red october: January 2005



Sunday, January 30, 2005

im gonna be a history maker in this land
im gonna be a speaker of truth to all mankind
im gonna stand
im gonna run
into your arms
into your arms again


well. today woz rather fun. compared to my everyday school life. haha. worship woz okay, though i think my lead is still inadequate, and i screwed up. yeah. judy's tribute was.... entertaining. ;0) haha. we'll all miss her. haha. josh kindly helped me enable my MMS. yaay! haha. meimei pulled my hair. veh pain. owellz. musks went to sam's place. played table-tennis, used com, slept. watched TV. rather fun lah. ate lotsa food, grew fat. yeap.

will they open their eyes
and realize we are one
on and on we stand alone
until our day has come
when they open their eyes
and realize we are one


i have a horrible essay to write on the GM food debate, im supposed to do research. and kor is too lazy to help me. bleagh. im getting tired. gonna sleep lah. byee.

-i'vebeenaskedtojoindebate.bwahaha-

Saturday, January 29, 2005

jesus's blood never fails me.

how true. He's amazing lah seriously. im scraping through school, cant really take it cuz its so stress but im doing okay lah.

there must be more than this.

amen. indeed there is. sometimes we really just dont see the purpose in life, and why we're doing some things. like me. i honestly dunnoe wot im doing in school, and i dunnoe wot i wanna be when i grow up etc. i wanna just quit school and maybe spend my time doing something more puposeful. there must be more than this. that set me thinking. i mean, sometimes we just dont see God's whole plan for us. and its like, you never know wot He's gonna do next, cuz when He does it, and finally unleaashes His whole WONDERFULLY AMAZING plan, you'll be so shocked mannz. its just like ben said. there woz this guy, who was learning goegraphy and rice plantations and all. (which is wot im learning now) and when he grew up he became a missionary and went to help those people in africa etc to minister to them and also teach them new farming techniques and stuff. i mean like you'll never know wot He has in store for you lah. thanks nat fer sharing that. it helped me. =) God is good.

consuming fire.majesty

had worship practice today. the improved sound system is sooo much better than the old one. now EVERYone has their own monitors. except the drums. we still need to get one more. its sooo cool lah i have my OWN monitor. yeah. but we still need one more guitar stand. the other one's broken. owellz. the band's rather good, consisting of nat [the pros-test pro], 'veen [drummer crazy], josh [shifu] and me. im the only lousy one lah. yeah. the thing is, we only have one singer. ben. unless ivan's singing tmr lah. haha. but yeah. i think my lead is improving a teeny-weeny bit. still gotta get out some more mellow lead sounds, as well as work on my speed and improve on my creativity. owellz. but i like my "tripping" effect+mellow neck pickup sound. haha. i think the only good sounds i have are my lovegun, a really cool sounding "fat" distortion, as well as the "tripping". my "vibrato"'s cool too. haha. whatever lah jake. yeah.

i have flu. thanks again nat for praying fer me. =) yeah. horrible sore throat, bad nose, cough. sigh. and i have a pimple. came from the long hours of sailing where my face got REALLY oily. owellz.

she's so high

-mesmerised-

Tuesday, January 25, 2005


*dreams*

and i dont want d world to see me
cause i dont think that they'll understand
when everything's made to be broken
i just want you to know who i am.


blardee hell my bio textbook got stolen. dunnoe i just cursed but i did. mummy says i better find it again cause it costs big bucks. bleagh. like $40? i cant beilieve how these people rip you off. i mean like i can get a hard-cover SCARECROW book for that much lah. owellz.

like i've been saying so far. i HATE school. as in, i know i've kinda disliked school all my life, but sometimes its been really fun and all. but this time i really HATE it!!!! argh. ^#&*$^^%#$$. i mean like, wot sorta DEMENTED secondary school lets your darn students off at almost 1700 hours everyday? VS. sigh. then they give you self-study periods. sleeping periods we call them. i call them a waste of time. the only good they do is to complete uncompleted homework, especially if the teacher wants it by that day. but then, wot's the reason the homework is uncompleted??!? cause they let you of so freaking late, such that you have to jostle on the bus since its peak hour, by the time you get home the exhaustion of spending around 10 hours studying in school hits you so hard that you fall asleep after eating and bathing. only then are you unable to complete your homework. the sheer stupidity of the dumb guy who came up with this idea. sigh. dunnoe why im getting so worked up over this though. i think i wont care anymore. sigh. dumb victorian council. sigh.

