Tuesday, March 28, 2006
I couldn't believe that Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore died in the HBP, yeah, I was a bit sad. Rowling'd done a great job in characterisation, it feels damn real. So I analysed the text, and found out some surprising clues. I think that Snape is a good guy and he was pretending to kill Dumbledore. Everything was planned in advanced by none other that Dumbledore himself. How is it possible? Read on. Let's get down to business. Yeah.
Firstly, I think that this is a very important clue that Dumbledore did not die. How is the killing curse,
Avada Kedavra, like? Well, this is from GoF :
He was screaming so loudly that he never heard the words the thing in the chair spoke as it raised a wand. There was a flash of green light, a rushing sound, and Frank Bryce crumbled. He was dead before he hit the floor. (Goblet Pg 19)This was when Frank Bryce, the old caretaker of Tom Riddle's abandoned house got killed by Voldemort using the killing curse. The second example is in the same book, when Cedric dies:
From high above his head, he heard a high, cold voice say, "Kill the spare." A swishing noise and a second voice, which screeched the words to the night: "Avada Kedavra!" A blast of green light blazed through Harry's eyelids, and he heard something heavy fall to ground beside him. Cedric was lying spread-eagled on the ground beside him. He was dead. (Goblet Pg 553)
However, in HBP, when Snape killed Dumbledore with Avada Kedavra, the reaction was different.
Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore. "Avada Kedavra!" A jet of green light shot from the end of Snape's wand and hit Dumbledore squarely in the chest. Harry's scream of horror never left him; silently he was forced to watch as Dumbledore was blasted into the air. For a split second, he seemed to hang suspended beneath the shining skull, and then he slowly fell backward, like a great rag doll, over the battlements and out of sight. (Prince Pg 556)
Notice that Dumbledore had flew out of the tower, unlike Cedric, fell to the ground instantly, and Frank, who also fell dead immediately, no flying of sorts.
Now look at this,
Both of them swung their wands above their heads and pointed them at their opponent; Snape cried: "Expelliarmus!" There was a dazzling flash of scarlet light and Lockhart was blasted off his feet: He flew backward off the stage, smashed into the wall, and slid down it to sprawl on the floor. (Chamber PG 142)And this,
Harry made up his mind in a split second. Before Snape could take even one step toward him, he had raised his wand. "Expelliarmus!" he yelled -- except that his wasn't the only voice that shouted. There was a blast that made the door rattle on its hinges; Snape was lifted off his feet and slammed into the wall, then slid down it to the floor, a trickle of blood oozing from under his hair. He had been knocked out. Harry looked around. Both Ron and Hermione had tried to disarm Snape at exactly the same moment. (Prisoner Pg 265) Expelliarmus causes the victim to lift off his feet and fall backwards violently. Remember that Snape is good in non-verbal spells? '
Cruc-' yelled Harry for the second time, aiming for the figure ahead illuminated in the dancing firelight, but Snape blocked the spell again; Harry could see him sneering. Then,
'Incarc-' Harry roared, but Snape deflected the spell with an almost lazy flick of his arm.'Stupe-''Blocked again, and again, and again until you learn to keep your mouth shut and your mind closed, Potter!'This shows that Snape could have easily done Expelliarmus non-verbally while saying Avada Kedavra and thus result in a Avada Kedavra effect. (A jet of green light)
But there is even another clue that Dumbledore's flying off the tower that night was a prearranged ruse between himself and Snape. Back in chapter nineteen, when Harry orders Dobby and Kreacher to follow Malfoy around in an effort to figure out what he was up to, Dobby replies:
"Yes, Harry Potter!" said Dobby at once, his great eyes shining with excitement. "And if Dobby does it wrong, Dobby will throw himself off the topmost tower, Harry Potter!" (Prince Pg 395)
Notice, Dobby says "throw himself", not something like "you can throw me". Also, Dobby specifically mentions "the topmost tower", exactly the place where the "death" of Dumbledore later occurs in the same way.
