Thursday, September 29, 2011

warning: verbal vomit/thoughts on my mind/something you might not care about

it was so easy to have a relationship when we were all in school:
1) same school, same class
there was NO separation and your schedules synchronised
you could see each other for 5 days straight and it was not a problem
2) same school, different classes
despite the physical separation, seeing each other around school isn't hard
pulling off the "ooh, i just happened to walk by your classroom" routine would be cute
and even though your timetables might conflict it shouldn't be much of a problem
there's a library/canteen/other-cool-area-in-your-school to wait for each other
3) different schools
slightly harder to meet up as the timetables might just never synchronise
you can't bump into each other at school but being students,
you can still meet up after school to study or stuff like that

generally, being a student and dating works
in my books at least (for now)

jeremy is in army, i'm in school
given my school schedule, i'm usually very free
but being in the army and training up to serve the nation
means loads of training and whatever things they do
leaving my boy tired and unavailable most of the time
rawr, so hard when our body clocks and schedules don't match
but then again, we get to meet face-to-face on weekends
so i guess we're better off than couples who reside in different countries



on the off note,
me and yasser saw this couple in the bus today
they were sitting a couple of rows in front of us
the weird thing was the guy was sitting on the inside while the girl was by the aisle
and the guy was leaning on the girl
he tried to lay on her lap but he was obviously too tall
and then he was leaning on her shoulder
then they were like cheek-to-cheek for a second
then BOOM, they were kissing like hollywood stars
OMG, you are only 13/14 the most kissing action you should be getting is lips to cheek
i was so shocked i just started laughing
what is up with the kids these days?!
today, i left the comfort of my bed and home to go to school
i had to go to pick up notes for the second semester of school
on the bus, i met yasser!
you can't imagine the joy i felt because he is a special one

we used to be so close when we were in secondary school
and he was always there for me
it wasn't those suffocating friendship where there's only you and your friend
we both had other groups of friends
(actually, all my friendships are like that.
we're close but we have other friends too (: )
but we were tight
he had my back and i will smack his back (Y)

so we were just catching up in the bus
and i managed to convince him to accompany me
so we went to collect my notes and then head over to westmall
i wanted to get some things and he helped me
along the way, we joked and laughed and i had a good time

as we said our goodbyes, we shared a hug
it's not a romantic hug
nor is it a lame limp hug
it was a true genuine hug from a friend to another friend
i missed him




on the off note, who said it was ohkay to make girls bleed for days on end?
who? it is not cool, and it fucking sucks.

Friday, September 23, 2011

one month's holiday is almost coming to an end
starting my second semester next month
not every excited and a bit upset with the timetable

used to be a 830 to 1130 slot
now we're doing a 12 to 3 slot
sleep time man. -.-

plus, it'll hinder my other commitments
damn

Saturday, September 17, 2011

last week, i did a camp for adam khoo
and the camp i did was for AES
the kids we took on were from normal tech
and a lot was riding on how the camp goes
and how the teachers find the overall outcome of the camp

stressed and worried that i won't do a good job
i was mainly worried that i couldn't build a rapport with the campers
and i was also uncertain if i was able to deliver
having been on a "hiatus" from doing camps
plus i felt that i kinda lost my spark the last time i did camps
i was feeling generally unprepared and not ready to be handed this challenge

there are three kinds of campers (at least in my book so far) :
1) those that are excited to be there
2) those that don't want to be there at all
3) those who don't know what to expect and have the sitting-on-a-fence situation

so with this camp, i would say most of them were type 2 campers
they all had the why-must-i-be-here attitude
we coaches were prepared to face the fact
that they will be hard nuts to crack
and did everything we can to prepare for it
when the time came, we all took it head-on

for me, every camp is a learning experience
if not for the campers but for me
i acknowledge the fact that at the end of the day
the campers walk away from the camp having learnt nothing
and probably won't remember shit from the camp
but i will definitely learn something
even if it was the simple fact that what we have shouldn't be taken for granted

so i told myself that i will go all out
and i will change my strategy whenever i sense that it will not work
so throughout the camp i used a lot of different methods
i played my whole playbook

in the end, i might have managed to crack a few nuts
it was very hard to tell
but having failed to make a difference to a larger fraction of my campers
brought me to tears at some point
i felt like i failed
but we all have to pick ourselves up
and i did

so i expected to great not-so-good reviews and feedback from the teachers
yet when i received the feedback,
i was utterly shocked and amazed

lesson learnt:
never underestimate your ability
it might not be the end goal in mind
but the process and method matter more then the outcome

if the process and method that i applied worked
but just need a longer time than 3D2N to achieve the stipulated ending
then it will prove good

so i guess i learnt to focus on process and not the end goal
it was a challenging yet fruitful camp for me
i am so glad i did the camp. (:
sometimes i wish i was born to different circumstances
less asian and more relax kinda style
not sure how to actually put this into words
to vent it out
and i guess it's not very "appropriate" to post this on the world wide web
but inside my head, i know

wish and wish

can't to grow up and just lead life the way i want it to be
but then i bet i will be those "normal" people
who will always think that the grass is greener on the other side
when i'm old enough to have to fend for myself
i will wish that i'm still young and couldn't care less
and didn't to bother about bills and taxes,
taking care of myself and basically being on my own

oh pfft, what a joke life is
we spend half the time wishing we were at some other point
and when we finally do get there,
we wish we were back where we were.
so retarded

but i guess that us humans
having insatiable needs and constantly searching for "greener pastures"

oh fuck,
golly good rawr

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

i finally went to watch the thai movie suckseed
it was really awesome
it was a good mix of comedy, drama and music
really good movie
and i will go as far to say that i want to own a dvd of the movie
the songs are good and catchy

some people might think that pfft it's in thai
and i don't understand the language
making it hard to watch and read subtitles at the same time
well then, you're just not talented enough

all in all a great movie and i recommend you to catch it
unfortunately i caught it when it's about to end it's screening in sg
hope the rest of you managed to catch it (: