Skating + Airshow + Peiyi's Birthday

Sat 23/2
I met up with yihui and Clarissa for distance skating today. We caught up with each other on the long bus ride to east coast park...

After skating down the 'garden hill', we got offered a packet of free milo by a couple from milo in exchange for a photo for their ad pitch.

First checkpoint, south of Changi

Clarissa thought that was the merlion! Over-exertion?

the canal separating mainland singapore and reclaimed-land singapore

A dried up frog with its tongue out! Dedicated to the frog px squashed (find it in my archive)

the never-ending road spanning the breath of Singapore!

2nd Checkpoint halfway down the never-ending road...

an SQ 747 behind a 777

In the heavily forested greens, there appeared this box a empty grassland and a few stick trees

Changi Control Tower!

The A380 is the far distance!

the 380 leveling out!

Finally, we see the road to the Airshow!

reclaimed land..

stunt planes in formation

detaching

giant ads leading to the airshow... (thats a russian jet btw...)

I never knew singapore had such an empty and tranquil place (minus the noise from traffic for the airshow)

the 380 poster..

the airshow in sight! (Finally!)

well, with no ticket, we're just at the airshow to see cars...

After popping by the security tent, we got a FREE 100PLUS!!! The caterer was so nice, he even offered us muffins! (which we declined of course) So after our 2nd free drink of the day, we headed off to our final destination - Changi Village

an eva 330 departing from the airport

a jett8 plane preparing to land... (its a Singapore Airline btw...)

Changi Beach Park is heavily forested with temperate trees, which made the park look very foreign and Un-Singaporean if you will..

see what i mean.. (ok its a bad shot) but it really looked and felt like something out of the story books!

A miracle maple stick plant emerges from the dead.. Can u feel its amazing aura!

and we see civilization!

Changi Jetty..

we're at like the north eastern tip of SG!

ferry pulling in from Pulau Ubin

After reaching our finish line, we ate at Changi Village Hawker Centre, where I queued for OVER AN HOUR, for nasi lemak! DO you have ANY IDEA how painful it was to stand for 1 hr after skating for 4! The queue wasn't exactly long, its just that everyone was ordering upwards of 20packets! (im serious) The smallest order was 15 packets... The only reason the queue was moving was because ppl infront of me were dropping out! DAMM! It didn't even taste that good, standards have dropped (significantly) since i last ate it 2 years ago..

ANW, after that, clarissa left for church and yihui and I took a bus to east coast park (again...) to meet for peiyi's birthday!

tagging

from the back

one straight line!

annie!
Later, before we left, some guy came up and introduced himself as Nick and talked to me and yihui about skating and all..

on the bus to peiyi's house

lookie the face..

sorry, peiyi was blocked in the last shot

the cake preperations

the pole of belongings

everybody..

annie playing with fire

trying desperately to keep the candles lit... STUPID WIND!

SURPRISE!

making a wish

pizza! Heheh!

we had entertainment as well... the Chingay paraders were passing by!

We later played JC orientation games!!!! :)

Junwei and Yihui performing the forfeit for being the blur kings...

okay, so it was a VERY LONG AND TIRING day... and I slept at 2am and looked forward (yeah right) to go to work tmr morning... SIAN

the abrasion on both of by legs thanks to junwei's horrid cycling skills and my decision to tag on to his bike!


OK so on the morning skate with yihui and Clarissa, we skated 24.24km... (i haven't added the afternoon distance) :O

Once a Saint, Always a Saint... (Well, not quite)

19 Feb marked the closure of another chapter in my academic life.
I savored the food I would never taste again.
I spoke to friends; no longer classmates.
I listen to words from teachers who inspired; missed not one word did I.
I strolled aimlessly at reduced pace around campus, regretting the lectures I not attend, the conversations I not had, the people I not know.
I stood gazing back at the majestic blocks, ahead the spinning metal that meant the end.
Slowly, I pushed it. OUT. One last time.
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Well, we pretty much convinced all our teachers not to conduct lessons proper since it was our last day in SAJC (for most)...

08S25 with Ms Chan (Maths tutor)

the girls of 08S25

formal shot?

not so formal... Harith erm...

not so successful attempt at a smiley face..

slanted, legs out!

Mr Yuen and Harith racing up...

Mad Scientist Mr Yuen (Our beloved CT) breaking boards using his amazing martial art skills as part of physics lesson! [Total 5 videos http://www.youtube.com/user/blizzardtweaker ]

piecing the boards back together to see the tear pattern...

the board flying - sze wee's failed attempt at further breaking the broken boards

videos of his attempt...

Ian Presenting the broken pieces to Mr Yuen

proud of his achievement
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To the best CT the world has seen: Thank you for making our short stay so much more enjoyable. The conversations about the life experiences/ crazy antics in your day and will be well remembered, as would those laughable happenings in class (referring specifically to the Kia Boon Squirting incident).

All the best to everyone, where ever we will be going...

A Poison Tree

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree.

-- William Blake

If you understand it, make sure you are neither the persona nor the foe.
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Extremely long update

Its been a LONG LONG time since i last updated, so there are millions of pictures here.. please leave this page to load and return in a few minutes time...
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CNY
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SAJC's CNY celebrations involved us watching a korean movie about a spoilt city brad living in the countryside. It was so boring that..

zZz...ZZZ...zZz...

More people sleeping (i was too, for awhile)
[The performance part]

(Chinese Dance)

Kung Pow Chicken (Chinese Orchestra)

Buddha jumps over the dance floor (Dance Society)

Buddha jumps over the dance floor (Dance Society)

CCS - Stand Up comedy was DAMM funny! (the video only contains song mashups)

Stage Games

kia boon on stage!

Malay Society DB
---CNY Visiting ---

timer shot in the car

sister with my uncle

with my grandparents

majong - the new year must-have

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CLASS PHOTOS *08S25*
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08S25 - All 16 of us~ (sadly Mr Yuen went home already)

08S25 - pose!

08S25 - Run and Give Harith a Hug!

Kishen - our higher chinese A1 Indian student - reading the chinese newspaper
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Friendship Week/ V Day
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SA's SC gave all classes a cake

Mrs Tan doing the honours after GP

whats left of the cake after shes done with it

eating the cake (it was not bad actually)

we decided to leave the very last piece for our beloved CT
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Friend and other random pictures
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Kian Lam taking Tommy's church flag (Rach, tommy and I went new-year shopping, met the rest for Kenny Rodgers later)

I found this police commendation thrown away on the grass. Anyone that doesnt want this, doesnt deserve it.
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I was at Oriental Hotel when there was a robber who held a female staff hostage at knife point.. I walked right passed them without realising the gravity of the situation. I only noticed when the staff told me to stand back and I saw all the foreigners with their mouths agap. He had stolen some handbags earlier and was trying to escape... (male staff surrounding him immediately after he let go of the female hostage)

Pinned down by the staff (and the handbags were returned later)
You just don't see things like this in Singapore anymore - so much so that when it stared at me right in the face, it takes awhile to register...
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I walked into the lobby of Swissotel Standford (Raffles City Mall) to this bed on display!

Kuan Hung stopped over in Singapore for a day before continuing on to Melbourne (hes going to Uni there)... 4 of us met up for the first time in a long time for starbucks


Vintage!~

Chingay at City Hall

Singapore Flyer

a long exposure shot outside my window at 1am...