Stressed with Stressman

I haven't blogged in ages, cos either i've been studying or just can't be bothered to blog, so sorry about that. Monday did an impromtu history skit with darren and zheng hao-super funny, but forgot about Stressman, so lost marks, damn. Tuesday was boring cos half the class was at the prelim exams, then siva made me life the dustbin and she expected me to scream over a cockroach? Anyway, Jeff brought it back to class and scared Ming Wei during Core Maths. Can't remember what happened on Wednesday except swimming with Zheng Hao and playing crap in football, as compared to tuesday when i was 'twinkletoes'.Oh yeah, then there was the ultra-funny and stupid Copacabana skit. Thursday went for math and chinese tuition, im gonna fail the mock exam, i assure u, but i think i can pass the real thing if i study harder. Friday was a slack day, samson tan didnt come again cos his wife had given birth to keegan tan, congrats to them, but more relevantly, it meant we could slack for one period-yay! I know that this is an extremely short entry but i've got no time, i cant wait till the exams end. Currently feeling stressed about studying, my tutor is coming soon, feel stressed for my friends, feel stressed about Stressman?

Why is it over?

Today was the best day in school for a long time. We had a short POD lesson, Dharma wasnt here, so went off for PE early, and headed straight for the parade square where we played football from 9.00-10.00am, yay!!! Played OK today, finishing was much better, but i'm still failing to reach top form, grrr... in the end the study group meeting was cancelled, so went for tuition early, and was pleasantly surprised that my algebra is alright. Went to tutor's bathroom and lets just say that two atomic bombs hit the sea, and then two twisters failed to rid the sea of the damage and in the end the sea levels rose. Slacked the rest of the afternoon, and somehow, i actually sat down and concentrated from 8.30 to 10.40pm, studying quite a bit of chem and bio compared to other days. I seriously think Ali Chew's method works!!! OK, so i was supposed to start at 8, but i redeemed myself, so tonite my conscience is clear, i didnt slack and try to study. Oh yeah, Dr Ong also gave a holiday next next wednesday, and thursday is honours day, and shock, horror, friday is the chem and chinese paper one exam!!! I think im gonna be down with a sore throat...lol. Tomorrow is the beginning of the weekend, and really, besides waking up late, there really is no advantage, you know? During the weekends i tend to be forced to sutdy more, so its more stressful than school, where alot of time is wasted by talking, slacking, stoning,etc. Sigh, today was a great day, no more football for 2 days- i know i sound like a football fanatic, that's cos i am one, but also because its a stress reliever, quoting the dumb band Busted, "thats what i go to school for"...

Stupid Saturday...and Sunday

ARGH!!! Yesterday was crap! The whole morning (from 10-11.30am), I was doing work, and then went to buy new shoes... for the first time in my life, I bought 2 pairs, one Nike one which looked like a pair of jeans, and a pair of white-ish school/running shoes from Fila. Then went to buy my sister's stuff from bata and had KFC and lasagne for lunch. Did more work in the afternoon, before going off to a church missions fund-raising dinner. Oh, in November im going to India cos my father said that I 'volunteered' to go with him. Yeah right, I didnt even know about it until he told me I was going, but never mind, should be able to get CASL hours for that. My mom's friend who was the host asked my cousin and I to man the entrance, cos people were expected to 'donate' money and we had the most wonderful job of 'asking' for money and taking their 'attendance'. We also compared the amount of donations from different people, but actually it doesn't matter, the donations should have be from the heart- and that's all that COUNTS. My other cousin turned up too cos she wanted to see her friend, but ended up not talking to her friend. What an idiot, Tessa, if u are reading this, when u go to a party to talk to ur friend, u should talk to her! What an idiot!!! Anyway, my cousins Shaun and Tessa spent the whole dinner talking to me, about how she wants a bass guitar, and how her parents won't get her one cos they want her to master the cello and piano first... sigh... life's tough when ur the middle child... but IM NOT!!! YAY!!! No lah, actually it is just ur personality, certain people just have bad tempers and need anger management *hint*. Then rushed back to watch footie. Crap, first half was ok, second was dreadful by man utd. At least it cant get worse than this... and we showed both sh** defending and a fighting spirit to salvage a draw after going behind in the 90 min. Silvestre, if by some chance u are reading this, please, ur talented and ur a good defender, but cut out the stupid, careless mistakes, PLEASE...
Today, did more work, went out to lunch with my cousins again and grandparents. Did more work. My mom's in a mess cos her New Zealand plans are in disarray- now our cousins want us to go with them to Switzerland...YIPEE!!! Then my dad wants to go somewhere else besides the usual countries, so he wants to go to Venice, our cousins want to go to Spain, and my mom wants to go to Munich. I want to go to Old Trafford..lol... matchday ticket too ex., dont think I'll go unless my ang-moh uncle, Uncle Peter, takes me. Went to church, had Indian food for dinner...YAY!!! and did more work... darn... the exams are coming... not yet prepared... noooo...

