
feeling sorta happy...
been studying in the morning...
but only managed to mug 2 chapters of history...
going to njc to check out the open house later...
also need to check out second hand phone shops to see if i can afford to buy one...
coz my plan only expires in nov...
hahas...
if any of u haf an extra phone, would be glad if u could lend me till nov!!
can't wait for tom...
jlc

its mugging season...
yays to all of us with midyears!!
hope we getting on ok...
for IB-ers... lucky!!
hahas...
so anyways, its abt time to consider howi wanna get my IB application done...
which teacher to ask for reccommendation...
what to put in portfolio...
what order...
personal statement...
hahas...
so much to do!!
and this sat goign with paul and sean to NJC IP open house...
need to satrt application for that as well...
hahas...
and so many other interesting programmes to check out...
maybe apply for...
so little time!!

thanks for the encouragement guys!!
i really wouldn't haf handled the incident as well...
up to today, theres been no additional news of the robber...
bloody ass...
hahas...
still a little ticked...
but trying to hand it...
more importantly is studying...
happy mugging
["the way that you do it"-big brovaz... great song!]
jlc

a huge thanks goes to all those who've supported me thru that traumatic experience...
stephann, jamie, sean, paul, adriel, jake, tim chan...
thanks a million!!
it is a good thing that i'm ok...
and will try to get new phone asap...
hahas...
hopefully for my bdae...
btw, yups steph... i need CONTACTS!!
so just drop me an email at jlcdg@hotmail.com...
ur hp no. is much appreciated!!
thanks
john

dun call my hp...
its been stolen...
in a violent way...
walkng up the stairs to my apartment, someone came up behind me and grabbed me by the neck...
he knocked off my specs to throw me off balance, and snatched my phone...
i tried to get it back, but everything i was holding had dropped...
so half-blind without my specs, all i could do was watch as that guy and his accomplice ran off...
sigh again...
so here i am, with an injured left toe and rite foot, without a phone...
just my luck
[sigh one more time]
jlc

heyas all!!!
its sunday...
woke up at 7.30...
realized that there was no way to get to BRMC by bus...
so took a cab...
not knowing that it got me there in 10 mins...
hahas...
so i was early...
waited with sean for paul and sam...
then went into the room where we were gonna haf worship...
since we were like 15 mins early, there were so dew ppl in there...
and sean decided to seat in the second row! in the middle block!!
so we were toking in hushed tones...
hahas...
then this claire person [hope thats how u spell it]
started asking some questions before worship...
my first impression of her was that she was rather timid...
but when we went thru all the songs, she turned out to haf a really great voice...
what's more... during offering, she picked up the guitar and played while another not-so-talented guy sang a song...
but thats not all...
finishing that song, we rose for the doxology...
and she went up to the keyboard and played!!!
my gosh!
so talented... 5 stars!!
hahas
so anyways, we finished worship and some guy told us his story of some bird...
and charlotte played a "game" with us...
she is seriously highly amusing!!
laughing at her own "jokes"
but she's pretty nice... introduced us...
hahas...
then we went to class...
didn't noe that sean normally goes for 10.30...
so ALL of us were relatively new in that class...
got some pl i noe...
stuart, joshua tan[urggh] and his "gang" of wtvr ppl...
so after a rather interesting game of hangman, we went to wheelock...
not before meeting jin at the bus stop...
hahas...
then went to borders to browse till 11...
and then went to check if the food outlets were open...
but they weren't...
so we walked to scotts pasta mania...
had seafood mania for the second time!!
so nice... altho i overdid the tobasco...
hahas...
then we went to That CD Shop at pacific plaza...
browsed awhile before the they bot me janet's "Damita Jo"...
thanks guys!!
hahas!!
so we went for ice-cream at macs before they left...
here i am, this is me...
hahas...
just trying to start on my 4th art piece which is due tom!!
so sian...
anyways, my currently wish list:
Love Actually VCD
Clay Aiken's Solitaire single
hahas
bye!!
jlc

when stress calls, dun hang up, dun answer...
pass the phone to me...
today marks the end of my CCA-filled weeks...
for the next 3 weeks, i'll be at home mugging till the cows come home...
its amzing how the exams are only 19 days away...
less than 3 weeks...
wat to do?
but i think if i follow a strict routine, i'll make it...
got to... for IB that is... and any other programme i'm applying for...
later i'm going on my first b-dae shopping trip...
the first of 3...
today is for CDs...
need to stock up...
any good ones? pls recommend...
havent been to a music store in a while...
yesterday's performance sucked...
but thankfully drong wasn't there...
hahas...
nvm...
we need to improve alota stuff...
but ONLY after midyears...
hahas
take care every1!!!
jlc

is it worth it?
that is the pertinent question swirling around my head...
all the time, work, criticism...
will i be returned all that...
i hope so...

exams are coming...
i've never felt it so near before...
and the time i haf left is passing really quickly...
so many books...
sigh...
project work...
now thats another problem...
i'm so far behind...
can i get it done on time?
will it be good?
i really, truly hope so...

hoping all will be better with the world...
jlc

hahas!!
its a new school week...
and i STILL haf OM...
sigh...
i hope i'll haf time to get sown to some serious studying...
started study schedule today...
been working pretty well...
just need to finish life science presentation...
so its not so bad...
i hope...
[btw, dun think ur so great]
hahas... i think the person will noe who he is...
dun worry, that person doesn't even haf a blog...
hahas
jlc, out...

2 saturdays in a row, i've come home with a trophy...
we won the U-14s!!
hahas
our debating career off with a bang...
thanks sam, pual, darius, sean!!
it was a great experience...
lucas... thanks a million for the help!!
josh, michael... thanks for the support!!
i should haf trusted u and not haf been so nervous...
hahas
wish everyone the best as the exams draw near!!
spiritofastar
john

mid years are arriving...
and its time to put down everything else in the strive for marks, marks, marks...
i should really start my study schedule latest next week...
sigh...
this will be my last week doing cca and om stuff ona serious basis...
hahas
tension is up again...
need to work extra hard...
mug, study...
all the best ya'll
john

this experience has been a totally new one for me...
thanks to my OM team...
tim chan, rayan, collin, andrew, dhanesh, jeremy...
coaches mrs siva and mr j wong...
thanks so much for ur time...
peter for ur advice...
fellow div 3 winning team...
mr ben shep and ms dharma for encouragement...
mrs sharon woon and ms melissa eu for the uplifting...
and also fellow winning gep team...
great job yall!!

i'm awfully relieved...
all the 6 months of work did not go to waste after all...
the feeling after knowing that our performance was good is really great...
and then came the prize presentation...
waiting in the audi, tensed...
first was the spntaneous prize...
but the important one was yet to come...
and when our team was called, we just screamed...
hahas
it was so wonderful...
now i just really hope we get to go to the US...

this entry is really to thank my friends...
steph ann, mel, yuan kheng, paul chu, sean, adriel, josh, kevin, yi jun...
many others who've just left a note of encouragement...
a heartfelt thanks!!!

this is truly an experience of a lifetime...
and i wish that any of u who are given the opportunity, join OM!!
lolx...
the true spirit of a star begins with ur heart...
john

its the time of reckoning...
6 months of work...
countless hours working...
for all those times we've shared...
all our sweat, blood and tears...
all the gossip...
jokes...
lameness...
here's to OM 2004...
tom is d-day...
so is saturday...
keep us in ur prayers k...
caines, out...