Eventful weekend. quite a lot of things happened, which is why it's been eventful. and i'm going in circles. on to the post.

Judo's getting even more interesting. we're learning something like one new throw per lesson. this means 2 things: 1) we're learning very quickly, and 2) we may not be practising the throws that we've previously learnt due to information overload. but it's all still fun. the seniors are warming up to us now. they're not as cold as i'd previously thought. in fact, it looks like most of them are nice people. i'm foreseeing that saturday dinner with them may turn into a regular thing.

aside from the networking side of the CCA, the techincal/academic/learning aspect's going great as well. as mentioned earlier, we're learning stuff really fast; sort of an express course in Judo. but overall, i think i'm doing pretty good. got all the basics down. now to find out how/when to go for the grading exams. that black belt isn't within my grasp yet, but i'm working on it. just need another 5-odd years or so.

next up, today's events. despite what the reviews/friends say, Elektra's not too bad. the storyline's a bit hazy in places, but the pieces all come together eventually. Stick's pool skills are amazing. he's blind, and he won an 8-ball game in 2 shots. that aside, other parts of the movie were great too. as usual, no spoilers, but if you're a Marvel fan, go catch it.

pool was fun too. was slightly off form, but won the first few games due to strategy and by a significant contribution courtesy of lady luck herself. she's always looking out for me ^__^. need to practise jump shots though.

our new set of furniture came in today. comfortable. i could fall asleep on it. very tempted to do just that after this. then i can sell my bed for extra $$...or not.

tomorrow's going to be a shitty day. not only is there an econs test, dismissal is at 5pm. mondays are meant to kill students and workers. oh yes. well, maybe the week will get better, like with the cross-country on wednesday. riiiiiiiiiiight.

funny how my weekend sounds livelier than the rest of my week put together.

-thingy of the day: A drop of knowledge can overcome a sea of force.-

JC life is draining. not enough time to blog. and even when i feel like blogging, more often than not i end up staring at a blank window. nothing fantastically interesting's going on now, so i figure it's back to blogging about mundane stuff.

this week has been a blur. the days just whiz by. 1T37's bonding better. or at least it appears to be. i'm not too keen into reading too deeply into stuff. well, at least everyone's getting along. it's just that some get along better than others.

*finally* went back to cat high on wednesday. pretty emotional homecoming. no, not to the extent of tears or anything like that, but seeing most of the teachers and other students felt so good. not to mention the added benefit of disciplinary immunity. still, i'm missing 4-6 quite badly. hopefully most of the guys will go back during chinese new year. then we can organize a mini-reunion.

other than that, today was quite fun. we actually celebrated a birthday!! never did that before. it was quite successful, even invited our home tutors to join in. credit goes to the girls here. wonderful organizational skills.

only downside is i never expected to see him in CJ. i could have sworn he went somewhere else. it's odd though; today was the first day i saw him. i know i would have noticed before, either during orientation or lessons. maybe i'm going blind...or maybe it's a sign.

anyway, no use thinking too much about it. answers will be revealed sooner or later. better go to sleep - have to be up early tomorrow (or later).

-thingy of the day: There's no "I" in "team", but there's a "me".-

Posts per week are steadily declining. now for the week in less than 1000 words:

wednesday was a day of...i don't know. the new chem lecturer (Ms. Koh, as I've found out) is, and i quote, "really bitchy". i think she enjoys picking on some people in particular, like this one guy from her tutorial class. it was quite a negative first impression, and there was this strong sense of satisfaction when i got called up to show my answer and she couldn't fault me.

but thursday's lecture was better. i think she won points with the group for playing "The Reason", as well as for showing us some rather innovative brain teaser thingies. (eg. what's 007 007? double bond.) there were 2 i dodn't quite understand, but oh well. answers will be shown next monday.

aside from that, a major decision was also made. judo will be my one and only CCA. not that fencing isn't cool and all (in fact, i think fencing's seniors are nicer), but my interest just doesn't lie there. i'll have to go apologize to them next wednesday. they've been really great to all of us, even though some people (like me) may not join them in the end. and just based on that, i feel like i've let them down a whole lot. hell, i might even let the judo team, and the rest of CJ down in march. imagine how bad it'll feel then.

in other news, i think i'm falling sick. i'be been coughing up green stuff tinged with red almost non-stop since tuesday night or so. and it doesn't appear to be clearing up by itself. i think a visit to the doctor is due soon. might as well go extend my new year greetings as well.

in the end, i didn't manage to go back to cat high. i blurrly forgot about the make-up chem practical session. one side benefit of joining judo is that i'm free on wednesdays, which is supposed to be the "official" CCA day. clashes in the coach's schedule and all. so i get to go home at 1pm!! and that makes it the perfect day to (finally) pay everyone at cat high a visit. as an added bonus, the bowling team's training in school as well. can go and say hi to them.

still behind on maths. have to finish the modulus tutorial by the weekend. and get a few more articles for english gp. still not used to the name change yet. have to run now. need sleep.

