rey's ramblings

The End Draws Near

Music: John Mayer - No Such Thing

Yet another saturday night! *whistles* Well basically
im gonna do this post a bit differently from the usual.
Like log events or something. Blah di blah. =P

Okay, anyway after school on friday went to this
REALLY REALLY expensive japanese restaurant at
Liang Court with javier. Argh, my wallet's disappearing!
Well actually it was only $10, but that's quite a lot of
money for lunch! Haha, but guess its okay once in a while.
Practise moderation! Haha and talking about moderation,
for the first time in GEP, they had to moderate marks.

HAH. That shows GEP is starting to become redundant
and lousier! Anyway, im going ahead with my decision,
which is to quit GEP. Was thinking about leaving ACS(I)
also, but then I changed my mind after some thinking.

After all, i've been in the school for so long and there's
really nothing wrong with it actually. Haha im being loyal,
like *roll eyes* please. Anyway, I can apply for IB after
O Levels provided I get below 10 points which I should be
able to, after all being in the express would be less stressful
and they dont force so much on you like the GEP until you
cant focus on the O Levels. Besides, I've seen that the top
class is never the GEP class for the O Levels. Anyway another
feeling of relief is that the class teacher for next year is yvonne lim!

So basically I guess my decision to quit the GEP has all the more
reason to be justified. And anyway I guess it just feels right.

"So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats, Grabbing credits, Maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers"

Anyway, since exams are over, we should all just relax.
Haha hopefully can sneak, ah xian! If not then wasted =P

I crossed the bridge at 10:42 PM

Friday, October 15, 2004

Dilemma + Conspiracies = Blogging

Music: Playing random songs on my playlist. Everything actually.

"When there's no one else look inside yourself"

Im still having that dilemma about my future.
YEP. The next turbulent 5 years of my life.
Speaking about my life, the whole your-life-is-on-video
conspiracy is starting to come back to me. After having
watched The Truman Show for the 4th time. Haha, ok
so i think that my life is probably captured by video
cameras installed everywhere and im actually in some
fake man-made world which is created so that i can exist
without suspicion. And im broadcasted 24 hours to almost
everybody who tunes in to reality TV in the year 2104.

Which is basically, everybody.

Anyway, the people around me are all either actors or
extras (the ones which i see everyday but never interact
in some form or another). With the technology of 2104
*pauses* (Cue: whoaaa!), man-made environments are
totally conceivable. In fact, im probably one of the few
hundred of these reality shows. Why not? In the year 2104,
the technology of complete illusion should be totally possible?

But again, its a conspiracy if not I would have been terminated
by the producers by now. Gah. Its quite stupid actually.

"For a minute, all the world can wait, let go of your yesterday"

I also realised that the Education Ministry could right now be
analysing all of us Singaporean teenagers blogs. Freaky that
they might be trying to find our weaknesses and differences
and using it against us. What paranoia yet possibility.

Okay, basically nothing much. Rather nervous in anticipation
of the coming results. Classes are an ultimate bore. And we
probably skipped a couple of compulsory events because
a third of the class pontang-ed (the usual ones), another third
was in the library finishing SL and the last third was creating
catapults for the Science Olympiad. Last year's events were
much more fun. Watching illegal movies, inter-class fights(?)
and other rather interesting conflicts. Where's our darn TV.

"I wont forget all the ones that I love, that are there for real"

Secondary Four's have graduated from the school. Good luck
for the O levels, especially SLC people! =D, and hopefully you
all will get to your choice of tertiary education.

NCC Air starts again tomorrow. Not sure if they will be shifting it
to Friday for next year. Hopefully not. It would be dead exhausting.

I crossed the bridge at 9:48 PM

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Vanity Leads To Nothing

Music: Bryan McFadden - Real To Me

Watched a late night screening of Vanity Fair yesterday
at Lido with marcus, joel, charisse and esther. Haha the
movie was really great. There was a wonderful mix of
comedy, drama and tragedy. Acting and dialogue were
also relatively good for a Victorian setting. The way they
established the characters was neatly done.

