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So US didn't win the Confederations Cup after giving away a two-goal lead and allowing Brazil to score the winner via Lucio... The US have really showed their spirit coming this far, and this close. They lost their first two group games to Italy and Brazil (3-0), and only got to the semis with a meltdown from Italy against Brazil and their own hard fought 3-0 win over Egypt. They then met Spain with the whole world backing the European Champions as odds-on favourites, but Spain couldn't find a way past Tim Howard and got caught with two goals from two US shots. Brazil showed their might with a comeback victory, and with Luis Fabiano winning the Golden Boot (he's sure to be in the squad for next year's World Cup barring injuries), and Kaka winning the Best Player award, Brazil looks like the team to beat alongside Spain and current form-team in the qualifiers England.

Spain also almost got displaced for third place by host South Africa after going a goal down after some zero commitment defending. Dani Guiza got two goals for Spain to take the lead in the dying minutes, one nicely placed shot and one really beautiful shot-lob. Xabi Alonso then added a third in extra-time to seal the game for Spain.


Well Econs CT is over... Huge burden lifted off my shoulders. Much brain power needing to be recharged, so don't see how I can study much tonight. Now just taking a break... =) Econs should be an okay grade luh.

Haha, here's my official tribute to MJ (1958-2009)!

Michael Jackson - Black Or White

This was one of his many meaningful songs... And this song is really nice in a way that it showed he was at least one in his time that didn't care about racial differences. So yeah, kudos to him!

Bye~!

Hmm... Just some random thoughts... With my previous one that I gave up, I knew it was impossible and extremely awkward to have wanted to go for it, for the consequences would have been extremely unpredictable and most likely rather negative. I gave up for good, but I don't know why, I just don't know why, I then had this come back into myself, not with the same person, but almost the same situation. I told myself not to, but some things can't be helped, so now I'm back in the position I was a couple months ago, just concerning someone else. I want it so badly, but I know the consequences will be hard to take, if it does indeed not go the way I want it to...... Maybe I just got too close/familiar.
I suck at this man, why can't I just be like some people who just don't care about stuff, don't let anything but themselves dictate their lives, their movements.

Today's the last day of the June holidays. This itself was such a different experience for me... I mean, my June holidays in the past were like.. let's see... Staying at home most of the hols, playing computer games. Or it'd be going back for some extra classes. The past four years' June holidays was usually packed with CHMA preparations, so there was still a bit of life in me, but comparing it to the past month, it's a world of difference.

I've always thought staying at home and just resting was fun. But for this June, I think I went out almost everyday on the first two weeks, and most of the time it definitely wasn't for studying. To be fair, the first few days was for extra lessons in college. Then there was the class chalet, iMedia gathering, meeting up with the pact brothers (for whom I'm an adopted brother). I also used the time to train up my outfield hockey skills, which I feel I'm pretty decent at, considering I haven't been training that for the past months. Then there was the junior hockey world cup, in which I only went for two times.. oops. Then there was og outing too! So yah, there were so many outings! And there was a hockey friendly against SJI too, which was kinda of a waste time.

Then when it came to the final two weeks of the hols, with the thought of the Common Tests, 20% of total promos, the fear of retaining suddenly coming into my head, I started studying more and lessen outings by a lot. Had a consultation in school too. Then those two days where, I had lunch at home for the first time in dunno how many months, I stayed at home for the first time during June, to study... I felt like shit in the afternoon! So draggy, restless, fatigued.. I thought I could use the time to study well, but in the end, it was really counter-productive. So many distractions, so little motivation.

Now with only less than a day away from the CTs week, we're, or particular I'm, particularly screwed for all of them. I haven't studied my H1... My econs is just pure memorisation, math isn't solid yet, physics is just as crappy as usual. Zugh... Yes, that's my new word.

Well I really enjoyed going out a lot during the June hols. New friendships were forged, I think, and old, some not very old, was strengthen... So yeah, overall, a very good June hols. Just don't think of the studies part.

All the best and good luck to everyone for the CTs coming right up! =)

Bye~!

