Well! I guess this sums up the day. And everyday since last friday.
Prelims are gonna be the death of me
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
nth Day In The Gallery
Well! I guess this sums up the day. And everyday since last friday.
Prelims are gonna be the death of me
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Green And White
The 100th post!
Originally, I wanted my 100th post was supposed to be about something else (Oh you'll know, when you read the next, well, deep post.) But after Teacher's Day today, i changed my mind.
I left SJI in sec 1, after national day, and on my last day of school there, I wasn't supposed to be there coz i was technically an acsian already and apparently there was a holiday because the ruggers won some championship but I don't really give a damn about that right now.
And yes, today I decided to skip the Teacher's Day concert in ACS(I) coz I felt that I should go back to SJI. I trust my gut feeling alot.
I know, its only about 8 months there, but truth be told, the attachment there beats being in ACS(I) for the remaining few years of secondary school, and currently, the slowly disappearing IB years we have now. Its true. My words are like reality, right in your face. My point is, I miss SJI, even after so long, even though its so short.
Some things you don't really know till its too late.
Its really nostalgic going back to SJI. Somehow I wasn't really bothered by the fact that I stuck out like a sore thumb in SJI due to the ACS uniform. Instead I was rather excited by the fact I was going back, like a rush of blood somehow. Alot have changed since the last time I went there (which was sec 4 by the way. I have no idea why i have to type this today, its 3 a.m soon. I trust my gut feeling i guess.), the art room became a chem room, (and for a moment i thought my memory was major fail coz i swear the art room was in front of the parade ground. Turns out that they shifted it to the back of the school into porta-cabins or something.) the classrooms were cycled from their usual position 2 years ago, and there are fancy lockers now (back then we had to keep our stuff in boxes under our chairs or below the shutter windows. Ah the old days.)
If there's one thing that keeps me going back there to SJI, its probably because i still love that place.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to say that ACS(I) is terrible or anything. Well, they do provide an awesome education here, its probably more balanced out than SJI in certain ways. The sports here is awesome too. And other than that the facilities in ACS(I) owns SJI's ones hands down.
But sorry guys, nothing can beat the family like atmosphere back in SJI. Where your old canoeing teacher in charge treats you like a good buddy, the head of the sec 1 level during the year you left remembers you even after so long, and some member of the senior administration invites you into his office in such a down to earth manner, and no formalities needed, tells you that he's impressed that you still come back even after so many years, even though you've only been here for 8 months.
And I say: "I miss the school, I miss how its like down here."
Its true. The whole school is warm and welcoming, (even for a traitor like me. Heh). A lot of the things i love to do started from there, (Canoeing, Art; hell if i started in ACS(I) i probably would be a typical swimmer/polo player, and man do i have alot to miss out not picking up canoeing). Its nice how your teachers there are more like good friends than teachers, and how everyone seems to know everyone, even if you're from a different class (Maybe that's coz a majority came from St Michael's but still, it seems easier making friends there. Sorry, i still don't know who's that guy from 6.5. Have I even seen him before?) I'm not saying i don't have great friends in ACS(I), I have many (Hi Daniel! Hi Elliott! And Others!). Its just that it seems easier to draw closer to those in SJI. SJI helped build my character too. ACS(I) may have added on to it, but it can't change it. I had my first date there too, but I'm going off tangent now.
The atmosphere says alot too. No students are allowed in the staff room, but on Teacher's Day, everyone just rushes in to distribute their gifts or sing songs for the teacher anyway, and the teachers don't really care; for that day, rules, heck. Its cool like that. And when you walk down the corridors, you hear loud cheering from the classes for their teachers, more mass singing, loads of laughter from both student and teacher. I know it made me smile.
Its alot different there. If you get what I mean.
There's no odd invisible barrier separating people, no intimidation in any way, no extravagance needed. Just plain o' bonding.
(Other than that, any ACS secondary Art students? Please improve your art, and explore something other than chess pieces, plants, girls and the school ground. I swear, SJI's art is pretty darn good. I say even i feel like my pieces lack the creativity compared to theirs. Its kinda embarrassing but inspiring at the same time.)