-thingy of the day: Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.-

The worst of the week's over. mondays and tuesdays are very strenous. i seriously feel like sleeping now. luckily my dismissal times for the remainder of the week are no later than 2:30pm. ending friday at 5:00 would be oh so horrible.

i know i've said this before, but for emphasis, I MISS CAT HIGH!!! i'll most probably go back for a visit on thursday, since there's no training for the judo beginners. as i'm not an official student there anymore, i don't think the discipline committee can fault me on attire and all that. disciplinary immunity rocks. ^__^ can't wait to see the teachers and whoever else may be there again. it'll be like coming home, only it's school.

i'm not making sense, which is a sign of fatigue. there's one more thing i know i want to say, but my memory refuses to bring it up. ah well. time for sleep. screw homework.

-thingy of the day: Try to remember that one thing.-

Just a quick note: i don't really mind what the class thinks of me. i see no reason to feel guilty, as i haven't broken any laws. and about the class' situation, i'm practising selective hearing/understanding. no point in depressing everyone when first 3 months are for fun, right?

btw. leave your name next time.

-thingy of the day: Must find some time for entertainment soon.-

As i've told many people, JC life is fun, but tiring. this past week can stand testament to that.

as mentioned before, most of the teachers are great. take note: MOST OF. i hate the econs lecturer. she bores worse than a dental drill. it'll take all my concentration and more to actually benefit from her lessons. of course, i think i may be biased here. it's possible that we got off to a bad start, and that formed a bad first impression. but on the flipside, she talks in a monotone, cracks unfunny jokes, and is generally PMS-y. so...i don't know.

aside from that, i'm amazed at 1T37's rate of bonding. within 7 to 8 days since the formation of the class, we already have a "family"!! with 3 generations some more. this has never ever happened to any class i've been in, not even 4-6, which personified "class spirit". then again, a family of guys would be kind of weird. i guess it was for the better that the family thing never happened in cat high.

speaking of cat high, i'm feeling homesick. i miss it like crazy. originally planned on going back today, but eventually decided not to. really stupid decision. turns out they were having their CCA day today, which was held uncharacteristically early this year. it would usually be held at least on the 3rd or 4th saturday of the term. oh well. wonder how's the recruitment for bowling this year? hopefully the number's around 15. i think we're low on members now.

CJ is really really growing on me. i'm subconsciously referring to CJ students as "we" and getting used to calling it "my school". right now, the leave-stay ratio is 60:40. just imagine what another 8 weeks will do. plus getting attached to a CCA, it may potentially end up at 100:-3 or some other ridiculously impossible number. maybe i should have stayed home.

anyway, there's judo tomorrow at 1:30. must sleep now.

-thingy of the day: Man who runs behind car gets exhausted.-

Too tired to type for long today. brief summary of events:

- my essay's length does not meet the requirement for GP.
- econs sounds manageable.
- chem lecture was fun, but tutorial was BORING. love the video clip.
- narrowed CCA choices down to fencing and judo. maybe both?
- my knees hurt. like hell. and there's PE tomorrow.
- 1T37 gets better and better.

-thingy of the day: Too tired to think.-

The first day of school can best be described as fun, but tiring. lessons are formally on, although the timetable isn't completely finalized. on first impression, all the teachers seem ok, even though chem was a bit of a disappointment due to my rather high expectation. it was mainly because i was expecting the subject head to teach us, but i think i screwed up on the names somewhere.

other than that, maths was a relief. turns out i screwed up the names (again). our maths teacher appears to be the more...interesting than the one i feared we would be stuck with. he seems more dynamic, at least.

but the "worst lecture of the day" award goes to econs. no dispute. unanimous vote. the lecturer was trying to be funny, with pretty limited success. to make things worse, the powerpoint presentation was recycled from last year. not very impressive. well, looking on the bright side, at least i don't have tutorials with her.