Now, even though Dobby gets around and probably hears a lot of things he shouldn't in the castle, I'm not suggesting Dumbledore could so easily slip up and let Dobby be privy to such a secret plan. But what I'm suggesting is that Rowling is using something Dobby says to plant a clue for us that later on in the story it would be Dumbledore, himself, who planned the whole death thing, and caused himself, or arranged for himself, to be thrown from the top of the tallest Astronomy tower.
To answer Jia Han, I did not say that he did not suffer any injuries, in fact, I assume that he had suffer
serious injuries. But remember, immediately after Dumbledore's murder, when everyone was assembled in the hospital, this was what had happened:
Madame Pomfrey burst into tears. Nobody paid her any attention except Ginny, who whispered, "Shh! Listen!" (Prince Pg 573)
Everyone was there, Ron and his parents, Hermione, Lupin, Tonks. Yet it is Madame Pomfrey who Rowling emphasises is struck by this turn of events. Continuing:
Gulping, Madame Pomfrey pressed her fingers to her mouth, her eyes wide. Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before; a stricken lament of terrible beauty. (Prince Pg 573)
Then Rowling mentions:
Harry felt, as he had felt about the Phoenix song before, that the music was inside him, not without ... How long they stood there, listening, he did not know, nor why it seemed to ease their pain a little to listen... (Prince Pg 573)
And then McGonagall enters, changes the subject, and the phoenix song is forgotten.
Many minutes later, after all the retelling of the night's affair, Rowling mentions Fawkes is still at it:
They all fell silent. Fawkes's lament was still echoing over the dark grounds outside. (Prince Pg 579)
After the subject was changed again, the pheonix was still at it. Whatever it was he was doing, Fawkes was working hard at it, and not giving up. Yet we are supposed to believe, as in the title of this chapter, "The Phoenix Lament", that it is only Dumbledore's pet echoing everyone's grief?
Do you so easily forget that phoenix tears have powerful healing powers?
Significantly, it is the healer, Madame Pomfrey, who is brought to tears by the phoenix song. She knows the healing power of the phoenix well. She gulps with eyes wide. She recognizes something special is going on.
Also, Rowling tried to point out the healing qualities of the phoenix song, Harry feels it inside, the way he did last time he was healed by one, and most importantly, it seems to
ease his pain!
From these passages, it certainly seems that Rowling wants us to know that Fawkes is doing some healing! Perhaps Fawkes is not powerful enough to bring someone back from the Avada Kedavra, but what if Dumbledore was not really hit by an Avada Kedrava, and instead hit with Expelliarmus, and was injured by his fall? This should answer your questions.
Lol! I overlooked this so obvious part in the HBP!!! Take a look:
Dumbledore's eyes were closed; but for the strange angle of his arms and legs, he might have been sleeping. (Prince Pg 568) It's just right before my eyes! When Avada Kedavra is cast, Dumbledore could not have position himself to look like he was sleeping as he would be instantly dead. It would be too much of a coincidence for him to be positioned like that, Rowling must have added it to make Dumbledore's playing dead more obvious. You only die once. You will not know what is the position you will be in when you die, thus Dumbledore will not be able to play dead successfully, though he convinced Harry as Harry saw him "die".
-Under Construction-
written on @ 3/28/2006 09:02:00 pm
Monday, March 27, 2006
The high school life. Betrayal, gossip, bullies, prejudice, Joseph. This is the life a typical high school student, especially my class. No one can trust anyone, because promises are lightly taken. Examples are aplenty in my class. People shouting out other people's crush, empty promises, etc. Lolx. The harsh reality of life is really surfacing now...
Anyway, Japanese's getting more boring. Today there was ANGLES Public Speaking Competition. It was Inter-consortium competition. But it felt like 3 against one. Ortus, Aphelion, ProEd against iSpark. Anyway, Gregory won the competition for iSpark, hooray! Yeah, and when we said "3 cheers for iSpark", Aphelion responded with a cheer back.
Louder than ever.
This is evidence of prejudice. Anyway, this brings us to our assembly today: Do people hate the iSparkians, or, GEPers?
