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Monday, July 03, 2006

the week

Alright, you want update, here it is! As usual, I've been busy with stuff.

Now, now. Let's have a recapitulation of the past week, shall we? Monday to Thursday, prelims prelims prelims. How's that? Chuckles. Didn't even touch the computer for these four days, at least I have a bit of self-restraint.

Then came friday. The "Learning Journey Day" for my school. It was quite an interesting day, in fact, it was quite fun. We went to the Discovery Center, which actually wasn't too much fun. What was fun was being with the guys and just fooling around.

We started our so-called "learning journey" with a half-hour wait at the school plaza. That pretty much got me quite irritated. I wanted my air-conditioned bus, and I wanted it bad. The plaza was uber hot.

I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went to the toilet to get some fresh air. Yes, irony. I know. Anything was better than the plaza. Anyway, guess what I saw when I went back. My class was GONE.

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"OI PUTERA."

I turned around and saw Gilbert there, together with the class. Phew.

So we boarded the bus and we were on our way. To Jurong. So far. We were assigned the same bus as 4-9, and I sat beside Ben Say. Later I decided to share with him the world of the so-called "obiang" music. He liked the crappy ones, he didn't like the classics. Well, it's okay. One day I'll find someone who appreciates my kind of music.

Bus ride, bus ride. Soon we found ourselves in the Discovery Center. I think the first part of the program was the best part. It was "Shackleton's Antartic Adventure". If you don't know about Sir Ernest Shackleton, it's understandable. I never heard of him before watching that awesome show. Well, in short, he was on an expedition to Antartica together with his crew. Like, obviously. Nonetheless, behind this simple line, lay a story of human endurance that had never been seen before. Sir Ernest Shackleton was a hero, no doubt. The story of his expedition was one of the best I have ever heard in my entire life. A truly spectacular display of sedulousity worthy of exaltation.

Next came the Army talk. Well, I have nothing to say. The guy was funny, yes indeed. Curiously, he has this thing with China jokes. Well, I don't remember much of the talk.

Next came the food sampling. Sounds good? They let us have a taste of army rations, which actually was quite good. I'd be lucky if I ever go to a war with that kind of food. Too bad, no army for me. Thank goodness. Because the biscuits were one heck of a tough job to eat. Can't imagine living on that.

Next came lunch. Smart people like me went for the front. True enough, we benefited much from it. We finished our food first, while the noobs were still queueing. We were the first to set foot on the carpets of the exhibition hall.

It was nothing much actually. It was obviously meant for primary school children. The most fun part was actually "Little George" and the quiz thing. I still cannot believe that I pressed the wrong button. The whatever association is in charge of helping youths in need, NOT BUILDING ROADS. My error costed us the high score. Never mind. It was uber funny though. The laugh we got from it was worth tons more than the high score.

Anyway, the Discovery Center canteen sells awesome sandwiches for a meagre $1. Go try it someday.

Next came the low of the trip. The SAFTI bus tour. Well, it was boring, no doubt. What kept us going was the unceasing conversations among ourselves.

I wonder who in the right mind would go to the SAFTI library. It's miles away from civilisation.

Then it was the bus ride back to school. Some class took a whole bus to themselves and we had to stuff ourselves on another bus. Standing up. What saved it was listening to my mp3 and singing with Leon Gaw. He simply loved the classics. Lovely.

Before we knew it, the bus was already in school. Guess what, we went to watch Superman! It was a fair movie, but lacking in action. It certainly does not deserve the 5 stars. I'd rather watch him fight supernatural enemies, but a bald criminal? Bleh.

I don't know, but the day just went by like that. Or was there a soccer match at night?

The next day was the Homecoming day. Nothing much to it, actually. Spent $5 on machine bat and $5 on drinks. Period. The rest of it was boredom. Except when I was playing ball with the primary school people. I was "coach" for the afternoon. Didn't feel too bad, but it is tiring to be a coach.

One observation, the fat guys get the girls. Maybe I should gain some weight.

I was late for tuition too.

After that? I don't remember a thing.

Then it was a Sunday. Chen Li Presbyterian's 72nd anniversary. The combined service was pretty much drawn out. Sitting at the front row wasn't too bad. I could hear every mistake in the choir. Laughs.

After the service was the free lunch. The food was alright. I did not eat much though, refusing to queue and waiting for the leftovers. The best dishes were gone by the time I went for the food, so were the utensils. Thank goodness I found a stray spoon. A clean one, of course.

Then I walked around and stuff, and went to Ben's church for "Shout Your Fame" a.k.a. "SYF". Well, it was good entertainment, and I still can't shake it off that the Candice girl looks exactly like Irene. Maybe its the Aussie thing. Poor Ben, he didn't get the top 3 spots, which was dominated by the girls. I still expect a treat though. Carl Jr's? I'll be waiting for it.

Well, something struck me yesterday during SYF. Well, I shall not write about it here. Religion is quite a sensitive topic. You want to find out? Look for my diary. Buried somewhere underneath my books. I can't find it.

To end it off,

I'm the love song kind of guy.