tests, homework. stressing me out? no! everything's rather easy. yeah. except maybe math, which i have to practice more on. something farnie happened yesterday. my class got back our test results. when d teacher read out the marks, ALL of the singaporeans got like 3,4,5 out of 10. ALL of the PRC shcholars got FULL marks. i wont say anymore. bwahahaha.

oh hello is so cool lah. k i'll go play wif it now byee!!!

-fly!!!!-

Saturday, January 22, 2005


i wont leave
i cant hide
i cannot breathe
until you're resting here wimmie... ...


lovely song. yupyupyup. listening to it now. yeah. jus came back from sam's fantabulous burfday dinner. yeah. rather fun cuz d 4 musks just sat there eating and talking crap. wonderful right. yeap! today woz rather boring. thank God i managed to find stuff to do. lyk go aBbY's new house!!!! its really really nice now. yeah. d water feature and all. so cool lah im really jealous. owellz. and i can ollie AND nollie!!!! i am oh-sooo proud of myself haha. but not veh high lah. sadly. owellz.

.jimihendrix.SRV.marktremonti.jake.

yupyupyup. cool eh? i lyk dat. its my nick now haha. although i WISH my name could REALLY be there. owellz. long way to go jake. im running out of songs to play, so im concentrating on my lead and effects. not good enuf though. sigh. and im still fervently trying to get that solo. still cant get those few notes. cant figure it out argh. so pissed. sitting there trying and trying but u cant geddit. owellz. perseverance, jake! yeah. i tink electrico is a really good band. haha. hopefully one day we can have a musks band as good as that. if only we can be as good as that. bleagh. long way to go mannz. its one thing playing music, but composing it? owellz. iris is a rather good band too haha.

life seems funny nowadays. i mean like its just school, den slack around during the weekends, study fer tests, school again. its getting really mundane. but one thing that'll continue forever and ever is our relationship wif God. yeap. i wonder wot He has in store fer me. yeah. sometimes i wonder why he does stuff, wot He's planning and all. owellz.

love you Lord.

Thursday, January 20, 2005

katsumoto. HAI!!!! *bows*

yaiyaiyai. sad how to modern things and new gizmos and gadgets and all are taking over the old tradition and honor. jus watched the last samurai. itz rather touching. yeah. owellz.

training woz rather okay today. i tink im rather good at handling d boat in strong winds now, dunnoe how i'll cope in the long legs of a regatta thou. *shrug* did rather well, got mostly bullets except for one race. screwed up my start, started 2nd last. fought my way to 2nd. haha. owellz. i had home-made stingray for dinner today. its rather good. =) ooh! american idol's on now. oooh mannz. i tink i can sing better than some of those people. owellz. i pity those who break down. yeah.

owellz. im bored tired sian. if anyone's bored, call or msg me. i'd gladly talk to you. (",)

you give and take away
you give and take away
my heart will choose to say
blessed be Your name

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

the one day remains solo is not that easy now. sorry. i doubt if anyone i know can play it. bleagh. the dumb hammer-ons fade out so fast cuz its from 0-12th fret. at least i managed to figure out d first part. (",) i hate mark tremonti. its so frustrating to see him do it so easily while i struggle wif it. argh. i'll get it one day, i promise you. =)

d weekend woz rather filled wif stuff. at least i din rot at home. =) saturday woke up late. as usual. yeap. went wif jane to study. managed to do a bit at church, but den we both got distracted, and.... yeah. din do much in d end. owellz. at least i got back on d board again after so long. bad thing is, when i tried to ollie again, only managed to like ollie curb height. pathetic. must practice again. yupyupyup.