Compared to the previous adaptation of the book, this one
scores much better with its stunningly designed costumes
and sets. The musical score was also Oscar-worthy. To top
it off, there was an Indian musical performance, something
rather different from most Victorian movies. The director
Mira Nair must be applauded for making a less subtle and
easier to understand adaptation. The additional twist at
the end of the movie was also well done, managing to
transform a dramatic premise into a surprising and funny
ending to the movie. Even though a certain side plot was
not concluded, still, it doesnt affect the overall understanding
of the movie. Altogether, Reese Witherspoon's acting is at her
best and combined with a cast of other eclectic characters,
Vanity Fair makes for a very entertaining and thematic story.

Okay, my first complete movie review in ages! Haha, anyway,
the movie ended quite late and we missed what was supposedly
the last train. But even though they announced that it was the
last train, another completely functional train still came 5 minutes
later. Haha, funny MRT system. Okay, have to get down to the
ISO poster. The exams arent even a week past >< Anyway, didnt
go for ken's sleepover (well I didnt go for the sleeping part at least)
, since I realised I really need to get some sleep after the exams =P

I crossed the bridge at 2:28 PM

Saturday, October 09, 2004

The Finish Line is the Starting Line

Music: Vanessa Carlton - White Houses

Woo-hoo! The exams have finally ended in oblivion.
Okay. So this is the time when im having a certain
set of mixed emotions. Okay, so maybe the exams
have ended and right now we are supposed to be
happy (which i am of course). But yet there's just
something that lingers. Maybe that school ends in
2 weeks and then its gonna be really terrible staying
at home most of the time. Nah, it can't be that. Or
it could be the exam results. Maybe. But that wouldnt
warrant a certain imbalance in my emotions.

I just realise that next year is going to be a very different
year. A lot of my friends are leaving the country, going to
another school, going to another class in my school. I'm
going to be missing a lot of people for quite some time.

But actually I feel that the gifted education programme
is terrible. It is. You dont really get much out of it. They
expect so much of you. As if Singapore's education system
isnt that demanding already. Its just too much to take in.

Maybe I should try to start again.

Exams were quite okay. Math and Chinese were unexpected
killers. Life Science probably gonna fail. Blah. Hopefully the
Humanities will pull me up though. Anyway, its time to slack.

Woot.

I crossed the bridge at 5:30 PM

Saturday, October 02, 2004

One Year New

Music: Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

Well its been officially one year since I started
my first post. I look back and I realised how much
things have changed including myself. My taste in
music has changed, I've lost and made new friends.
I've changed my hair, changed my outlook on life.
I've learnt to appreciate some people around that I
previously didnt bother about. And to stick to your
friends, not your enemies, if not they will stick to you.

I've changed my blog layout, changed my priorities,
changed the type of food I eat (actually i just eat
everything, heh). And even learnt to handle certain
situations that arent going well. o.O And i've stopped
using 'dumb language' unconsciously. Like unnecessary
stupid vocabulary and having grammar all over the place.

And talking too loud. Way too loud. Well, basically i've gone
through what 'they' term de-poseuring. My perspective is
that being poseur is putting on a fake front and choosing to
only interact with the popular people. Do you always have
to talk to the people with the latest handphone? The 'cool,
trash-talking' people? Do things that only benefit yourself?
Verbally and mentally denying things that dont go your way?
And when somebody tells you off, the instant reaction is to
be shocked. THEN, to retreat to your group of 'poseurs' and
start bitching about that person. They always can't face up
to anything alone. And I've realised its utterly disgusting.

They dont associate with other less popular people. Why?
Because they know that being friends with the less popular
people would mean that they themselves would not be popular.
But are less popular people necessarily less special? You know,
ive found so many people that arent popular that are so much
nicer to get to know. In character, they are probably better.
I realised I have overlooked so many things/people in being
like them. Well, its time to start doing what is more important.

Maybe one day they'll come to realise that they arent reaching
any conclusion with the way they are living.

Well, change is important in life. And im not going to look back.

Anyway, we've got a taste of having exams in the IAN. Oh man,
I hope I get used to the smell =P Well Jmac might not be able to
make it for the exams >< Hopefully they allow him to retake it.

Haha ken wei's Gotcha Force was quite a distraction on thursday. XD

I crossed the bridge at 1:29 PM

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