Chronicles of a Young College Boy

Saturday, July 08, 2006

New York!!...ehehe..im studying in the big apple for a summer session...its a pretty cool city man...but for some reason its not cozy for me...like just too many hutsle and bustle...i noe u probably will say "its New York!!"...haha..yea i know..but stilll...u will noe when u come here la..woosh..the living expenses here is also quite expensive...one meal average cost abt 10 USD....can u imagine tht....haha...the dorm is quite big actually...my dorm in milwaukee is abt 3/4 of it...heh but nvm..next smst my dorm room will b twice of it!!..hehehe...plus got own toilet!...don need to go out again...and more quiet...=)...
anyway i read eugenie's blog on reflections on yr 2005...i realised i havent don tht...was too bugged wif the move when the yr 2005 ended..=)..so here goes..im probably gonna add in b4 2005 too...generally from 2004 onwards la..since those were probably my most memorable tmes in sec school...

ok...lets start in the beginning of 2004...got into the class i opted for and was pretty pleased abt it...when i come into the class...i can straight away sense tht silence...its something i call loud silence...then our teacher mr nabil...did a pretty good introduction...he wrote on the board "happy new year."...hahaha..i can still remember tht moment quite clearly...even though i was -_-ll..i cant tink of a better idea then to start the in the new class wif a laugh...=)...so we met our new teachers other than mr nabil...the no-nonsense mrs ol tay...the memorable mr lawrence tan....the goofy mrs bs tay....the laughing powder mr marican...(haha i just add the memorable ones...)...then there was of coz the sec 3 camp...where we all started to glue wif each other in the class...sadly i left a day earlier for a trip to hongkong..=(....anyway...tht camp was quite memorable....still remembered the feelings of my arms after i rock-climbed the abt 5 storey wall...playing torchlights at night wif ppl in other pavilions...wahaha... then there was the sec 1 orientation camp...im not sure which one happened first...i tink its the sec one orientation first actually...i remember its a week long or something..wif one night stay on a thursday...then there was mid yr....which i don quite remember wad kind of grades i got...which is probably pretty average...ooo rite...then there was tht time where i try to b a monkey and play in between 2 tables..ended up falling face first and tearing my upper lip.... tht shock of seeing blood flow out of my lip like a leaking pipe is quite unforgettable...its like so painful for the next month or so...felt damn stupid everytime ppl ask...."how did u get the injury?".."oh i tried to b a monkey and failed miserably."...hahaha..
then there was of coz the weekly travel to bugis for youthexco meeting...then buy green tea wif yeos in 7-11,,hahaha...i remembered i got abt 120 hours of cip tht yr....quite siao....
heh...my highlights of 2004 would probably be the friendships made and the kickstart i received to go into the process of self-development...friendships made would definitely b harry...yeos...eugenie...darell...well these r the closer ones at least...the self-development part was kickstarted by both harry and the visit by author andrew matthews...which then leads me to finding all abt self-development and inevitably Adam Khoo Learning Technology Grp (this is actually the first time i wrote the full name of akltg..hahaha)...anyway the camp opened my eyes to the fact tht anything...virtually anything is possible ...and everyone is born with the same hardware (the brain)...which led me to the unshakeable belief of "if he or she can do it, so can I. Its just a matter of strategies."....short one one word description of the camp would be life-changing...i encourage u guys to go for the course..for more info got to akltg.com...

and of coz there was also the time when our class won the first place in a science physics competition in ngee ann poly...its just so awesome to receive tht trophy...the work put in was all worth it for tht moment of glory when they annouced tht our team had won the first place...i remembered my heart was like multiple nuclear explosions when i waited for our school to b called...then i made the speech in front of the school..which for some reason it came quite easy for me..bcos also the effects of akltg was still burnt into my head since its just the day b4 the speech when i graduated from the basic camp...so it somehow made it look easy...
I then visit the US in december to look at my prospective universities...got a preview of wad college life is like...then one day after i come back from the US...my physical and mental strength is truely tested when i go for the akltg advanced camp..which resembles something like bootcamp...me going wif the effects of jetlag....and still..i can proudly say i passed the physical and mental test wif distinction...gaining more knowledge of leadership which will bcome crucial in leading my team of psls in my last year of being one..

so we entered the yr of 2005...the yr of the dread O....the yr started wif the sec one orientation camp...which i can say was probably the best of my 3 yrs being a psl...mostly bcos i can bully the sec ones and my fellow psls bcos im an exco member..hehehe...well psls...u get ur revenge when u throw those buckets of water bombs at us excos didnt u?...so we r balanced..ehehehe....being a psl will always be one of the fondest memories in my secondary school life...=)...bcos can skip class also...wahahaha...just jk...well wad i remembered is tht my first haf of the 2005 yr was dominated by chinese tuition...mainly chinese...i got so sick of it tht when i was studying chinese my mind is there but my heart is not...like bcome robot...which lead to me getting a c6 in chinese...when i got the results in the auditorium...i was like...haiz...a bit no feeling...definitely a bit of disappointment..but i kinda already accepted it as a consequence of not studying it whole-heartedly...second haf of the yr was dominated by me studying for Amth and phy....erm..geo also i tink...bio i bcome overconfident and ended up the grade dropped quite drastically...while the most surprising thing is the fact tht i got a distinction for amth..i was quite ecstatic when i heard it...heh then there were the stupid times of playing soccer at the back of the classroom...the ball always flying out dunno how many times..playing wif darth vader mask....then use "lightsaber" to fight...hahaha...withstanding the long hours of physics....many many relatively small events tht make 2005 special...
lifetime friendships were also made during 2005....most outstanding will b wilson and cheryl...wilson...hehe...i can still remember the times where he dozed off countless times in class...hahaha..had such a great laugh..and cheryl..heh.. always being the most delightful person to be arnd...u can read more abt them in one of the entries i wrote in either march or feb...=)...
then there were the graduation night...i remembered waking up in the morning and counting the hours till its time for me to get into costume..wahaha..i made it sound a bit silly..anyway...i remembered repolishing my dressing shoes at abt 3...polish until abt 345...then took a shower and wore my suit...i hav no idea how to do up my hair then..which i can say is the one disaster of my grad night...then i met wilson..sherman..zu..lu..and went together to school... but the grad night was awesome...many people i saw in different lights.....after tht we spent some time in esplanade taking pictures...its a night full of memories...=)...the grad night was followed by class chalet abt a week after...it was my first chalet...so its really unforgettable...slping wif 6 ppl in 2 queen size beds is something u definitely will remember for a long time...watching scary movie series..which i laughed till stomach pain...barbecue..cycling...all tht jazz...fond fond memories of sec school life...=)..then there was the incredible holiday i had wif my cousins in indo...one of the best times i had wif them...long car rides...resort stays...incredibly stupid jokes...ridiculously idiotic moments...all of them make it wonderful....

haiz...just beautiful memories huh....=)....sooo many things happened during these 2 yrs tht its impossible for me to fit it all into one entry....both personal and public events....but u can definitely say these 2 yrs r probably the most enjoyable 2 yrs of my life till now ...=)

DanieL counted snowflakes at 10:57 PM