Anyway, its pretty late, I'll add in second thoughts tomorrow. If i have any. Need to sleep. Long day tomorrow.
To be really honest, sorry guys, it will take more than time and glory to make me feel attached to where I am now. Some things can't be gained merely through that; I actually enjoy myself here, but sometimes it more than that. Its like how a man may be poor and lacking, but if he's happy, he's way wealthier than a rich man who is unhappy. I may be red, blue and gold on the outside; cut me, and maybe i'm bleeding red, blue and gold too.
But sorry guys, deep inside, I'm still green and white. Some things just can't change.
Some things you can't see,
Until it gets too late.
Originally, I wanted my 100th post was supposed to be about something else (Oh you'll know, when you read the next, well, deep post.) But after Teacher's Day today, i changed my mind.
I left SJI in sec 1, after national day, and on my last day of school there, I wasn't supposed to be there coz i was technically an acsian already and apparently there was a holiday because the ruggers won some championship but I don't really give a damn about that right now.
And yes, today I decided to skip the Teacher's Day concert in ACS(I) coz I felt that I should go back to SJI. I trust my gut feeling alot.
I know, its only about 8 months there, but truth be told, the attachment there beats being in ACS(I) for the remaining few years of secondary school, and currently, the slowly disappearing IB years we have now. Its true. My words are like reality, right in your face. My point is, I miss SJI, even after so long, even though its so short.
Some things you don't really know till its too late.
Its really nostalgic going back to SJI. Somehow I wasn't really bothered by the fact that I stuck out like a sore thumb in SJI due to the ACS uniform. Instead I was rather excited by the fact I was going back, like a rush of blood somehow. Alot have changed since the last time I went there (which was sec 4 by the way. I have no idea why i have to type this today, its 3 a.m soon. I trust my gut feeling i guess.), the art room became a chem room, (and for a moment i thought my memory was major fail coz i swear the art room was in front of the parade ground. Turns out that they shifted it to the back of the school into porta-cabins or something.) the classrooms were cycled from their usual position 2 years ago, and there are fancy lockers now (back then we had to keep our stuff in boxes under our chairs or below the shutter windows. Ah the old days.)
If there's one thing that keeps me going back there to SJI, its probably because i still love that place.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to say that ACS(I) is terrible or anything. Well, they do provide an awesome education here, its probably more balanced out than SJI in certain ways. The sports here is awesome too. And other than that the facilities in ACS(I) owns SJI's ones hands down.
But sorry guys, nothing can beat the family like atmosphere back in SJI. Where your old canoeing teacher in charge treats you like a good buddy, the head of the sec 1 level during the year you left remembers you even after so long, and some member of the senior administration invites you into his office in such a down to earth manner, and no formalities needed, tells you that he's impressed that you still come back even after so many years, even though you've only been here for 8 months.
And I say: "I miss the school, I miss how its like down here."
Its true. The whole school is warm and welcoming, (even for a traitor like me. Heh). A lot of the things i love to do started from there, (Canoeing, Art; hell if i started in ACS(I) i probably would be a typical swimmer/polo player, and man do i have alot to miss out not picking up canoeing). Its nice how your teachers there are more like good friends than teachers, and how everyone seems to know everyone, even if you're from a different class (Maybe that's coz a majority came from St Michael's but still, it seems easier making friends there. Sorry, i still don't know who's that guy from 6.5. Have I even seen him before?) I'm not saying i don't have great friends in ACS(I), I have many (Hi Daniel! Hi Elliott! And Others!). Its just that it seems easier to draw closer to those in SJI. SJI helped build my character too. ACS(I) may have added on to it, but it can't change it. I had my first date there too, but I'm going off tangent now.
