Please give US a break.

I love reading the New Paper. (even though teachers encourage us to read the Straits Times more often, because the format of New Paper is more of a Singlish paper than straits times.) I personally feel that the New Paper, although lack the amount of news around the world, is more interesting to read, mainly because it caters to the needs of youths nowadays because most of us are only interested, more like KPO in only the latest buzz that may affect us(in a hip,cool approach). No offense, but I think that the New Paper isn't as boring as the other papers.

Anyway, I'll always skim through the papers, only stopping at pages that catches my attention. And one of the pages did. It's an article done by one of my favorite news editors, Mr Santokh Singh(father figures).

He wrote an article about pressurizing school has become with all the school holidays used as for remedial classes, Community Involvement Programmes (CIP) and even CCAs.

I couldn't stop nodding in agreement at every paragraph that was there. If the article had been any longer, I would have suffered strains on my neck muscle.

Anyway, here's my point of view.

I agree with Mr Santokh that MOE did include these school breaks to practically give EVERYONE a break, and this means that students like me, get a chance to relief myself from both stressful school time-tables and attending any extra classes.

It's because if these make-up lessons during the holidays, that causes my family to have to cancel the holiday plans. And I definitely think it's not fair. Where did the importance of family bonding go? Are school and results more important than family?

I know most of you would say " Aiyah, so easy, skip school lah. It's your choice what."

Although it sounds easy, it is actually harder to do it.

Teachers have often said that Choices have consequences, and that our decision to skip lessons is our choice because in the end, its our results.
But when we do skip their lessons, they rant on and on about how unappreciated they feel about their efforts to help us. Teachers always say that if they are willing to plan for the lessons, sacrifice their holiday plans to conduct lessons, then why can't we students appreciate it, and at least attend it?

Teachers have this manipulative way of making us students feel guilty whenever we skip their classes. But I don't blame them.

Principals definitely want their school to rise up to fame, especially Academic wise. But they often twist their words, into saying that the reason why they're pushing us, isn't because they want fame, but because they want us to excel.

But isn't it a little ironic? We excel so that we can bring ourselves and the school to fame isn't it?


But I don't blame the Principals though, especially my school's principal because she never fail to find ways to help us excel. With Adam Khoo workshops and talks by Dr. William Tan and more. I have feeling that she REALLY wants us to succeed.

And it boils down to MOE.

MOE is the one who is responsible for the syllabus and things that we learn in school. Knowing that schools always have insufficient time to complete all the syllabus for the graduating students, why do they still add more chapters into the books then? Is the MOE trying to compete with the increasing science technologies? Why are they pushing us so hard? Secondary 4s are learning A' levels work now, so when we go to poly or JC, are we expected to learn U stuff?
Are we going to increase it constantly, that 10 years down the road, you'll see K2s learning Geometry and Matrices?

So much for increasing the retiring age when most of the elderly would still be jobless because employers now seek for academic levels and not experience.

I'm sure with the growing population, there would be tonnes of jobs made available, but let's not forget the flow of foreigners coming to Singapore. Will Singaporeans themselves lose out in the race?

Why can't we be like some parts of Australia, where they don't offer examinations to students? Isn't this a better way for job applicants to get jobs through what they know and what they can do, and not by their leaving certificates? Wouldn't this give the elderlies opportunities to get jobs as well?

After all, the exams are to be blamed for students committing suicide because of poor results and stress. It's because of exams, thats why students are competing for better results. True, we want Singapore to become a flawless country, with others envying us. But I feel that it's too pressurizing for students, teachers, principals, and even parents.


WE ALL NEED A BREAK.



*This post is to state how I feel. A teacher once said, "Don't blame others for what has happened. Wonder who you should blame? Find the last two letters of blame, and it reads ME. Blame yourself".

But if we continue to blame ourselves for everything, especially the stressful workload from school, the later generations would definitely suffer depression, seriously.

Music Videos

I've skipped school for the past few days, wouldn't want to reveal to much, because it'll sound emo, or rather, wordy. Hahah, anyway, while most of you are in school studying, I've been sleeping more, watching tv more often and definitely YOUTUBE-ING more!!

Today's post will be solely on music videos.


See, I've been viewing this band, or rather group on Youtube for the past one month, and the more I watch their videos, the more I love their voice. They're sort of the male version of Marie Digby, who is of course, another HOT singer.




Marie Digby is one talented babe. She's half Irish and half Japanese and she can sing pretty darn well. Check this one out, you'll be mesmerized. hahah.




It's 'No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown.'




Anyway, back to the group which I was talking about. It's none other than....






BOYCE AVENUE!