Haha. So yeah a nice outing last night. First up had to take the MRT all the way to Tampines to meet with sam, celeste, mark, sherwin and his female friend. Ate at F.I.S.H., apparently a branch of Fish and co., so anyway, it was really funny seeing the other guys playing and fooling around at the waitress. She even wanted to see sherwin's four passport photos of his rugger friends! Haha, and she commented on how good they looked. She was super enthu man... And then we found our way to the bus interchange, took 8.. yah, bus number 8, to Trinity@Paya Lebar, which we have never gone before. Supposed to sit by 7.45pm, but we reached there at 8.10pm... Went to the toilet, before rushing to the back rows of the auditorium/concert hall.

The musical was really nice, great effects and lighting, the sound was real good too. The technical aspect was almost flawless? No screw-ups... Must have rehearsed that a lot. There were many funny parts too, very comedy.. yet there were a few drama moments which were kinda sad. Haha, yeah... alysia was one of the main actors/actresses. Great show overall, totally worth every penny of it. Haha yeah =)

So then thought we could wait for her to come out, but her phone was off, so we decided to head off... sherwin, his female friend and sam took another bus home, and mark and I took 58 to Bishan station... Haha A LOT was said during that bus ride home. mark ar... you ar... Haha, chillax, my mouth is shut. =)


And in very saddening news, Michael Jackson passed away yesterday morning... The King of Pop, gone.. just like that. R.I.P.

Bye.

Life is unfair.

How does some things happen, for no reason?

How does some things NOT happen?

Every thing someone does, there are many consequences that come out of it. Some taken lightly, most very severe. When someone tries hard to do something right, someone else can just come in, shoves everything the former did to the ground, and impresses.. even worse? Effortlessly. Wow? How unfair is that? It's real funny thinking of this sorta things; at times.. real annoying too. I just wonder how some people do it.. are their skins really that thick enough and that.. they really have nothing, just nothing, to lose?

I wonder how some people just can do things without an eye on others? Surely they must have some, albeit little, degree of sensitivity to how others think? Or do they just do stuff without minding about people around him at all?

Now then... Does everything really happen for a reason? Or can someone just enlighten me, please.


Some things... I just can't quite seem to understand...


Bye~!

I don't know if Singapore had shown these, but remember the Chevron advertisement about saving or conserving energy, or the we only have 50 years left of oil or something like that? Well according to this website, a popular CBS show "60 Minutes" exposes Chevron's "environmental atrocity in the Amazon". It's quite sad if this is true, like these people only go for the huge profits at the expense of the environment and locals living there. The cartoonish video on that website is really making a mockery of those Chevron advertisements, and it kinda tells some sorta truth too. Worth checking this out man.


Hmm, some nice live performances I've seen through last weekend. Kinda bored really, but what the heck...

Switchfoot - Dare You To Move (Live in San Diego)


David Cook - Dare You To Move (American Idol)

Good cover, nonetheless.

Nickelback - Someday (Live in Musique Plus)

I love this song, and this cover is pretty good as well!

Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Live)

Awesome song, even better live performance from Aerosmith! =)


Yeah... So hmm, for a bit of a downer, CTs' in less than 6 days' time!

Die.

Bye~

As an extension to a blog I just read...

4-4'08 (for the win)! No class will ever be as eventful as that... Believe that.

We might not have many photos documenting our school lives in that 2 years together. But our individual and collective memories are photos and videos in itself, and these can never be lost or removed.. uhm, only when we're like damn old and have amnesia or something. And these memories are more ever-lasting than photos. We can distort these memories to imagine what we like. Haha...

Like how our dear old kevin yeo got jacked almost everyday.

=)

Javier Mascherano, Xabi Alonso, Fernando Torres and Jose Reina can't leave. At any price. With other players being dangled in front of Rafa's office. That's the core of the team, man! Without Masch and Alonso in the centre of the park, how does that give Stevie G a peace of mind to roam forward? How does the wingers feed off Alonso's superb passes?