sunday woz okay. worship woz rather good, never got to worship so well for some time. yeah. our CG room got "kop"-ed, and me, 'driel, john and cho walked around a while till we found it. yup. first floor now. finished late as usual, din get to have b'fast. sat around talking to debWAA,meimei,audrey,amanda,daniel,becky,johneebabee,'driel. i tink 'driel played well too. definitely improving. =) yeah. walked home wif 'driel and kris, den went to lagoon fer lunch wif d family. ate d wonderfully delicious wanton mee, wif SUPER CRAZILY hot chili which i bet even adriel cant take. (",) yeah. den dropped off at kris's house, walked out wif her and zeke to church. flagged a cab, picked up 'driel, went to NUS to watch 'ryn play soccer. haha. rather amusing. =) yeap. den went to ryn/mei's rooms. sooo cool!!!! i wanna stay in NUS next time too. yeah. u get your own room and all. its sooo fun!!!! and i wanna get a room next to my fren too. yaay! haha. 'driel and i watched southpark and DRAWN together. so fun! haha. its super funny/sick. haha. korkor'll LOVE it!!!! haha. yeah. den went macs, before going home. yup.

singapore won!!!! its like d surprise of d century lah. haha. yeah. im not sad! yeah. i've had my chinese book test today, i guessed ALL of the questions except one, where my fren told me the page at which to look at. open book test see. haha. yeah. prolly gonna flunk it again. yupyupyup. i have LOTSA homework, plus chinese test tmr, as well as amaths test on thurday. dunnoe wot im still doing online. haha. and noe wot? i got caught for ankle socks!!!! so fun mannz. haha. i've never got caught before, so this is wot its like. the prefect jus told me to pull them up, then he said he'll check again tmr. haha. and i think i gotta cut my hair. but i like it d way it is!!!! owellz. i'll just trim it a bit. haha. yeah. im gonna study now, byee!!!!

jimihendrix.SRV.marktremonti.jake

Saturday, January 15, 2005

i never meant to make u feel *argh*.
never meant to make u feel dat way.
i jus wanted to make u feel better, i din noe u were tired and everything.
i din mean to get on your nerves.
i dun want anything to happen.
deep from my heart, sorry.
i wont say it anymore.
feel better alrite?
love you.


you give and take away
you give and take away
my heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name


God gives and he takes away. he gives jake all d guitar stuff, new phone, good friends and all. but the Lord hath given, and the Lord will take away. yupyupyup. wont say anymore, just that Jesus is the only way. dun fear anything, even losing everything, if you've got him. dun worry about problems, school, if you've got him. im not sad/pissed/depressed/disappointed/not happy. why? im joyous!!!! i've got the love of the Lord. i love you Lord!!!! amen.

happy beloved burfday sam!!!! cheers bro.

Thursday, January 13, 2005

thanks to the malay uncle in the operations booth of NSC for wasting almost ONE hour of my training time.

thanks to the friggin' tiller which olwez gets stuck.

thanks to the darned gust which suddenly hit, causing my fren to crash me and make me capsize when i woz in FIRST position.

thanks to the darned moon which had to be not strong at the moment, making low tide, so that when i capsized, the top of my mast hit the seabed, making my sail have mud.

thanks to the darned thin hiking straps to make my feet have bruises.

thanks to the trolley for being so shaky when im standing on it, making it hard to wash the mud off.

thanks to the blardee, friggin' IDIOT who dared to steal my school belt. you'll regret it one day for all your sins. its bad enough stealing my belt, u had to steal my fren's too. wad sort of demented freak are you who'd want TWO VS belts??!? crap you.

but noe wot? i DONT care. im gonna stay happy, jus go away satan if you're trying to make me sad/depressed/pissed/spoil my mood, cuz its not gonna work. haha LOSER!!!! heard that satan? you're a LOSER. so go away, and stay away from all my frens, cuz if u DARE to touch them, i'll go after you, wif God by my side!!!! so jus screw off and leave us alone.

loveyou.jake

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

crap i jus accidentally peeled d scar off d wound on my shin; its bleeding now.... mite dirty my long pants tmr. argh.

gotta go training tmr, but i dun feel lyk it. why? dun feel lyk killing my thighs, dun feel like working out, dun feel lyk seeing how lousy i am nowadays. actually im not THAT lousy, but lousy enuf. maybe i should take weekend classes. but i dunnoe lah. it'll waste my weekend away. sigh. so i've gotta prioritise-sailing?church?slack? haha. i'll prolly mix both, which means i wont excel that much anymore, unless i get some super pro coach or smth. yupyupyup.

power up sail.squeeze the power.ease sail a bit,point tiller slowly.dont brake the boat.sheet in and hike out.heel as much as possible,keep the power on the sail.cross the other side,flatten boat and power up once more.