What attracted me so much to this band wasn't because of the hot boys, but because they were actually capable of changing already published songs, into acoustic versions and singing them as though we had never heard the songs before.


Anyway, Info from their youtube account: Boyce Avenue, a Florida-based band popular for its strong acoustic roots and constant drive toward a melody-and harmony-driven rock sound, consists of the three brothers Alejandro, Fabian, and Daniel Manzano, and Stephen Hatker.

And lastly, their videos...






Because Of You - NeYo






Keep Holding On - Avril Lavigne






Sean Kingston - Take You There






Sweetest Girl - Wyclef and Akon






Lovestoned - Justin Timberlake





And lastly, my faourite.

What Hurts The Most - Rascal Flatts



I actually wasn't aware of the real version of song that was sung by Rascal Flatts, and so I youtube-d the song and found the actual video! And I must say, the video is really moving. It's a video which actually displays emotions and feelings about love and not like some other stupid, nonsensical videos that actually do not follow what the song is about. Get me?

Like this one.



I don't see how jumping over cars can save the world. My mum practically went "song say no time, only got 4 minutes, then still jump jump car, go supermarket".

And Madonna's outfit looked hideous in the video, what's with the gutters at the lower abdomen?

Anyway, here's the real version of the song "What Hurts The Most, by Rascal Flatts." Enjoy!!

Singapore SuperHero Blog-Tastic Contest!

I've just spent 7 hours on this post. This post is about a contest that sends bloggers searching for their thinking hats. This contest is none other than "Singapore SuperHero Blog-tastic Contest"!

Singapore Movie Fiesta 08 in collaboration with nuffnang is calling out to Singaporean bloggers to blog about what qualities and attributes Singapore's very own Super Hero should have.

I know I won't win this contest because this whole story sounds really far-fetched. But I guess it didn't hurt to set my mind to do some creative thinking!

Any way, I would just like to say, that this story was created solely by my imagination. And it's disgusting, i guess. And the drawings are pathetic, but I guess that adds to the whole stupid story. Hahaha. Here goes...

In the bustling streets of Woodlands, lives a petite little girl, by the name of Oi Ting Oose. Oi Ting Oose is a very quiet girl, too quiet for a 16 year old. Because of that, she never had any friends, except her pet dog, Rufus.

People simply found her weird.

First, being that she always carried Patrick the Starfish everywhere she went.

When asked why she was so glued to it, all she said was, “he’s like my boyfriend”.

Second, being that she has this habit of picking her nose all the time.

And instead of wiping it off or something, she collects it in potion bottles.

And last, being that she lives in a cardboard box!

No one in school liked her because she was a very odd person. She was often bullied and no one came to help her. People even made fun of her name. Malays called her “Tikoose/Tikus” (mouse) and Chinese called her “pig noose”. She was always seen crying in the girl’s toilet, hugging her Patrick starfish.

It was a real pity though. Because Oi Ting Oose was a very intelligent girl. She scored straight ‘A’s and was also a greeNE Ambassador for the school. She took care of all the greeneries in school and was Head of all projects that linked to Nation Education. And that she was ugly. She was famous for all the wrong reasons. She made heads turn because she wasn’t drop-dead gorgeous, but because she was horribly ugly!

She was so ugly that she made Cinderella’s stepsisters feel pretty! But she was an innocent girl.

But this small, innocent girl in the day was terribly different at night.

Why? Because Oi Ting Oose was no ordinary girl. She had SUPER POWERS.

See, when Oi Ting Oose was young, She accidentally fell into a nuclear reactor, when her Mom visited Iraq during the ‘Iraq-Kuwait’ war.

Miraculously, She came out unharmed. And over the years, she discovered something magnificent. The "booger" that she picked out of her nose, was MAGICAL.

She was so intrigued by it, that she actually took up Witchcraft to have a better understanding.

Through the better understanding of this “mucus magic”, Oi Ting Oose also picked up a few spells, one of them is to make her prettier.

And from then on, her life changed, so did her name.

Her nickname became: Lady Sovereign of Slime.

She remained the weird child in the day, but when night time came, she transformed into a gorgeous lady with skin tight black leather costume.

She looked marvelous.

Being an intelligent girl, she decided to be Singapore’s Super Hero and avenge her mom who died trying to save fellow Singaporeans from Dr. Singland and Spittyman.

Dr. Singland

was a nasty man who manipulated Singaporeans into believing that Singlish was the “in thing”. He used many techniques and strategies such as propaganda

and bribery.

And unfortunately, Singapore fell into his trap, after gaining independence in the 1960s.

Spittyman who was his partner in crime, did nasty things as well.

He sends out transmissions every now and then to brain-wash people to spit. The transmissions have been sent to all parts of Singapore, influencing people to spit.