£30 million for Mascherano? £20 million + Bojan Krkic for Mascherano? I don't think so. At least £40 million + Bojan Krkic. The £40 million can cover for another hardman in midfield to replace him, and that extra striker to boost the Reds' attack.

At least it's good Alonso and Torres ain't going, just that Torres committed but Alonso didn't. And finally that Victor Valdes sealed his new contract, Reina isn't going anywhere then! Haha...



Ok, so.. I wanna get through all this academic stuffs, before I find the time to say what I need to say. By that time, I think it should be a good timing to do so. By that time, experience should put me in better stead. Hmm, why do I put myself through this? Logic doesn't flow well nowadays, does it? Let me have some positive thinking, aye.. even if this isn't an ideal world.

I know it'll be a long wait, but I'm willing to wait. This is the only right way.

I'm confused.


Bye~

Woohoo! Today's junior hockey world cup matches were damn hell nice to be at! There were two games played, Pakistan vs Argentina and Netherlands vs New Zealand. We were actually thinking Argentina were gonna prevail in the first encounter, but Pakistan was just a class apart. Their skills on the ball, dribbling, and passing were just superior. Argentina was good, but New Zealand was just simply better. Pakistan prevailed 4-1 anyway.

So the best match was at night when the stadium's stands and makeshift seats were packed, barely any space to move. There were the neutrals sitting at one side of the stadium, and the other side were two prominent sets of Dutch and New Zealand fans cheering their team on. These foreigners sure know how to support and cheer for their team... The neutral sets of Singaporean fans were more towards the New Zealanders, and we must hate referee Barstow and his poor calls, or so we biased fans thought. New Zealand scored first, but the Dutch prevailed with their long balls and won 4-1 eventually. Sad case for the New Zealanders. But overall a great experience nonetheless. Magnificent atmosphere.

Bye~!

Ok firstly, something real random... Something football-related. The English FA should scrape the FA Cup replays whenever there is a draw in an FA Cup tie. I mean, it's such a waste of time having to play another game to decide a winner for, say a fifth round, or quarter-finals tie? Just go for extra-time like other knock-out cup competitions! It saves the hassle of organizing another game, tiring the players out in another potentially mid-week game, and the changing of the league fixture supposed to be played on that day. =)


Anyway, back to normal stuff. Mugging physics is real hard, so hard to understand the concepts. I thought being at home to study the whole day was gonna be a good thing, but I think it was the other way round. Felt so restless while mugging the physics... Like, I thought I could like split my time like 10-12, then 2-5, then 8-10. But each time I either watched a little bit more TV, or had to take an hour's nap. An hour is a very long time. So yeah, I wanted to cover two physics topics, one econs essay and the first binded econs notes. Only did one full physics topic and the econs notes. Die.

Still have to find EoM article for my pw, and that's on hold due to not getting confirmation of our topic's feasibility. Then still got 6 sets of chinese oral recording practice to do and upload on the skydrive. Die.


I. Don't. Want. To. Retain.

1/4 of (most of) our JC lives are already finished. Soon it'll be 1/2. Fast eh? (I hope mine is not 1/6 done only)


Ooh, Didier Drogba has been banned 4 matches, with 2 banned matches in suspension for 2 years, and Jose Bosingwa has been banned 3 matches, with one banned match in suspension, in light of their 'verbal abuse/assault' on the Norweigian referee during the Chelsea-Barca Champions League semi-finals second leg match at Stamford Bridge. That's damn little, man. They should both have been banned for like 2 years, this is as bad as failing a drugs' test.


Bye~!

Haha check this out!



Today was PW meeting. And yet again, it was just three people that met up. To note, we have a group of five, by the way. Mai and Mark came, and the other two didn't. I was just kinda disappointed with one of 'em, the other, just had nothing to say... Seriously, I mean, this group is already disadvantaged with several differences between some of us, but can we like sort this out and at least, AT THE VERY LEAST, have a PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP with one another? Stop all this bickering, bitching and fooling around? The only positive thing that came out of the meeting was that we finally got a solid idea, although we haven't really progressed, but is still rather stagnant.