Evidence show that only Sec 1 students are biased against the iSparkians, or as they say, the iSparkies. Many claimed that this was because of the transition period from primary school to secondary school. Some claim that it was because of a few iSparkians that stereotyped iSparkians as snobbish and arrogant. Actually, all GEPers across the country are being stereotyped as snobbish and arrogant. I feel that it is a few that tarnish the GEP reputation. Most of them are not as bad as they are portrayed. GEPers are just humans. They are the same, except with a bit more intelligence, but the mainstream in HCI are also as smart. When we are being stereotyped as such, we feel like outcasts. This is especially present in primary school, when all students are not emotionally matured yet. But slowly, we get along together better as we mature. It's just a matter of time before they realise that we are just fellow humans.
Hope that time comes faster...
(P.S. Jun Bin arrived for Japanese lessons 1 hour late. What cheek... A round of applause for him. [though it's wrong, it's guts still.])
written on @ 3/27/2006 08:29:00 pm
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Hi. Today I just had my supplementary grading. Argh. I was so damn nervous and was rushing like hell. In front of like 50 over people, I felt like having a nervous breakdown. But I still went through and advanced to the next level! Yayz=)!
Today morning I had Scouts. Static footdrills... Static footdrills... Quizzes... Bloody hell. And I forgotten to bring my Job Week card. Must remember to bring it on Monday. I mixed up completely in the footdrills as the footdrill commands were in Malat and they all sound so similar... During the quiz (which is a good replacement for 'test', as the Adult Leader says), I copied from my notes and handed the quiz up. =) Slacker! The Adult Leader did not seemed to care though. My friend was even more evil. He copied the Scout Promise and Law beforehand and handed it up. What the...
Anyways, I recommend the music video called "Far Away" by Nickelback. The song lyrics is very deep and the tune is nice, while that guy, although not so good looking, has a very masculine voice, suitable for this kind of song. The video was well made too. It looked like a short drama to me.
Also, a new song called "Rush" by Aly & AJ has a wonderful tune. I have not checked up on the lyrics but it is nevertheless good. Same goes for "Move Along" by The All-American Rejects. Some songs have very nice tunes and deep lyrics like "Far Away", the more recent ones are:
-Happy Birthday by Flipsyde
-The Ghost of You by My Chemical Romance
-When I'm Gone by Eminem?
-Do you ever think of me by Antony Costa (member of Blue)
-When I think of you by Lee Ryan (member of Blue)
Lolx the last two is so ironic.
And not forgetting Gomenasai by t.A.T.u, as some people may know, the "lesbian" duo. This song is nice.This song was originally just a rumour, t.A.T.u's "Song of Repentance" for their mischeivious acts in Japan. They said the song was called "I'm Sorry Japan" but luckily this turned out to be a false title, the title is, oddly enough, a mispelling of "Gomen nasai" which is Japanese for "I'm Sorry." -From Wikipedia There was even an anime video for it.
Did you know that Michael Jackson came from a group called "The Jacksons 5"? Well, I just found that out so might as well share with you all. Michael Jackson was the lead singer even though he was one of the smallest(seventh of nine children).
written on @ 3/25/2006 10:52:00 pm
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Today's Founder's Day! It rocks because I can sleep till 8.00am before waking up=). So I woke up, with the sun shining brightly on my face. My parents was about to go to work so I was left alone at home=P. Anyway, enough of this crap. I attended a workshop today on qualitative research and I had learnt all these things that were taught so I sat through the whole 2 hours plus for nothing. Then, I ate at the poolside cafe, and returned home to play The Sims™! I made a family of 6 people with 3 males and 3 females and I made them like each of the opposite gender. Yeah, evil me... Then, I grew bored and made them hug in front of one another. So in the end, they ended up slapping one another and crying. Hahaha... *evil grin* I invited outsiders and made them like the people in the family too! Thus, the outsiders were also slapped.
It must have hurt...=)
Anyways, I still have not finished my website for InfoComm ACE yet, as well as Math ACE, thus I better get going now. See ya!