Elderly people in Kopitiams and those living in Little India have been strongly affected by this horrendous act.

Anyway, through her intelligence and witchcraft, Oi Ting Oose overcomed her power way better than any Super Hero could. She could control slime and traveled using it, like how Frozone does in Incredibles.

And she even created a belt to hang her potion bottles of (hardened mucus) slime as ammunition for her best ever creation, which is the ‘Slimo-beam 4100’.

It has two functions:

1. Shoots slimy webs over people who spit on the floor.

2. Spray slime that diffuses into people’s blood and make them speak proper English!

You must be wondering why no plans were made to kill Dr. Singland and Spittyman. Well, it’s because they’ve been caught, but have escaped and are missing, just like Mas Selamat! But she’s trying her best!

So, this Superhero has to be made to real life in order to assassinate these EVIL people!

The End!

Well, I hoped you enjoyed it!

Credits: pictures uploaded from Photobucket

Gorgeous girl(not supposed to have star, but too revealing, so I placed one there) ,
Dr.Singland & Spittyman taken my brother's sketch tattoos

Let's turn the world upside down

If only things were as simple as this video.






Lyrics:


Upside Down Lyrics

Awards

I just signed up for this best youth blog award thing on "omy.sg". It's a cool site and I encourage more people to come and join it. With all the cool prizes to be won, why not give it a try?

5retarded ways to grab attention

Physics was one hell of a killer paper. Preparation for it was a total waste of time (for me).

oh well.

I was blog hopping earlier on, after revising for Chemistry and I stumbled upon blogs that actually tried really hard to grab attention in order to gain fame in the blogosphere. Let's count down to......


5 RETARDED WAYS TO GRAB ATTENTION!


5. People who post nonsensical stuff and try to get fame in Nuffnang and some other advertisement sites (Don't get me wrong, sites like nuffnang are sites to advertise your blogging skills, but with retarded posts, why even bother posting in 'innit'? If I were any of you, I wouldn't post it there, to save myself from great humiliation) by saying that "If you don't click, you're making a big mistake." or, "I post about all the coolest stuff here, you shouldn't miss it!!"

And once you naively click on the site, disgust wraps you as you gasp for air, after seeing that the blog has posts entirely about "muaaii good boiifwen", "moii siistarhxz" and so on.

Oh, and if have post about people who type every single detail of their life.

"I was awoken by my mother's nagging. I tried covering my ears but cannot, so i bobian wake up then go toilet loh. In the toilet I go pang sai, then I bathe for 15 minutes. Bathe le, i go brush teeth for 2 minutes. Finish liao then I go kitchen ask mum cook what. She say cook beehoon then I say ok loh. Then I go watch TV. No nice show mah, so I go room Dota loh. Dota sian then I come here blog loh. I chatting online with dearie too. Then hear mother shout at me then I off comp go see what happen.

edited--

I'm back, after mum nag at me then I sian then I go back to my room loh. Fall asleep while chatting with dear, then she angry. bobian.. I come blog loh."


So much for being "a huge mistake" if I miss the site.

I wouldn't mind reading some Bimbo's blog because it really entertains me, to see "how cool things are, you know. And you know, the other day... I heard Paris Hilton got engaged to some guy, totally gross, you know. And like.. I think I'm like so cool, you know. Yeah.."

At least it's more interesting than old mundane every day routine.


4. People who post scandalous photos of them, either with their boyfriends in bed, or in skimpy clothing that doesn't cover much, or have their cleavage showing or even in nude.

I mean come on, blogs are personal diaries that are shown in public. If you're so willing to show your body off to let 'cheeko-peks' ogle at you, then you should jolly well be a prostitute, you get paid for selling your body, rather than plainly showing it online for free.

And stop asking people whether your inflated cheeks makes you "cute marhx".

I don't know much about make-up but what's with the over-drawn eye-liner? Trying to being Cleopatra back to life? It doesn't work here.

But I have to give a standing ovation to these people though. I mean with the the present corrupted mindset of people, these people (number 3) can rapidly increase their traffic in their blogs by their pictures of with posts about sex, and all the hot steamy stuff that can make people start fantasizing.

But it's still retarded.

3. People who visit other people's blog and ask them to link them. Even to people who hey have no idea who they are, they'll ask them to link them. Why? Gain fame mah.. More people know me what.

Come on lah, unless you're as famous as Celeste, Dawn or Xiaxue, I doubt you'll be as famous as them if you blog about things as mentioned in 5. I wouldn't be too doubtful if I was a number 4 type of blogger though.
But then again, shouldn't blogs be famous or nanged for the interesting content and not for these stupid stuff?

even if you're desperate to be famous, why blog-hop and ask people to link you? You might as well place your URL on a billboard or host it in the newspapers. Then when 'cheeko-peks' link you and start "violating'' your privacy or even begin to stalk you, you start blaming Singapore's corrupted minds.