How united we are.

Buck up, people.

Then I went to Bishan library by myself to try to study physics. Was super difficult, kept falling asleep. My physics is as good as screwed. Anyone wants to study? Lol... Anyway, subway was kinda good though, especially the cookies! Haha...


Yeah so, I think I have two full days at home. No one seems to want to go for hockey junior world cup. So yeah, have two consultations on Friday, so probably will camp in SAJC to study while waiting for both consultations. =) Still waiting for anyone to wanna come on Friday, maybe go world cup after that? I don't know.

Bye~!

Things are finally looking up. I hate it when I say this, soon enough everything will crash back down and bring my back down to earth.

So yah, I've finally started catching up on my work, albeit slowly. Enjoyed most of the past two weeks, majority of it going out. Got some solid discussions for my PW, and about time. I guess we are still around 3 weeks plus behind schedule and behind the rest of the other groups, maybe a month behind other schools' groups. At least we're making progress, must look on the bright side; appointed our roles too. =)

More hockeying too. Yay! The only thing on the down I think is my fitness... Pull-ups back to one, 2.4 maybe back at 15 mins? I don't know. Sit and reach still Cee.Am.Ai. Sian...

Another thing on the up is something I really like and want and is glad is on the up. Still slowly and gradually I guess. I know it takes time. But yeah. =) I'm feeling something different and more positive, everytime...

Bye~!

There are no boundaries.



Hmm so today was the DSA trials. I can't really think of it as a trial as I think everyone was accepted? So this was more like DSA practice day? And most of 'em were from SJI! Got one from don't know what school. Practice shots, I think I wasn't up for it, man. Then when we played our practice match, to get a look at the DSA, perhaps. I played like 3 periods? Or 4? Not sure, only got two goalies. So yah, first was my Saints J1 vs the DSA dudes, then I was behind the DSA dudes against the Saints J1 Girls, then my Saints J1 vs the Saints J1 Girls. Kept a clean sheet in all of 'em! But got a few moments quite scary ar... Like when I kicked the ball in the air which would have led to a PC in a competitive game, or when the girls team almost scored... Argh man, I love to scream at the defence. =) No offence, though! It's nothing personal, it's just business. Haha!

One advice for my fellow defenders... Safety first, talk later!



We're so in trouble for PW if none of us starts the ball rolling.

- No solid project idea.
- No research being done as such.
- Surveys? Do we need surveys?
- EoM article finding is at a standstill
- Journal Writing. Nothing to write on...



Die.

Daughtry - No Surprise

Daughtry - No Surprise (Official Music Video)
Aww man, I love this song. The lyrics are damn meaningful as well...

Our favorite place we used to go
The warm embrace that no one knows
The loving look that's left your eyes
That's why this comes as no, as no surprise

Hmm. Yeah. I should stop slacking, considering I've done almost nothing in the past 4 days. But then again, the past 4 days has not been full rest days, still got school to attend. Argh, never mind, have to chiong again tomorrow, considering of the future June commitments like next week's class chalet.

Bye~!

Hey Monday - How You Love Me Now

Hey Monday - How You Love Me Now (Official Music Video) - The most amazing home videos are here
This song is sooooo nice. Although a bit emo, but it's so light-hearted! Haha... Their lead vocalist Cassadee Pope is kinda hot, I must say. =)

Yeah! Go check out Hey Monday's songs! All damn nice!


On another note, I'm trying not to be emo okay. I'm not even emo, I'm just a lil sad at times about some stuffs. I guess I'm still trying to find my feet in this new setting of mine.

Bye~!

There's something I wanna tell someone but I just can't do it for the fear of the potential repercussions.

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

I know that you are something special
To you I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I hope you'll see the heart in me

Lenny
Joseph
Hua Peng
Sei Yee
Kelvin Kartoyo
Melvin
Seng Yew
Samuel C
Celeste
Mark

Liverpool FC
iMedia
09S23!