YH
written on @ 3/21/2006 09:07:00 pm
Monday, March 20, 2006
Today was really fun! Yu Xuan, Jun Bin and I were rushing to the MOELC for our Japanese lessons. We took 157, and it turned out to be the wrong bus! It was supposed to be 156! Then, halfway, we realised, "Oh darn, it's the wrong bus!", so I saw that the next bus stop had 52 stopping at the bus stop, so I told my friends to alight as I remembered bus 52 will take me from my house to Bishan, where the LC is. I told my friends that it will take us all the way in front of the LC, and I will chop off my head if it didn't. By the time we reached Bishan, it was already passed 4.30pm, which the lessons was due to start. So when we stopped at the crossroads which if you go straight, we will stop directly at the LC. I was getting smug and telling them that the bus will stop in front of the LC when the bus TURNED the other way!!!!!!!! Dang, it was dumb. We quickly alighted at the next stop and hurried towards the LC. Upon reaching there, I took one look at the bus stop, I felt like walloping myself. The bus that stopped in front of the LC was 53!!! Just one number different. Oh my...
Also, before I alighted bus 52, I made a serious mistake. I forgotten to tap my EZ-Link card on the reader. Argh. I thought there will be a fine, but it proved otherwise. Nothing happened when I used my card later.
Then, I got back my test paper after missing 3 lessons consecutively, and gosh, I got 17 and a half out of 40. Li Ki got 29!!! Luckily, I was the average as most of the people failed, like me.=P
Today I was very happy when I tested myself. I could do 63 situps in 1 minute! Yay! I beat my previous record by 13 situps. 13. Erhmm... That's about it, other than the CL teacher wanting everyone to beat me in Chinese. I think I got to buck up!
YH
written on @ 3/20/2006 10:11:00 pm
Saturday, March 18, 2006
It's a World Wide Suicide!!!!!!!!!!!!
I felt the earth on Monday, It moved beneath my feet.
In the form of a morning paper, Laid out for me to see.
Saw his face in a corner picture, I recognized the name.
Could not stop staring at the, Face I'd never see again.
It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over
It's the same everyday in a hell manmade
What can be saved, and who will be left to hold her?
The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.
Medals on a wooden mantle, Next to a handsome face.
That the president took for granted,
Writing checks that others pay.
And in all the madness, thought becomes numb and naive.
So much to talk about, nothing for to say.
It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder
Laying claim to the take that our soldiers save
Does not equate, and the truth's already out there
The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.
The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.
Looking in the eyes of the fallen
You got to know there's another, another, another, another, another way
It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over
It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder
The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.
The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.
I'm getting retarded. Yea=P
written on @ 3/18/2006 12:54:00 pm
Friday, March 17, 2006
Seriously, people who spread rumours around are stupid. They act as the parapazzi and pretend to find out stuff and intrude other people's personal life. They come up with fake "private lifes" about other people and spread it, and their play-acting is so real that they can go Hollywood and turn those "private lifes" into movies. They, like the parapazzi, do not care about another person's feelings and take everything for granted. They care only for themselves and are selfishly looking for attention. They, are those people who look trustworthy on the outside and have a satan's heart in the inside. They, are attention seekers and jealous of everyone else. They, will end up with no true friends, and their friends are those that gossip. They do not care about looking from the victim's point of view and are just insensitive to the core. When they are criticized and asked to put themselves in the victim's point of view, they say that no one can find out anything about them and brush it off. They do not trust anyone and think that the world revolves around them. They do everything malicious to hurt eveyrone they can hurt. They think that they are spies, they love anything that have something private to do with another person. When they get bored, they just weave out a rumour and plan it to make it as real as possible. They convince people to place their trust on them and then break their promises to gain more attention. They just could not care less. They just do not respect other people's privacy. They call themselves "pro" at getting information.
NOT...
Don't you hate these kind of people?
Do you know anyone like this?
Were you a victim before?
