was listening to taufiq..
not bad...
better than the two previous...
chris michael lee and maia...
yucks!
hmm... beverly is good...
but started out strong and died down...
betcha by golly wow...
rite...
studied and gossiped at KAP...
matthew, zhi jie, paul...
quite fun...
david yeo was not bad either...
i'm so rooting for leandra...
and olinda...
honours day was alrite...
was number 41 to receive prize, so sat and toked and laughed alot before the reception...
joy to the world... daphne khoo...
stronger girl... u can do better...
hmmm....
last academic day before exams...
so not going out after table-moving...
u noe, our level has exams in the boarding school hall, not in class...
in a way, its quite fun...
i'm second from the back, which is very far back...
in the sunshine comign thru the window...
hahas...

what are everyone's first papers?
mine are el1 and lit...
so hand cramps after writing so much...

dun go too early...
there must be time...
pls...
john

dun go chasing waterfalls...
pls take to the river and the lakes like u used to...

holiday today... *yay*
very fun... and relaxing indeed...
just chilled out inthe morning...
watched jamie oliver and backyard cooking...
and beyonce live in wimbley...
she's so fantastic...
and i watched TRL just now...
really good...
world premiere of simple plan's "welcome to my life"
sneek peak at britney's "my prerogative"

i'm so not satisfied with wat i've memorised...
its just not enough...

u said something
and i hung on to it
jlc

can you believe it?
there isn't much time left...
but theres so much left undone...
my goal of 82 is getting a little farther everyday...
was just studying at guthri with paul sam seb darius zhijie
we did the testing-each-other method...
effective indeed...
i recommend it...
along with the other john's tips on good revision...
muahahas...
i've actually been asked by a number of ppl, including parents abt my studying habits...
but must i share?
is it in my best interest...
to my closest friends, willingly i will...
to the others...
who care of nothing but themselves...
why should i...
to survive in this cut-throat society...
i would want to keep it to myself...
my class has mellowed and many are trying for the treasured top placing...
which in the midyears i failed to get..
of coz seb got it lar, but he shared with another person....
that extremely intovertic, selfish person...
who must find out if i've studied anything in the past 24 hours...
urgh...

thanks everyone
jlc

one down, eleven to go...
just finished art exam piece...
its so pathetic...
its really gonna pull my average down...
can't stand it...
urgh!
now must mug extra hard...
6 days to go...
anyways, i was planning on skipping school tomorrow...
but since wed and thur are considered non-academic days for us here,
might as well slug it out...
hahas...
do any of u haf a saturday paper?
so weird hor...
last paper next sat is phys. science...
at least its easy...

lets get it started in here
jlc

heys!
blogging everyday now...
thanks for tagging everybody!
so nice of u...
coz i'm gonna need as much luck as i can get...
and here i give the best of luck to everyone out there too!!!

just found out that TCHS ppl can be exempted from certain exams
based on certain criterium...
so cool hor...
lucky darrell!
while the rest of the secondary school populace study our brains out!
muahahas...
ok... nvm... *stresseffects*
performing as champ "aretha franklin" is too talented!
she shoulda joined AI...

chainchainchain
chainoffools
jlc

wah... so stress...
can almost touch it...
but its so boring to blog abt...
so tok abt something else...

went to guthri house after school...
seb got left in the bus... sorry!!
shoulda yelled...
but the ice-cream there was gorgeous...
fantastic 5 stars..
and javier just burnt elephunk for me!
not bad at all...
looking forward to next week's holiday...
plus honours day as well...
i'm getting merit for OM...
but some of us wanna appeal for distinction...
we should get higher ks...
did so much work somemore...
eeyer to them... *glares at lenie cho*
oh and did i mention the quaint old lady who started running down the street?
we were shouting for seb to run, but th elderly lady in front started an olmpic-worthy sprint...
my gosh... *HAHAHAS*
ok i noe its really meanm but it was too funny!!

john

These Words are my own... from my heart flow....

well oh well...
three days in a row studying in library...
i feel the exam ambience seeping in already...
very fun... all of us just mugging diff subjects...
sometimes pretty noisy...
but generally fruitful...
with sporadic visits from agnes...