The atmosphere says alot too. No students are allowed in the staff room, but on Teacher's Day, everyone just rushes in to distribute their gifts or sing songs for the teacher anyway, and the teachers don't really care; for that day, rules, heck. Its cool like that. And when you walk down the corridors, you hear loud cheering from the classes for their teachers, more mass singing, loads of laughter from both student and teacher. I know it made me smile.
Its alot different there. If you get what I mean.
There's no odd invisible barrier separating people, no intimidation in any way, no extravagance needed. Just plain o' bonding.
(Other than that, any ACS secondary Art students? Please improve your art, and explore something other than chess pieces, plants, girls and the school ground. I swear, SJI's art is pretty darn good. I say even i feel like my pieces lack the creativity compared to theirs. Its kinda embarrassing but inspiring at the same time.)
Anyway, its pretty late, I'll add in second thoughts tomorrow. If i have any. Need to sleep. Long day tomorrow.
To be really honest, sorry guys, it will take more than time and glory to make me feel attached to where I am now. Some things can't be gained merely through that; I actually enjoy myself here, but sometimes it more than that. Its like how a man may be poor and lacking, but if he's happy, he's way wealthier than a rich man who is unhappy. I may be red, blue and gold on the outside; cut me, and maybe i'm bleeding red, blue and gold too.
But sorry guys, deep inside, I'm still green and white. Some things just can't change.
Some things you can't see,
Until it gets too late.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Accelerate
Ah okay so i'm finally able to wake up with my alarm by setting it to ring every 5 mins over half an hour. Improvement. Hah.
And right now i don't feel like sleeping again. Meh. I shall crash school later in the afternoon. Maybe after i go to church with my parents.
This pic is probably gonna be used for art, something to do with speed again. And time. Photoshopped for that surreal look, blur done by putting hand sanitiser between two lens filters.
Yup.
"but like..... everything's passing by you and you can't do anything, you can't do anything to stop it. weird?"
Weird?
EDIT:
OH yeah, and finally done with the video! This will be used for art. Minus the music. The song is Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol. Actually, I can't decide. Keep or lose the music?
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Crawl
A picture a day? Or at least 3 a week. Yay.
I got loads of shots from Moscow waiting to be put up.
This one was some abandoned car near a sushi restaurant in Moscow. It had beer bottles in the backseat too.
IB exams soon! D:
Ever wondered if cars have feelings? Sometimes it seems like they do. Not only for cars though. For other stuff too. Sometimes I wonder if they know that they might be crushed and disposed of once they have been abandoned. Its a sad thought somehow.
Nevermind me. I get random like this sometimes. Haha
P.S. According to the tag cloud, IB life, being surprised/lost/shocked (D:) and constant contemplation/stoning/thinking of how ______ is gonna happen (._.) is always on my mind.
Forever yours, IB. Right.
Study study ><
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Six-Fifty-One
Aye, Back to blogger. Sorry, I'm rather fickleminded sometimes.
Anyway it was kinda hard to decide if IOC was a miracle or disaster.
- Please guys, no matter how easy you say Disabled is, I don't agree.
- Mindgames i play on myself during races do not work for studies. Unrelated.
- Please make sure your teacher checks the recorder is actually recording.
Or i'd try foaming in my mouth and going into spasms on the floor.
Six Fifty One
Time is running.
P.S. oops, this isn't the 100th post. Forgot to deduct the drafts. lol
Monday, August 24, 2009
Okay, Officially On The Dark Side
http://better-use-of-paper.tumblr.com/
I can't wait for porting function though.
I can't wait for porting function though.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Sorry Blogger, Tumblr Looks Better
http://better-use-of-paper.tumblr.com/
Prettier and less formatting problems. Nice.
I shall keep this though, once in a while to spam random stuff X)
Prettier and less formatting problems. Nice.
I shall keep this though, once in a while to spam random stuff X)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
From The Motherland, Where Canoe Paddles You!
(okay so this was typed on the bus back from the paddling place. Whatever it was called >< 
the girls k4 made it to final B! Secret no. 1. To be honest I was cynical. Sorry for being a secret asshole ._.