Even Lindsay Lohan had a taste of this. Look:
Chorus of RumorsI'm tired of rumors starting
I'm sick of being followed
I'm tired of people lying
Saying what they want about me
Why can't they back up off me
Why can't they let me live
I'm gonna do it my way
Take this for just what it is
So please, to all those people who are like this, wake up and let others trust you. Humans like to socialize, but you must also have some true friends by your side. Other people are humans too, they have feelings. Don't be so self-centred.
written on @ 3/17/2006 09:37:00 pm
About Jia Han's comments in the earlier post, I think life is a wider subject. In life there are many obstacles and sufferings that one must overcome to become a man and National Service is one. Why do we prolong our suffering instead of leaving it as it is. Many think that joining NCC will help you pass your NAPFA, and getting a gold or silver for NAPFA can shorten your NS but instead they are prolonging it by 5 years! Life is long but the issue of NS & NCC is short. There are many great things about life and not much about NS & NCC. Why try out something you will do in 5 years time when you can learn many other stuff in other CCAs like canoeing, scouting, doing sports, programming, etc. Life is not just about surviving NS, it's about constantly learning new things and trying out stuff.
written on @ 3/17/2006 09:26:00 pm
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Hi! I just came back from Scout Recruit cum Troop Camp in school. The venture auxillaries torture us like crazy by making up knock it down every time someone do something wrong. Then there was a fire drill in the middle of the night when everyone was so tired and we had to run all the way to the tracks from the EP3 shed. In the end, we were late and so guess what happened? You all should know - More pumpings=(.
Then there was solo night on the first night of the camp. I cannot deny that I was so freaked out but I never pee in my pants (=P). The Adult Leader Gregory and the venture aux. were giving a night school tour before the solo night. Then they stopped at different places to tell a ghost story or two about that place. From the Science lab to the volleyball court, it seems that the whole school is haunted. Anyway, I'm just glad that I went through the whole night without chickening out, although some of the time I really felt like it as I did not sleep at all during the night. Anyway, we did firemaking too! We had to cook our own Maggi
™ Noodles and egg. Some people ended up going hungry as they did not manage to light the fire. Pity them.
Pity me too... I slept only 4 hours in 2 days!!! That's only 2 hours per day. So tired
Somebody is pissing me off right now on MsN, though I will not be specific. Actually, it's two people. One is using eye power and the other is shouting like hell. He is the organiser and he is not doing anything to remind the people involved in the event... while playing computer games.
Ok, I will not go in detail about the earlier camp, which is the Sec 1 Camp, and I will summarise the remaining parts. We had amazing race the next day and we took like 1hour plus to find a place that could be found in 30 minutes, and we took the same period of time to walk back as we specially stopped in a shopping mall to cool down. Haha. After that we had obstacle course. Not much to say about it...
At least there was not much punishment as the Scout Camp, maybe that's why everyone were so wild. Then it was the CAMPFIRE!!! So fun!!! Everyone was cheering their hearts out. The teachers were all smiling, like for the first time since the start of the year(Just kidding!).
So we had lots of fun, followed by our instructor showing us magic tricks like disappearing a coin, and some lame ones too. Kai Kiat was our group's best camper. Yea...
Anyway, this is one of my senior's opinion for uniform groups in my school. Don't blame me...
He says:
-Scouts is the BEST!!! (Well, he's from scouts, so DUH)
-I respect the St. John's people...as they put in effort in everything they do even though it is boring...(No comment, period)
-N(ational)C(adet)C(orps) is not worth joining as why do something that you will do in 5 years time? (I agree with him but many people join to pass their NAPFA)
-N(ational)P(olice)C(adet)C(orps) is a waste of time as they try to copy the scouts in doing things like tying knots and making fire but scouts can always do better then them in all these aspects. (I don't know about this but I see them doing fire-making...)
That's about it... Tomorrow is the LAN competition, I'm so excited!!!
written on @ 3/15/2006 08:56:00 pm
Friday, March 10, 2006
Hi all. Tired like hell. Not writing about camp today. Sorry. After paper-plane flying and making, I dead beat... Good night. Anyway, I wouldn't be writing tomorrow and maybe the day after because I'm out overseas. Then from Monday to Wednesday i have camp, so... Haix, by that time I forgot about everythign already. I only remember the silent clap, super duper macho clap, macho clap, super macho clap, makan cheer and some other cheers that were sang during campfire. The best of all, MERLioN CLAP!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow I will go for a field trip to ACM. Whatever.