the scariest thing today was definitely PE. the last time i had a PE lesson later than 10:00 am was back in 1999, in my double-session primary school. PE at 4:00 pm today was quite a big shock. was totally unprepared, but still survived. go me. ^__^

i've just realized that i have a certain trait. i don't know if it's positive or negative, but when someone interests me (as in want to get to know better, not get married or anything like that), i maximize all my resources finding out almost everything about that person. it sounds a bit stalker-istic, i know, but still...i myself have no idea why i do that. i think it gives me a (somewhat twisted) sense of accomplishment. another one of my eccentricities. oh wow.

anyway, i'm really trying to sleep before 11:15, but since it's 11:10 now, i don't think i'll be succeeding. anyway, i'd best be off.

-thingy of the day: CJ blue looks *good*.-

Forgive me for not blogging daily for the past 4 days. Believe me - I really wanted to, but JC life is pretty tiring, especially for the new recruits. So, I'll just summarize everything (somewhat inaccurately, I expect) into a proper, capitalized, jumbo post.

Tuesday
it was the second (and last) day IG8 was together. My memory's a bit fuzzy here, but I seem to remember taking a school tour, learning the school song, school cheers (give Eugene a chance), campfire songs, and the second quarter of the mass dance. The campfire songs were really funny, with immortal chickens, different kinds of frogs and words that made no sense at all. We also got our class assignments, and that's how I ended up in 1T37, which is part of a greater organization known as Ember house, whose signature colour is pink.

in 1T37, the people are generally nice, I think. There are all sorts of people there, from new faces to second degree friends, to old schoolmates whom I've never noticed. And my 2 home tutors, or form teachers, are teaching GP and econs.

Wednesday
indoor games for us. The main objective was to promote class bonding. They had all sorts of games, like transport-marbles-between-your-toes, pass-the-cereal-mouth-to-mouth-with-toothpicks, throw-water-balloons-behind-your-back-and-hope-others-catch-them, draw-the-picture-after-spinning-around, more mass dancing, and a whole lot of other stuff. I must admit, the games did seem quite retarded at first, but still, we all had a good time, and that's what mattered.

we (i.e. 1T37) also involuntarily volunteered to act in a skit for finale night. We (or rather, Elsa from 1T26) came up with a really funny storyline for our act. Basically it involved a guy falling in love with an ogre of a girl and then learning the bangla/bangra dance to impress her. The facilitators (facils for short) taught us 4 house cheers, of which I can only clearly remember 2. The banner cheer is really fun and easy to commit to memory, not to mention seeing the freaked out expressions people get when you launch into the "na na na na na..." part in the middle of the street.

Thursday
we took part in outdoor games at Kallang, which involved the pirated Amazing Race and dragon boating. Amazing Race was a bit tedious, with us spending way too much time on one of the clues, but dragon boating was really great...even though I ended up a nice shade of red after that, and not a single part of me remained dry. Here, I will thank cat high for the nice, warm, dry PE shirt which I had the presence of mind to pack.

Friday
Ah...the last day of orientation. Introductory lectures were conducted for us. I must say that chem looks promising, although one of the teachers, Mr Chiam, looks familiar and his name rings a bell somewhere. GP is almost the same as English, but our one-time lecturer was really funny, yet he managed to get his point across. Too bad he's teaching J2 this year. I think his lessons would have been really enjoyable. The econs lecturer really bored the hell out if me, and I thank god she's not teaching me. As for maths, "oh boy" is the only way to describe it. My lecturer-to-be sounds so...On a different wavelength as compared to the students. I predict my maths will suffer until March at least.

The facils did a great job of organizing the CCA pasar. The seniors were generally nice and informative. I decided not to join bowling again, as I felt that I had to take a break of sorts. I can barely imagine going down to Victor's on a regular basis for another 2 years. Instead, I put my name down for fencing and judo. I'm more inclined towards judo now, but who knows? Fencing is intriguing. And student council is quite attractive, because in the event that I stay on after march, I think I'll get to help orientate the new students of the second intake. Aside from that, canoeing and shooting also sound fun. 4 CCAs to consider. Oh boy. Decisions decisions.

then, finale night finally approached. We were the first house to do our skit, and we got a good many laughs out of the audience. And even though 1T37 wasted so much time during the amazing race, Ember still miraculously had the shortest average time of completion for the race. That means that the other Ember classes must have chionged through all the 6 stations. Too bad we didn't win the overall most dynamic house award, which went to Pyro. I honestly thought we cheered better than them (and that they were sort of inactive). To mark the conclusion of our orientation, we did the whole mass dance, which we had finished learning only a few hours ago. I think the dance steps will stay in my memory for quite a while.