(Tsk Tsk brian. You forgot your number 1 rule for yourself. Never underestimate anyone.)
well but at least it was one damn good race. it was an awesome performance hands down girls. Not bad at all.
Ah. So happy for them X)
(Bread. Honey. Banana. Butter)
We unlucky fools.
(0.1 - 0.2 seconds. What the hell.)
But at least we did give it our all. We raced really hard. well but we did our best and yes we beat USA! At least we beat USA. But we lost to canda by 0.1 - 0.2 seconds. worthy of shit feeling of the year. The worst part was probably the fact that all the other heats were wayyyy easier and would have probably given us a higher chance of qualifying for semis at least.
Shucks. 0.2 is like clicking the stopwatch twice in quick succession.
A harder pull from any one of us.
A click from the camera.
(pictures when I get back guys. Other world juniors people msn me for pics. If you bug me enough I might post them on facebook!)
Well at least we beat USA. Everyone thought we were small boys.
Someone get me out of NS. I wanna paddle more.
Hell I'm gonna miss paddling :/
(This was added on tuesday ><)
They have awesome fruits there. Strawberries! Kebabs! Sadly, we didn't really have time to wander about. We only managed to catch a glimpse of the red square on the outside and other than that it was souvenier seeking and food feasting (more like ice cream indulging). Didn't get to see dead lenin.
(this continues on wednesday/thursday night/morning. Sorry. Brian the procrastinator. I shall post in school tomorrow)
anyway, without training suddenly life feels damn stagnant. So I have added something to make my daily events a lot more. Erm. Exciting. Running to macritchie at 11pm. Yeah I know. Wtf factor very high. But really very fun. And night is cooling too! currently shit list has a lot to clear. Especially for art. More photos are needed! D: wheee. Runners high now. Okay okay should sleep. I shall post this tomorrow. promise.
Sorry no secret here! X)
Sorry guys ><
EDIT: PICTURES ARE IN! MORE PICTURES NEXT TIME!
the girls k4 made it to final B! Secret no. 1. To be honest I was cynical. Sorry for being a secret asshole ._.
(Tsk Tsk brian. You forgot your number 1 rule for yourself. Never underestimate anyone.)
well but at least it was one damn good race. it was an awesome performance hands down girls. Not bad at all.
Ah. So happy for them X)
(Bread. Honey. Banana. Butter)
We unlucky fools.
(0.1 - 0.2 seconds. What the hell.)
But at least we did give it our all. We raced really hard. well but we did our best and yes we beat USA! At least we beat USA. But we lost to canda by 0.1 - 0.2 seconds. worthy of shit feeling of the year. The worst part was probably the fact that all the other heats were wayyyy easier and would have probably given us a higher chance of qualifying for semis at least.
Shucks. 0.2 is like clicking the stopwatch twice in quick succession.
A harder pull from any one of us.
A click from the camera.
(pictures when I get back guys. Other world juniors people msn me for pics. If you bug me enough I might post them on facebook!)
Well at least we beat USA. Everyone thought we were small boys.
Someone get me out of NS. I wanna paddle more.
Hell I'm gonna miss paddling :/
(This was added on tuesday ><)
They have awesome fruits there. Strawberries! Kebabs! Sadly, we didn't really have time to wander about. We only managed to catch a glimpse of the red square on the outside and other than that it was souvenier seeking and food feasting (more like ice cream indulging). Didn't get to see dead lenin.
(this continues on wednesday/thursday night/morning. Sorry. Brian the procrastinator. I shall post in school tomorrow)
anyway, without training suddenly life feels damn stagnant. So I have added something to make my daily events a lot more. Erm. Exciting. Running to macritchie at 11pm. Yeah I know. Wtf factor very high. But really very fun. And night is cooling too! currently shit list has a lot to clear. Especially for art. More photos are needed! D: wheee. Runners high now. Okay okay should sleep. I shall post this tomorrow. promise.
Sorry no secret here! X)
Sorry guys ><
EDIT: PICTURES ARE IN! MORE PICTURES NEXT TIME!
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