YH
written on @ 3/10/2006 10:46:00 pm
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Hi. It's camp episode II: Return of XuanXuan! =) After the war games, we had a very delicious dinner, then, we had some night reflections before a blind's men bluff or whatever that's called. During the night reflection, we came up with a cheer, it was like: St. Peter asked, "How did you get to heaven?" Then I replied with a little bit of Xuan Xuan (Then Yu Xuan shouted,"Shuddap
lah!"). SO in the end Choong Hsiong invented a Yu Xuan clap. You get the idea. Yea=P Anyways, I taught my group the Merlion clap! Yay! That was my favourite clap of all. It was a clap then a fake puke. If you ever seen the Merlion at Marina Bay (I think), you can see it spitting out water like any other fountain. A friend of mine commented, "Why does it spit like that? It looks like it is promoting spitting in public." Lolx. Anyway, in the blind men's thingy, we were supposed to tie a piece of cloth around our eyes and walk around like some mad blind people. Yea...
After supper, the day was over. We bathed (20 people in a toilet that has no showering cubicle and 4 urinals and toilet bowls... and we had to shower in 10 minutes... so I had to splash water over my head, put shampoo[sham poo =P] on it and pretend that I bathed already.).
Thus the shower was actually a sham... lalala...
YH
Tomorrow there's more!
written on @ 3/09/2006 06:16:00 pm
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Hi! I'm back from my camp. The camp was so fun, but we did not get to sleep in tents! =( Anyway, the camp took place in Chinese Gardens and HomeTeamNS (CDans) in Bukit Batok. We had to walk 5km with our 5kg bags all the way from Chinese Gardens to CDans!!! But, compared to NS, it is nothing... Nevertheless, it was tiring. I am tired now, so I can't think much. Slept for like 6 hours in two days. The food there was nice. The first meal was lunch at Chinese Gardens. Chicken wing and rice as well as some vegetables. The next day, the breakfast was Nasi Lemak! It was delicious! Our last meal in camp, which was breakfast today, was plain beehoon and a hotdog.
Ok, so on the 1st day, we travelled to CG. Then we settled down after some scolding. We thought of our group name (Falcon) and designed the banner. Also, we came up with cheers. At first, we wanted it to be Algernon(As in the rat in Flowers for Algernon), but after that Yu Xuan and I started chanting Chicken Wing, Chicken Wing and KFC, KFC. In the end, we settled for the name Falcon.
After lunch, it was our 1st team-building activity, Bridge Construction, to strengthen our Team Discipline. The bridge consists of three ropes, two ropes for the hands, and a rope for the legs. We should have taken 20 minutes to complete it, but due to the lack of Teamwork, discipline, communication, it took 2 hours. What the... Anyway, Yu Xuan was the leader for our group, while Kenneth was the other leader, they argued about how to do the job, firstly, looping the ropes, then tying the ropes together. We got stopped for 3 times because of lack of discipline, communication and teamwork... Then we had to start all over again. Evil instructors=P.
After that activity, we had a war game that trains our Team Co-ordination. We had to build catapults and two 'alters' which acts like our life points. Then, the 'alter' holders needed to cross from one end to the other end. Building took up one hour, and the holders for the 1st 'alter' was Yu Xuan, Li Ki, Peter, a 1M guy, Jerome, and I (I think). Our 'alter' was unfortunately destroyed but we could have won if not for some cheaters in our group and because they cheated, the opponent had 1 point added to their score, thus, we drew.
Haix, I can't be bothered already, I'm too tired. Tomorrow I'll continue with this long speech of mine...