After the whole thing ended, we went to Lucky Plaza's Macs for a late dinner and to "officially" end our night. That's where I discovered that if 1T37 tells all their lame jokes, the combined chill could freeze hell over. But we all had a good time, no?

Present
I think that the orientation has succeeded in making me do the thing I didn't want to do - I've become quite attached to CJ. I believe that if I leave CJ, be it for better or worse, I'm going to have a tough time saying goodbye to the friends/acquaintances I've made there. I originally never thought I'd have to go to CJ, let alone start to like it, but fate has a funny way of working.

Lessons will begin next Monday. The maths department has already given us some notes and an assignment (which I have no idea how to do), and I'm guessing that life will be pretty hectic. Especially when Chinese is still a part of my syllabus. Another new year's resolution will be to settle Chinese by year end so that there won't be an extra burden when studying for the A-levels.

That's all for now. Will be back soon to comment on "normal" JC life.

-thingy of the day: Why is everyone talking in third person perspective?-

Venturing into JC was not as bad as i'd imagined.

one thing i must remember - morning traffic is really a killer. it took half an hour to reach CJ. luckily i left the house at 7. once in the school building, the first thing that struck me was all the different colours floating around. no doubt it was scary at first, but i managed to spot the familiar green. while i didn't exactly feel relief at spotting my former (and maybe future) classmates, there was a certain sense of comfort knowing that people you know will be there, sticking the orientation out with you.

morning assembly started on a rather shocking note, with things done completely different from cat high. i don't know why they played the (amazingly short) school song today, but i suppose it's for the best as we would have to learn the song sooner or later. after some announcements, we split into our IGs (index groups). i realize that i have pretty good facilitators. by that, i mean pretty and good </lame>. anyway, we did introductions in pairs, followed by some random stuff i have forgotten, and after that, we met the principal.

Brother Paul Rogers is, to use one of my terms, bleeding nuts. he's totally different from HBK, and his way of speaking is just so...natural. not to mention funny. i think it's because he's foreign, and is less inhibited about the words he uses. i mean, which other principal in singapore would call a student a "bloody fool"?

registered for subject combinations next. my 3 choices can be summarized as maths, chem, econs first, then replace econs with physics, then replace chem with econs. hopefully it's choice 1, but choice 2 wouldn't be too bad either.

oh. and before i forget, we were taught an orientation mass dance. to quote the facilitator, it's more accurately described as a "bangla dance", with bollywood-esque music to match. despite how it may sound, it was kind of fun. and if my sources are right, we'll be doing more tomorrow.

overall, i think the school's not too bad, with a positive environment, good atmosphere and all. still, i'm trying not to be too attached to it, as doing so may affect my judgement in march. i think that the whole purpose of the first 3 months is for the JCs to try and "convert" students so that a relatively low number of people actually transfer in march.

oh well. have to be sleeping by 11. need energy for the rest of the week, which means about 8-9 hours of sleep every night. bye now.

-thingy of the day: Never simultaneously watch Fear Factor and eat dinner.-

Here we are. it's oficially 2005 now. strange though; i think i'm in denial. i can't believe that starting from tomorrow, i'll have to wake up at 6 in the morning for school again.

speaking of school, the somewhat late but informative CJ letter told me that i'm only eligible for 3 a-level subjects. and looking at the combinations given, i'll have to say that my subjects will be chem, maths and econs. i've been hearing rumours that i'll be forced to take chinese, but so far, there has been no indication of that on the letter. maybe they *are* scrapping that practice, or it only happens after march.

orientation sounds scary. i have a feeling we'll have to do some pretty extreme stuff. but then again, how bad can it be? all that's at stake is our pride...and maybe a few limbs. then again, who knows? it could be fun.

and since this is my first post of the new year, it's resolution time. in the upcoming year, i will:

- make new friends while maintaining good relations with the existing ones.
- make sure my chem is in order for a chance to take the s paper.
- maintain a minimum of a B average throughout the year.
- clarify all doubts with lessons on the same day.
- not judge classmates or schoolmates by appearance alone.
- be nicer to my family.
- control my lame/spastic tendencies.
- go back to cat high for teachers' day.
- not kill myself in the event of poor o-level results.
- not take everything too personally.
- not sink into depression or anything scary like that.
- adjust to school life within 2 weeks.
- not get angry unless absolutely necessary.
- limit going out to twice a month or so, on fridays and saturdays.
- use a finer pen for writing.

looking at the list, some items don't exactly fit the description of a resolution. then again, isn't a resolution something which i'm resolved to do? i think my definitions are screwed. oh well. that's all for now. have to go do some last-minute checking to make sure tomorrow's a success.