But wasn't fame what you wanted?

2. People who type all over their blogs posting about suicide or slitting of wrists. This is in spot number 2 because I personally find it stupid for these type of people to post about suicidal. I mean if you really want to die, go ahead lah. Why do you have to post about "how sad you are because your girlfriend/boyfriend left you, family doesn't love you, school sucks, exam sucks, life sucks, everything sucks".

My suggestion, my friend, is to call the suicidal hot-line in the New papers. There really is one, trust me. Then, there's bigger action, the whole of Singapore might even recognize you. (For the kid who wants to die but is afraid of dying). Or you could simply jump down your flat and die.

I don't see why is there a need to post about dying when you yourself am procrastinating about suicide. And trust me, the people who tag are people who are either waiting for you to die, or are acting concerned, but mocking at you behind your back.

Die like a true hero if you really must. Don't pretend to be suicidal just because of small "hoo-has" in your life. and drawing thick,black eye-liner around your eyes won't make you emo enough, neither does slitting your wrists.

You know what's so stupid about slitting wrists? Wrists are "soft spots" where the main veins are. If you slit it AT your wrists, you would die, bleed to death. But somehow these emo freaks aren't dead. Why? Because they aren't even slitting their wrists!

If you're too stupid to know where they are, it's the areas where it's directly below your palm, yes, the areas where you can see the bluish green veins. And not these areas!



In case you can't tell the difference, these are the ARMS.




And the MOST retarded way to grab attention goes to.......




1. People who go around other people's blog tagging or rather 'spamming' them with thousands of tag which say"Click Here
. She's a BITCH,WHORE, PROSTITUTE. SHE ASKS FOR FREE SEX. SHE SHOULD DIE. FUCKING BITCH!!".

Well, if you did click on the link above, surprise, it refers back to my blog. Yes, that's how retarded people can be. I mean if I were to tag, shouldn't it be something to praise the other person, or if I have to, myself?
And even if I had to tag on that person's blog, why down-grade yourself to some ungodly terms? To gain Pity? Sympathy?


Desperation my friends, make these people shoot up to fame. It's sounds immature to the sane mind but to these people, they are willing to do anything to be famous.


Stupid right?

These are actually true stories, no joke.

Pocketful of sunshine

I've just had a really hot shower. You know there's something really unique about showers. You have the icy cold ones to wake you up, the normal one for a quick shower and the inviting hot showers, that "replenishes" your energy after your long, lousy day.

I always have the hot showers because I feel really refreshed after it, and it makes my skin feel soft, as though it got cooked. The tingling sensation of perspiration all over, after the hot shower never fails to make me feel ALIVE.

There's a huge difference though, between the warm inviting waters that make you feel all clean and happy like a baby,and the blistering hot ones that make you yelp in pain.

But the temperature of showers are different to my room temperature.

After the long shower, I reluctantly leave the toilet to go to my room. Reluctance soon leaves me as the cool azure blue of my room walls invite me in. I then fall asleep with a huge fan blowing at my face, with the air-conditioner switched on at 16 degrees.

My family thinks that I should be thrown into the hot springs in the day, and go to Alaska to sleep, in the night.


Anyways, if you didn't notice, my blog skin has changed. I'm not really pleased with this though. You see, I'm a huge blog goondu and I leave all the decorations of these kind of things to people are more professional. But as I searched on blog skins
for an appropriate one for me, I was disappointed to find skins that weren't appealing to me.
Don't get me wrong, there are talented people there like my all time favourite: Solistice. And Ink SPLASH, as well as lionheart.
But majority of the other designers are either people who tiieepe liike thiish, have the "oh,I'm so emo, join me as i face the wall and slit my wrist", or make lovey-dovey skins either about break-ups or happy endings.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD NOW?

All I want is a skin that either has colours that scream out, without having people to squint their eyes when they read my posts. Or a skin that portrays a calm, relaxing and laidback feeling, something that makes you feel warmth.

But it seems like the trend in blogskins now are revolving around love. Aren't people sick of it? Or is it just me?



Lastly, before I end this post, I'd just like to say the daily gossips with Shera and the ANNOYING ANTELOPE has been great, where we talk about idiotic girls, imitate how guys walk and actually discuss about some guy that has been staring at NATE. Hahah. Oh, and our gossips have been revolving around one particular guy lately, all I can say is that he strongly resembles a shaolin monk. But he's not bald though. Hahah