Yh *Yawns*
Nitez everyone...
written on @ 3/08/2006 08:39:00 pm
Friday, March 03, 2006
3-0. What the... Today I died because I did not hand up my literature file. During PE, my class lost to 1M. It was unexpected. We were actually the stronger side but because all our "star" players were all running 2.4km or did not wear PE Shirt so I was the only attacking guy for my class. My class was outnumbered 2:1 as 1/3 of our players were chatting and they said that they suck at soccer and continued chatting. Then there was a arguement about who should be goalkeeper as both Shao Wee and Kenneth wanted to be. Since Kenneth was there first, Shao Wee had to give in. Anyway, Shao Wee became goalie when Kenneth let in the second goal, and Shao Wee let in another one even though he saved some shots well. Frankly, Kenneth is too short to be a goalkeeper and he should be a defender as I seen him slide tackling very well before. Shao Wee is capable of being a goalkeeper as he is quite tall, and he had good reflexes (Seen in the Streetsoccer competition). Potential 人才. Anyway, there was a soccer guy called Alvin from the other class which is quite good at soccer. His dribbling and spped is good. But not his finishing. Shao Wee saved everything from him. I think he was a winger as he always dribble down the wing, run beside the goalline, before moving out and shoot. While the other people from his class was blindly kicking the ball, the other notable guy was from my old school, Bing Ling. Those two were the best, but they can be easily tackled. Once I tackled the ball, Alvin tripped over me, and said it was foul. Cheater.
Their teamwork is generally good, but the problem is that we were outnum bered greatly, whenever I have the ball, 5 people pounced on me to get possession of the ball. We were playing in our own half, the ball rarely went to the other half. I was always running with the ball to the other half, and in the end it got grabbed away. Then, I always ended up slide tackling Alvin.
Camp is coming up, I am so excited! Can't say much more, my sister and cousin is irritating me as my sister wants to talk to her over MsN. Bye!
YH
written on @ 3/03/2006 07:55:00 pm
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Hi people, my favourite music awards goes to...:
Rap: When I'm Gone (Eminem)
R&B: BEEP (The Pussycat Dolls ft. will.i.am.)
Latin: Don't Bother (Shakira)
Rock: Far Away (Nickelback) The song currently playing..., Fix You (Coldplay), We Believe (Good Charlotte)
Male Singer: Eminem
Female Singer: Kelly Clarkson
Band: Fall Out Boy
Chinese Song: 一生绝望 (洪俊扬)I Not Stupid Too Soundtrack...lalala
YH
P.S. Will update this next time when I get a new fav. Yea=P
written on @ 3/02/2006 06:25:00 pm
Yea!
This was what I felt when the principal announced that today we would be dismissed at 12pm. Firstly, I can go home and play computer games and catch up with my schoolwork. Secondly, I can skip two periods of lessons! Woohoo! Yippee! Th early dismissal was because of the GCE A levels results. MY school had 3 people who scored 9 distinctions and 158(I think) people scoring 6 distinction. There was 48% of the cohort scoring distincitions, I think. Argh, WaDeVa, something like that... The pupils were cheering like mad men, not because of the good results, but because of the early dismissal. Lolx. So now, 6.11 pm, I'm sitting at home filing like hell, doing ACE and doing anything that can be done.
Since I'm the chairman of my class, I wanted to make the MSN group I set up to become sort of a discussion forum, where anyone can say anything. But there's NO ONE responding or ACTIVE in the group except for Jia Han, Wei Cher and me. Oh gosh... Anyway, there will be two camps in the next two weeks. First is the Sec 1 camp, from next monday to next wednesday. Then is the scouts camp, from next next week's monday to wednesday again. It is gonna be so funnnn... Can't wait...
Also, the LAN Competition is next next week, and I am still planning it. The situation is very messy now. Bill is contemplating whether to join the CS competition or not, or just play Battlefield II. And some people in my class don't want to co-operate and hand in the form I given out as they say it's no use as they are not going anyways, so there's a big problem going on now... *Headache*
Hope I get a lucid dream today as I promised Bill and Yu Xuan to meet in our dreams at the library. =P It's scientifically proven to be a fact that people can have lucid dreams and can meet each other in their dreams. Yea, hope I can do that too.