-thingy of the day: Is anyone in CJ, IG 8?-

This should be my last post of/in(?) 2004, unless i'm struck by the urge to blog again before 12am.

looking back now, the most suitable theme for 2004 would have to be "making memories" or something just as cheesy. this has been undoubtedly my best year in secondary school, and it was a great way to end my stint at cat high. now, for a brief recollection of (almost) everything that happened this year, a.k.a. random events that pop into my memory. events may not be in chronological order, but here goes:

- sitting in class on the first few days of school hearing Leong talk about the (then) upcoming year and the big, scary o-levels.
- playing pool with some sec 3s after the chinese new year celebrations in school.
- being the only one in class to pass the evil Mrs Chung's first physics test, with a score of 25/50.
- rushing down to marina bay 2 or 3 times a week until april.
- being scolded by ALong before the cross country, and discovering my hatred for the words "i'm disappointed in you".
- spraying my hair yellow for sports day, and helping out in the cheering.
- writing (what i think was) my best essay of the year during prelim 1, and watching my essays' standard decline gradually after that.
- failing history 4 terms straight (passing in prelim 3 due to moderation).
- being taught by the holy, one and only, Mr Lee.
- screwing up the chinese june paper and missing oral practice due to that.
- saturday lessons with Mr Bobby Yong, which were held about 3 times out of a potential 8.
- starting to write fanfiction, and receiving some pretty flattering reviews.
- ALong's farewell party for the bowlers.
- going bowling to relieve stress after each prelim.
- becoming better friends with most of 4-6.
- making new friends outside of my class.
- staying back late in school, sometimes for no reason at all.
- talking with DM Toh about various issues.
- Mrs Tay's maths classes for the amaths failures.
- reporting at 7:10 every morning for english.
- playing pool like crazy during and after my 16th birthday.
- watching more movies in this year alone than for the past 5 years of my life combined.
- meeting a friend for her birthday lunch.
- meeting lots of old friends in the primary school during teachers' day.
-taking photos for almost all class gatherings/trips.
- morning coffee during o-level period.
- talking to ALong about shears, and getting the exam question right.
- hearing Leong's unchanging prayer throughout the prelims and once during the o-levels. there's comfort in familiarity.
- going to somerset and dhoby ghaut almost every day of the holidays.

i'm sure there are lots more things that i can't recall on the spur of the moment, but this'll have to do for now. i have to finish this entry by 12 and it just turned 11. next up, a list of the things i've been meaning to say/blog about, but have either forgot at that specific time or simply have not bothered to recall:

- i've been dying to use 5.00 in my blog title since i added the numbers in.
- i forgot to mark the 1-year anniversary of the Japan trip, which was from 23-30 december 2003.
- getting drunk is fun.
- i'm starting a bottlecap collection. refer to the above statement and go figure.
- Do As Infinity makes great music.
- everything posted here is posted for a purpose.
- staying over at friends' houses can be really really fun. even if there's no internet.
- spontaniety is one of my best friends.
- your writing reflects your character - something i've come to realize.
- chem is really really fun.
- i love Savage Garden.

that's as good as my memory will go. and besides, i have strict time constraints. below will be things i have meant to say to the people around me.if your name isn't here, i have probably said everything in my christmas card, or you have forbidden me to mention your name, or i think you'll never read this, or i just don't like you. if any readers (if any at all) have any doubts, MSN me. without further ado, (and in no particular order,) the list:

- Sherman: i think i really screwed up my message in the card. it wasn't supposed to sound so...relationshippy, like we were on the verge of breaking up. anyway, nice ipod. evil boy. i'll be seeing you until march (and maybe for another 2 years).

- Juliano: JULIE!!! WHEE!!! *squeezes* cheers to insanity! ^__^

- (Almost) the whole of 4-6: thanks for the memories!! my last 2 years in cat high have been enriched in a way i would have never dreamt possible.