i'm up to my neck in memory work...
all those dates, places, names, figures...
i'm really gonna forget my address in place of those textbook thingys...

thoughts running thru my head...
i'm luvin' angels instead
john

into the first day of week two...
very productive indeed...
i'm on track for my study schedule (physical&life science practicals)
sharon said my art was excellent =))
and english oral was good... espectedly...
hahas... the topic was so simple...
healthy dietry habits...
everyone was saying it was mindless...

tomo got health check...
so scary... apparently they're doing some spinal examination...
hmm...
oh and debate club foto shoot is tomo as well...
alritey...
good luck to everyone else for oral exam tomo...
till next time...
swing it a la frank sinatra
-john

continuing the countdown...
14 days...
its really, really, really little...

weekend was quite fun...
very relaxed pace...
besides studying a record of 5 subjects on saturday,
we had JYC meeting...
very productive...
things are falling into the puzzle...
yay us!

today was YES, so we were all in the sanctuary...
then spent the next 2 hours just lounging around chatting
before lunch was served... quite nice!
was at josh&jake's place revising with adriel...
this was the FIRST time i've been there in one YEAR...
watched the silly videos they've been trying to imitate... x)

good luck to everyone hu's taking EOYs...
to those accepted into IPs already: must still study ks!!
and for sec4 O's ppl... josh, ivee, amanda and all the sec 4s in school...
all the best!

viva la jlc

Its the Weekend!
i feel so refreshed at 8 in the morning...
ready to tackle the audaciously big pile of mugging...
last nite was super fun!
muahahas... a change from the monotonous tone of my week...
8 of us tropped down to wacth joel film the last leason of living with lydia...
bryan, valerie, alessa, rachel, michelle, ben, paul and myself...
frankly, i dunno what they would haf done without our laughter...
we were so hyper...
and the crowdwarmer wasn't as pathetic as the one for bridging minds...
got free drinks and sweets... hahas...
oh and we got that poster from one of the scenes...
yay!
so here's to joel: great acting!!
and to all those who went last nite...
yay us!

jlc

Out Of The Darkness And Into The Sun
But I Won't Forget The Place I Come From
(take a)Take A Risk, (take a)Take A Chance, (make a)Make A Change
And Break Away...

there really isn't buch to say now...
its all abt my studying...
which really isn't all that interesting...
but one thing: i recommend everyone get a copy of this week's 8 Days mag...
go to David Furhmann-Lim's column...
its abt blogging...
really interesting and humorous...
an excerpt:
"Dear Blog, today i tried to open a can of tuna, but it just won't open!
I dun noe what the problem is! i followed all the steps! I put the can opener next to the tuna can and said the magic words... i said open sesame! but nothing happened!!" -Jessica"
hahahahas... cool hor?

alrite...
when some minorly exciting occurs, i'll be sure to blog abt it...
till then, tata!
john

I Spread My Wings And I'll Learn How to Fly
I'll Do All It Takes Till I Touch The Sky
(make a)Make A Wish, (take a)Take A Chance, (make a)Make A Change
And Break Away......

Its nice to hear of Kelly Clarkson again...
the song only makes me wanna watch Princess Diaries Two more...
on top of looking at Petrina's new Princess Diaries merchandise...
i've studied quite well... hahas...
was at KAP with Darius today...
tomo haf study gp in library...
hows everyone going with the EOY preparation?

take care!
jlc

i had no idea som many ppl watch chinese news...
hahas...
thats how they all saw my interview...
oh and i think the world of tagboards is acting up again...

yesterday i was out for 14 and a half hours...
quite cool...
but at the end of the day i was so tired!
debate training in school was one of the better ones we've had...
good exchage!
DEP was usual... but its suspended till further notice...
due to studying for exams of course... =P
i thot we were late for worship prac, but when sam and i got there, it hadn't started...
so didn't miss out much...
JYC meeting ended up in abby's condo...
*nice house abby! (a little too much water...)*
we discussed alota bout the games...
especially the freakishly scary nite games...
i so think some weak-hearted campers are gonna collapse if we run the nite games like dat!

i was a teensy-weensy bit late for wroship this morning...
not my usual self... urgh...
then it was the usual stuff with cm and fl...
thanksgiving service after that...
we spent the lunch watching ppl are-wrestle...
hahas...