-how to roll tack. hopefully i can still do it. owellz. aiya. i've realised that sailing is lyk VERY important now. how else am i gonna get into VJ? korkor woz so clever and only got 11 after moderation. its not as if i can top that lah. d VJ sailing teacher said he'd reserve a spot in VJ fer me as long as i continue to excel in sailing, and dun get too louzee fer o-levels. so blessed right? haha thank you Lord!!!! but it'll all go to waste if i dun do well in sailing, so i gotta work hard.... yupyupyup.

the prefects in my school nowadays are getting really crazy, dumb, and dumb. yup. they're standing near the staircases up to class, and are doing random spot checks on EVERY victorian walking past after recess to get to class. so dumb lah. i got checked TWICE ever since they started two days ago. so lame lah. check phone, check whether u bring food and drinks up to class, check attire. sigh. lame lah. im getting fat. im now 48kg. im supposed to be 169 but d darn teacher wrote 165. hearing problem. owellz. short den short lah. only prob'll be if u get too tall a gf. but den again, God'll give u d right person who'll be PERFECT, so i dun really care lah. haha. even if i keep telling my talltalltall frens dat if you're too tall, you'd have to bend down ALOT to kiss your gurlfriend. haha. woteva lah jake. i realise that by this year's NAPFA, i'll still be 14, so i can do inclined pull-ups!!!! haha. so lame lah. but i'd rather do d real pull-ups, but it dusen really matter to me cuz i can get A SUPER EASILY for both. its like, 30 for inclined and 7 for normal? haha so easy. but cannot be complacent. and my deltoids have weakened significantly, so i'd better start training again jus in case. =)

i've got a goal. im gonna master the "one day remains" solo by mark tremonti. its really easy, only sounds chim cuz it a bit fast, and does lotsa hammer-ons. it'll be a nice addition to the stuff i can play, and'll also add as a stepping stone to my climb to pro-ness for guitar. jus that that climb is gonna be a LOOONG one. owellz. all d best jake.





-imsorryforeverythingwe'renotthereanymoreidoprayit'llbeokayagainyourawkiloveyou-


yupyupyup. jake~!!!!

.fly.as.high.as.you.can.

Sunday, January 09, 2005

dat friggin' blogger deleted my post. haha i dunnoe why im pissed about it. maybe cuz i took sooo long to type it, maybe cuz i woz so tired and wanted to sleep but i still persevered to type it out. sigh. aiya nvm lah. haven been online in a long time cuz my internet connections woz down. yup. got new fone. rather pleased. and cuz i have to stay back for lunch in school EVERYDAY, my allowance is increased by $10!!!! haha yeah. yupyupyup.

blessed Be Your Name
in the land that is plentiful
where Your streams of abundance flow
blessed be Your name

blessed Be Your name
when i'm found in the desert place
though i walk through the wilderness
blessed Be Your name

every blessing You pour out
i'll turn back to praise
when the darkness closes in, Lord
still i will say

blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your name
blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your glorious name

blessed be Your name
when the sun's shining down on me
when the world's 'all as it should be'
blessed be Your name

blessed be Your name
on the road marked with suffering
though there's pain in the offering
blessed be Your name

every blessing You pour out
i'll turn back to praise
when the darkness closes in, Lord
still i will say

blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your name
blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your glorious name

blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your name
blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
my heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name


i really loved this song. sung for worship, and i woz playing. its a really great song to meditate on and stuff. AND to add that josh and i figured a really cool lick for this song. haha. its really versatile, can do LOTS of stuff with this song lah. kinda screwed up today; king of majesty was WAY too fast. owellz. nvm lah. and we played it one key lower; and i kept forgetting so i kept playing my chords and licks in the normal key, realising my mistake, and changing back. owellz. but i tink my lead's improving bit by bit, and im proud of myself.... yupyupyup. and i got a few nice effects for lead too.... yeah. nice lah. but i've still got a LOONG way to go.... yup.

i.dont.know.but.its.making.me.nervous.and.sweaty