- All my teachers from 2001 to 2004: thank you guys!!

- (Almost) all of 1-5 '01 and 2-5 '02: thanks for remaining friends up till now!!

of course, there are thing i can never reveal online, and those will still stay a secret until the right time. right now, it's 11:59. may all my readers have a great year ahead as we venture into the unfamiliar territory known as JC life. *raises glass of non-alcoholic grape juice* cheers and best wishes for 2005 and beyond!!

-thingy of the day: Happy New Year!!-

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Your only dream is to attend Tokyo U with a girl you haven't seen in 15 years. You play an instrument and you nick name it Inuyasha For valinetines day you buy a stuffed dog and make up your on japanese name for it If you get mad at you teacher and draw a picture of her as a anime demon cat You wtch Iron Chef constanly to pick up great recipes ( haven't done it but plan to ) You've bought a twenty dollar ring in the shaped of a dragon to show off at school. You always have your hair covering your left eye and always fliping it so you look like a anime character. You think that falling flat on your back with your legs in the air is a normal reaction to big news. You are worried because you don't have several desirable members of the opposite sex frantically trying to make you fall in love with them. You shave a cresent moon onto your cats head, dye the cat purple, then take it to school and insist it's Luna, your talking cat. You go around town trying to eat donuts and act all crazy-like, all the while saying you're Vash the Stampede. To resolve a conflict, you insist in a duel. The employees at Gamestop know you, and tell you when you walk in if they've gotten a new shipment of anime DVDs. You've gotten angry at someone and placed two fingers on your forehead shouted the word "Makanekasopo!" (specail beam cannon or light of death) and then poked them in the eye. You waste countless amounts of hair gel to get that "Goku look" You map out points in Tokyo where the Dragons of Earth might attack You believe it is possible for a person to be severly beaten in the head with a large hammer, stick, etc...and still come out alive. You have a moment of confusion whenever you go to school because there are no girls in those tiny little skirts that come with their school uniform You yell out 'Baka hanyou Inu-Yasha!' at your birthday party and everyone (except your parents) knows you're talking to your boyfriend. You tell your parents you need to stay out past curfew to save the colonies. Each time you see a stray animal, you turn your hat sideways and throw one of those plastic Pokeballs Burger King was giving out in their kids' meals yelling, "POKEBALL, GO!" You add "no da" to the end of all statements you make The majority of your CDs are Japanese or the English version of a Japanese soundtrack or the English soundtrack of an anime that just decided that it would use English in its songs. You misplace your manga and someone at school you don't even know gives it to you saying they knew it was yours. You incorporate Japanese, somehow, into every class. You use random Japanese words such as baka, kawaii, and hentai. You try to read every book from right to left You take a break from watching anime to go to your computer (nicknamed Lord Conti) to download anime (for previewing purposes only! ;) ), while visiting your favorite anime forum, while listening to Japanese webradio... 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You hold your eyes really wide all day trying to make them stay big Duct tape is really funny to you and most of your threats involve taping people to walls. When you're washing dishes you yell out "SUPAH WAVE SMASHUH!" or any water attack. You run out of space on your computer because the hard drive is taken up by hundreds of anime pics, mp3s, midis, and music videos. You spend all night trying to figure out how many people you can get to go in with you on buying the complete collection of Sailor Moon episodes in Japanese. You spend your whole spring break working on an anime webpage. You expect to see a teardrop over someone's head when they get embarressed. You start to speak with an odd accent. You can watch two animes in the same room at the same time and still have the TV off. You know your favorite character's bloodtype. Knowing Sailor Moon helps you on an Astronomy test. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to anime.

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You Know You're Addicted to Coffee When...