countdown to the 4th of October: the EOYs...
21 days, 3 weeks (really little!!!)
mugmugmug...
yay study gps!
Jlc

the chinese cultural journey was ridiculously boring...
wasted so many of my smses answering qns...
and not to win anything in the end...
i anything, at least i was interviewed by mediacorp and shown on news last nite...
had fl worship prac last nite...
we haf four backup singers...
so had to share mikes...

i'm at home working now...
but theres so much to cover...
can't remember all the stuff learnt before...
*panicpanic*
and to top that off, we start on our final art piece on monday...
and i really dunno wat to draw...
whatever sharon woon says, it can't be put on paper...
just so impossible!
its gonna pull my average down... *sobs*...
how to break the 80 barrier like this?

depressed...
(at least until something happens to cheer me up)
(probably tomo will)
(*wheee*)
jlc

heyas again!
i'm in a much better mood now...
more relaxed, less uptight...
and i couldn't haf done it without everyone hu's encouraged me...
AND the "bourne supremacy"
hahas... good show!!
went to watch it with pet, adriel, stefan and shaun...
at first i thot it wasn't wat i would like (sorry darius)
but then, i now understand why everyone loves Matt Damon...
so cool!
tomo i'm going for some chinese cultural journey...
hope its ok...

thanks guys!
jlc

the musical was a success!
really great...
to all ushers: we rock!!
hahas...
to josh and his gang of clowns too...
*LOVE keeps LIFT(ED)ing me higher*

concentrate on the things impending...
the facade that no longer hides...
lights is but a flicker away...
dreams
jlc

Jialin: ur advice was useful indeed... and yar i've read them... and i'm moved to no end...
Vicky: thanks for the tears on my behalf... and i'm feeling the same sadness manyfold...
Yuankheng: Team C won't exist in the debate circuit, but its members remain unscathed...
J. Cao: the decision had to be made... but i'll come for ur productions ks... cyu in OM!
Mel: thanks... guess i'll be seeing u in nj...
Darius: it is hard...
Sean: its hard to leave... u haf no idea how much...
Jamie: Thanks for the prayers!! =)
Collin: OM in nj... cyu in the competition!
Catherine: hiya! thanks for the info...
leighanne: mixed emotions indeed... it IS really depressing at times...
Justine: NJ senior!!!!!

to the closest teammates i've come to noe...
to two of my best friends...
to both of u hu've helped me, adviced me...
celebrated, anguished, laughed, screamed...
paul, sam... it was much more than i could ever ask for in acsi...
and leaving the school doesn't haf to change that...
to kylie and the others hu've encouraged the both of them... thanks!
so here's to team C...
no longer a school debate team...
but friends unparted...
i noe i'll still see sam in bmc, fl, jyc comm...
as for paul, we'll keep in contact ks...
and we still haf the next 3 months...

neither one of us...
wants to be the first to say...
goodbye
jlc

deliberation led to thoughts...
consideratons i had never seen...
new perspectives from speaking to ppl...
but in the end, the stress only made way for my decision...
my next four years of education will be spent in the NJC IP

i'm reallly thankful to everyone hu's encouraged me...
gave me advice...
talked me thru...
and i hope that this will not change our friendship in any way...

a new beginning that is real...
jlc

yesterday was extremely fun!
recee at 2 BB-GB campsites...
we haf sorta chosen the one at Sembawang...
next to the really freaky park...
muahahahas...
went to church to labour...
as in help do the door gifts for the musical...
it was off to Raffles Jubilee Hall next...
i'm ushering at the third level escalator...
exciting, my gosh!!
*hahahahahhas*
went home at abt 11...

today dawned typically...
was SOOOO scared for chinese test...
hope i do ok...
had briefing for chinese cultural journey next thurs... should be quite fun..
(un)official training was ok...
went to macs...
used my ez-link point thingys...

IN A FEW HOURS TIME, THE DECISION WILL BE FINAL
MY NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL BE SPENT IN THE SCHOOL OF CHOICE
THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER
IN NO WAY IS IT SAYING WHICH SCHOOL IS BETTER

its over
jlc