YH
written on @ 3/02/2006 06:03:00 pm
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Yesterday was one month ago... While those born on the 29th of Feb can't celebrate their birthdays. On behalf of the calendar, I sincerely (Hmm, maybe not so sincerely) apologise for the BIG inconvenience caused...
Now you can say,"What seemed like a month passed, is actually just a day passed..." Haha=P
YH, King of Lameness
written on @ 3/01/2006 08:20:00 pm
Yikes! My class lost to Sec 3N 2-0, while the other team from our class, which was the worse team, got thrashed 5-0! My team, Team A of 1L, started off quite well for like 10 seconds, before the opposition got the ball. What the... Then, they started to press us and they attacked like crazy. One guy, the organiser, was solo-ing and went pass all our defence, which was Ben, Bill, and me. But when he shot at Shao Wee, it flew over the bar! Then, this was how they scored: They, went pass all our defence again, and I shoulder charge the guy with the ball, and they had a free kick, all of my teammates swarmed after the ball, then the pro guy who solo like hell unleashed a low hard drive from like 30 degrees on the left, and Shao Wee was shocked. The ball rebounded on the post and went in hard. The other highlights of the game were: Ben's shoe was loose, so two times her kicked he ball, two times it went flying off. A nice decoy=P. There was once where a guy went pass all the defence for the umpteen time, and he kicked over the bar, over the fence, and over the road. When one of them shot once and the ball rebounded off the wall, another guy shot and it rebounded off the wall again, and the other guy shot and Shao Wee parried it, and the pro guy shot and the ball flew over the bar. (Cheap=P) Shao Wee parried over 10 shots and let in two. Proness. I shoulder charge all of the opponents. Lalala. Evilistic.For the other team, the highlights were: The opponents, who won the A team 2-0, scored 4 goals in 3 minutes, and they played with the B Team for 5 minutes, before a soft shot went under Peter's legs. Yeah. The B team was always where the ball was so the opponents just pass the ball forwards before easily beating Peter. I gave Peter a wrong suggestion by asking him to squat. I think he should just do a horse-riding stance. Yeah, the last 5 minutes were lame. Tyn Long, the best in the B team, was the lone attacking source. Thus, he only shot at the goal once. The opponents were passing here and there, while the B team was making a fool of themselves by running here and there. Then, everyone else was laughing, while I felt like doing a ostrich. You know what I mean? I think you do...YHP.S. No insults to the A & B team, you all did your best and I'm proud of that. Thanks.
written on @ 3/01/2006 07:41:00 pm
This is based on something true...John was confused and lost. He wanted to explode. He was trapped in a phantasmagoria, and he did not know which direction to go. All roads lead to Rome, whichever direction he goes, it's always a pitfall. He thought that he was a living dead, someone who had lost all emotions. He wanted to yell, but nothing came out. He was sweating all over, his mind is a blank sheet of paper. He was staring into space, and he tried so hard to think of his next step. but the more he tried the more painful his head got. His fingers felt cold. Picking up his handphone, he tried frantically to call someone, but whoever answered had hung up. Then, on the second try, the familiar message sounded in his ear."The person that you are trying to reach is not in use. Please try again later." He knew that even if he tried again, it was no use. He had been deliberately isolated from all communications. He had been blocked by the person that is the most important to him. He had taken it for granted. Then when something happened, he flared up.So now he is here, confused and lost, as he realised that what had left was something so very important. He now lacks love and attention, which is what most humans have. Looking up at the pitch darkness, he felt like dying, felt depression overcoming him. He tried to be strong, he tried to understand, but to no avail. He wanted to let go, but simply couldn't. He just loved her too much. A typical story.Suddenly, when he was nearly engulfed by depression and hopelessness, a faint flicker of light appeared. It grew brighter and brighter. He couldn't smile. He crawled towards the light, a sense of hope growing. He saw the person's shadow... The person was smiling, he did too...Is he too innocent about life?I don't know...
written on @ 3/01/2006 07:05:00 pm