You can jump start your car without cables. You answer the door before people knock. You get a speeding ticket even when you are parked. You've worn out your third pair of shoes this week. Your eyes stay open even when you sneeze. You grind coffee beans in your mouth. You can type sixty words per minute -- with your feet. You soak your dentures in coffee overnight. You sleep with your eyes open. You have a picture of your coffee mug on your coffee mug. Instant coffee takes too long to make. You channel surf faster without the remote. You don't sweat... you percolate. You've built a miniature city out of little plastic stirrers. You short out motion detectors. You walk twenty miles on your treadmill before you realize it's not plugged in. The only time you are standing still is during an earthquake! You've worn the finish off your coffee table. All your kids are named Joe. Juan Valdez named his donkey after you. People get dizzy just watching you. Starbucks owns the mortgage on your house. The nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse. The Taster's Choice couple wants to adopt you. When someone asks 'How are you?' you say, 'Good to the last drop'. You buy milk by the barrel. You can outlast the Energizer bunny. You can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away without using the timer. You can't even remember your second cup. You chew on other people's fingernails. You don't even wait for the water to boil anymore. You don't get mad, you get steamed. You don't need a hammer to pound in nails. You don't tan, you roast. You forget to unwrap candy bars before eating them. You go to AA meetings just for the free coffee. You go to sleep just so you can wake up and smell the coffee. You have to watch videos in fast-forward. You haven't blinked since the last lunar eclipse. You help your dog chase its tail. You introduce your spouse as your coffee mate. You just completed another sweater and you don't know how to knit. You lick your coffeepot clean. You name your cats Cream and Sugar. You ski uphill. You speak perfect Arabic without ever taking a lesson. You speed-walk in your sleep. You spend every vacation visiting Maxwell House. You think being called a drip is a compliment. You think CPR stands for Coffee Provides Resuscitation. You'd be willing to spend time in a Turkish prison. Your first-aid kit contains two pints of coffee with an I.V. hookup. Your coffee mug is insured by Lloyds of London. Your lips are permanently stuck in the sipping position. Your nervous twitch registers on the Richter scale. Your only source of nutrition comes from Sweet & Low. Your taste buds are so numb; you could drink your lava lamp. Your Thermos is on wheels. You're so wired, you pick up AM radio. You've worn out the handle on your favourite mug. You take your morning coffee with you in the shower. Your heart beats noticeably faster as a reaction to the smell of coffee. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to coffee.

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You Know You Drink Too Much When...

Your doctor finds traces of blood in your alcohol stream. The back of your head keeps getting hit by the toilet seat. The parking lot seems to have moved while you were in the bar When you go to donate blood and they ask what proof? You think the Four Basic Food Groups are Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol, and Hotties. You have a "happy hour" at home When you are sober, people ask you what's wrong? You spend all night making a board game called Alcohol Land Although you drove home the other night you can't remember how you got home or where you parked your car "Hi ocifer. I'm not under the affluence of incohol." Your favorite drink is ethanol. "Why does everybody think I have a prinking droblem?! - I don't have a prinking droblem!" "I don't have a drinking prob..pleb..prub.. *hic* Pash me another, tarbender." You can spend a whole night holding up walls to prevent their (your) collapse. You instinctively know where the alcohol is in a store you've never been in before Clubs raise their drink prices because you haven't attended in a while You think beer and ramen make a good breakfast You frequently urinate outdoors. When you first wake up and you're afraid you're gonna die and a half-hour later you're afraid you won't. You fall asleep taking a dump. You believe that spilling a beer is alcohol abuse. You go to the john to hurl, but you take your beer with you. You find it's easier to study drunk. You're on a first name basis at the detoxification center. Beer ads make sense. You wake up to the sound of your dog drinking out of the toilet and you're so dry that it sounds mighty thirst quenching. You wake the next morning and start drinking a few of the half empties left sitting around the room. The space on your driver's license that tells your eye color reads "bloodshot". You fall down a flight of steps and DON'T spill a drop of your beer. You mix your cocktails by the litre. You grow a beard because it stops beer that's running down your chin. You put off urinating in hopes of reaching that near orgasmic Zen-like piss. When the bottle says 20 standard drinks but you only get 5. You spell Alcohol with a capital letter out of respect You lose arguments with inanimate objects. You have to hold onto the lawn to keep from falling off the earth Your career won't progress beyond Senator from Massachusettes. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case - coincidence?? - I think not! Two hands and just one mouth... - now THAT'S a drinking problem! "Norm!" is what they say when you enter the bar. You can focus better with one eye closed You fall off the floor. You discover in the morning that liquid cleaning supplies have mysteriously disappeared. Hey, 5 beers has just as many calories as a burger, screw dinner! Beer: it's not just for breakfast anymore. The glass keeps missing your mouth. Vampires get woozy after bitting you. At AA meeting you begin: "Hi, my name is... uh..." Your idea of cutting back is less seltzer. You wake up in the bedroom, your underwear is in the bathroom, you fell asleep clothed. - hmm. Every night you're beginning to find your roomate's cat more and more attractive. If you're on a diet, you cut back your food calories to allow for alcohol calories. "Take me drunk, I'm home!" You wake up naked lying in the corner of a bus depot. You drink to get over a hangover. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who drink too much.