Slacking... and blogging

OK, so I did all my tuition hours on Monday and Tuesday, so I should be happy, but I'm not! I can't seem to sit down and finish all my school work in one shot, why? I guess cos I've been slacking so much its sort of in-built now, to slack whenever I'm supposed to be doing work. I am sooo not prepared for the final year compared to last year.... Went to get my retainers on Thursday, and then went out for lunch at the bakers inn next to plaza singaporu with my cousins, sisters, aunt, and grandparents. Discovered that the food there is better than at paragon or the one at conrad(or somewhere in the city, i dont know the name of the building), even though its the same restaurant, hmmm, thats food for thought.... sorry. Ran from the bus stop to my house 3 times today, timing myself... and then did chin-ups and a 1.5min intensive on the treadmill. Later went to play tennis with roobs, daryl, and ben chan. Argh! I'm still not at my best, but i'm getting better again. Guess what I'm supposed to be doing now? Yes, studying, but i'm not, i'm slacking (and blogging).

What Holidays?

OK, I haven't blogged for quite some time, so I'll start with Friday. MISS Chia Bee Teck proved just why she is a MISS, and MISSed the love boat. Who in their right mind would want a relationship with her? She is so absolutely bitchy about everything, no wonder nobody has given her a present for over 3years, until I gave her chocolates on teacher's day. While Siva was GIVING away chocolates as she had too much, cbt only had one box, one present, until she um, requested for her present. Apparently the whole staff room was talking about the video Ivan made, and she wanted one. So, Ivan fooled all of us into thinking he really did have one, until we were walking back to class, that is. Anyway, next up was PE and he finished her video then. So, today was the day female English teachers were bitchy. Ms Dharma says she will hand out our term reports after recess, but she doesnt show up until the end of school. She scolds the collectively scolds the class about their behaviour during AD Maths and us Bio ppl felt pissed-we weren't involved about the shit during Mr Paul Foo's period. Term report was OK, overall ppl seemed to think I could do better if I tried harder, Mdm Yong was brutally honest, as usual, but she's nice, so its ok. Ali Chew sort of complimented me in a way, saying I have the capacity to do very well when motivated, but he ended by saying that sometimes, i choose not to be, in zheng hao's words, 'withdrawing from the conversation'. Dan wrote nonsense as usual, 'Ethan is meticulous in his work', am I meticulous, even I find that hard to believe, but thanks anyway. Siva was the best, 'An expressive and charming student', I take expressive to be a nice was of saying lame, how lame is that from her man? Spent the afternoon at the dentist taking off my braces, cleaning my teeth, etc.
Saturday went to a nursing home (with lots of old folks), for BB Cares, and ended up singing with jerome, and justin on stage, with yao qun playing guitar and melvin as lead. Why Melvin? Cos the song we were singing was probably the new ACS (I) anthem, Be With You, by Mr. Big. Anyway, the old folks and us had a language barrier, as they spoke Hokkien while we spoke Mandarin. After that got back to school by bus and took a cab to my cousin's house for her 7 birthday party.
Today was brilliant, Dale's house was sooooo boring, as I was half asleep and I think he was too, so we didn't talk to each other. After that tried to do work, but couldn't so, I just managed to do 100+ words for my history thesis. Darn. Went out for dinner to some Crystal Jade Shanghai restaurant in Takashimaya, or whatever its called. Didn't go to church cos it was communion, and my sisters and I have this habit of not going on communion. I also discovered that there is a lot of school homework, and I really need to buck up and finish it soon so I can do revision during this 'break'. OK, I've blogged, and probably won't blog again for a long time, so bye!

Teachers Day

HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY!!! That must have been my slogan for the day. All morning (OK, actually from 8.30 to 9.10), was spent being nice to teachers, and giving presents. If you'd like to know, before that was a totally pointless walk around the neighbourhood for ACES Day. Crap chinese period, saved by chin haw when he let us off very very early-but all the other teachers didnt even bother showing up... anyways, played football, and scored a nice goal but was otherwise crap, then went for the concert.
OK, so I was disappointed that some ppl actually donated more than me, but what really made me embarrassed was the 'john loh' band's and MR's double whammy: an extremely long and pointless solo without lyrics in which the lead guitar was cancelled out thanks to the bloody MR. Stupid ppl, then they messed up again with the mikes during the next song. Overall, Zheng Hao was actuall pro if you bothered to try and seee how fast his fingers were moving, jun jie was also good, marcus was my hero as usual, while melvin and marcus low were out of point. I felt that it was like choosing the wrong song to sing it american idol, the singer (ivan) is talented at singing pop, but has to sing a rock song... if i were simon, i would say: "that was the wrong choice of song, horrendous" if i was paula: " it sounded good, you have a very unique voice", if i was randy: "whats up dawg!!!(what else does he say?" But I'm Ethan, and I would say to ivan: "Always look on the bright side of life, your still a better singer than 99.99% of the school population cos your in choir and we are juz bathroom singers, somewhere over the rainbow, there will be something to make you feel better (vodka summer!) and just let it (the performance) be...and move on".
Anyway, went back to acjs, only to find that madam tan was talking to parents, mrs chan was on course overseas, and only mrs lee tai chin remembered me... then again that means only mr chong forgot me, so at minimum, 50% remembered me, cos im 100% sure mrs chan would remember me. I think my primary one teacher remembered me cos she said hi, but i forgot her name until she had walked away!!! Im getting old. Felt what it was like to walk into a school no longer yours, and see younglings staring at you, i remember being in their position in primary school, so small and carefree...