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You Are a Visionary Soul

You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness. Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connect to your soul. You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable. Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful. In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself. Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend. You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

You Are a "Don't Tread On Me" Libertarian

You distrust the government, are fiercely independent, and don't belong in either party. Religion and politics should never mix, in your opinion... and you feel opressed by both. You don't want the government to cramp your self made style. Or anyone else's for that matter. You're proud to say that you're pro-choice on absolutely everything!

What political persuasion are you?

Your Element Is Fire

Your passion and emotion are as obvious as the brightest flame. You make sparks fly, and your passion always has the potential to burst out. You are exciting and creative - and completely unpredictable. You sometimes exercise control, and sometimes you let yourself go. Friends describe you as sensitive, spirited, and compulsive. Bright and blazing with intensity, you seem mysterious and moody to many.

What's Your Element?

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My internet may not be able to stay connected for long. therefore, it's going to be a rather tough task to quickly and effectively summarize 2 days of activity. here goes:

Thursday
the highlight of the day would definitely be meeting an old friend whom i haven't seen since the end of 1997, which is about 8 years. John, or Jo, as (i believe) he prefers to be known as, has changed so much in appearance. but through lunch, and a few hours after that, i found out he's still the same nice guy inside, with the exception of his personality(?), which has become way more extroverted. but i suppose living in australia does that to people. australians are pretty friendly by nature, so it's expected that some of their culture will rub off onto others.

aside from that, the day was spent pretty unproductively. pool, waiting for 1+ hour at buona vista, and basically nothing else. although spending the night away from home was refreshing. we all need some variety in life once in a while, no?

Friday
waking up at 8:30 in the morning to go (once again) to buona vista. it may not be the best thing to do on chirstmas eve, but it had to be done. we were expecting to wait an hour or two there, as we were still traumatized by the previous day's experience, but luckily, we were able to jump to the start of the queue. of course, this made us feel happy, and also gave us 4 hours to kill. so it was spent in the arcades, having lunch, then finally, at 2:45, we went to watch kung-fu hustle.

there will be no spoilers here, for fear of ruining things for others, but all i can say is that it's a really great show, with great special effects. one thing though: the trailers do not give an exact account of the storyline, and almost all the clips can be seen in the first 20(?) minutes of the movie. maybe that's their way of not spoiling the ending and keeping the viewers guessing. overall, my rating's 4/5.

aside from that, it was just dinner at marina bay, which was pretty much the usual stuff. not much to say here.

Now
feeling a bit tired. as i type this sentence, there are 6 more minutes to christmas. i can't believe i forgot to include a birthday message in Daryl's card. *looks for nice hard wall* anyway, i'll have to compensate by saying:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARYL!!

will anyone who has read this kindly direct Daryl here? i can't have him not see this.

so much for trying to sleep early. since it's christmas, i guess sleeping can wait for a bit. but by next thursday, i'm really going to have to be asleep by 11:30. something about calibrating the internal clock again. mine's just an hour or two off. shouldn't be too difficult.

-thingy of the day: Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.-

Some people can be denser than bleeding platinum, which has a density of about 21.5g/cm^3.

today didn't go exactly as planned. wasting about 3 hours in bugis isn't exactly productive. should have at least tried to play something. but still, making 2 friends - or acquaintances for now - was pretty ok.

nothing seems to be working out. time for me to step into the sidelines and let others do the co-ordinating.

must watch kung-fu hustle...but with it opening so close to christmas, everywhere's bound to be full-housed. and i can't make bookings for it until the official release date, which should be thursday. which most probably means i'll only watch it on friday, if my booking's successful.

oh. and in case anyone's still wondering, it's CJ science for me. until march that is. it's said that CJ's stronger in arts, and i hope that the science department doesn't suffer too much because of that. well, as long as the chem isn't below standard, i'll be more than satisfied.

i've just received some great news. it seems that one of my friends has come back from australia. we haven't seen each other since the end of 1997, and i'm thinking of asking him out one day, preferably before school starts. we have about 6 or 7 years of catching up to do, but i have this premonition that we'll end up running out of things to say. but still, it should be ok.

i've said it before, and i'll say it again. blue, bleeding hell.

-thingy of the day: There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.-