red october: June 2005



Thursday, June 30, 2005

rat-ta-tat-tat. roll roll snatch grab. weeoo! shred shred bend hammer hard pull-off WAH!

im crazy. too hyped. learnt new drum technique, i wanna try tmr. other than that, kill me now. weehoo. i have to hand up my emath holiday homework tmr. let me enlighten you on one of my biggest capers yet. you see, they load us with lots and piles of holiday homework. you expect the teacher to mark it all? NO WAY MAN. so what teachers, most of all mine, usually just look at the thickness of the stack of papers, flip it over and put "seen" at the back. let me tell you what smart ol' me does. i've got many techniques.

1) put pages of sums at the front and back of the stack, leaving BLANK ages of foolscap inside. teacher dusen check.
2) put random pages of sums inside, just label them correctly.
3) this is the best one yet, PUT LAST YEAR'S/TERM'S HOMEWORK IN!!!! woohoo! i have this set which is used about thrice. not bad ah. you guys should learn from me.


inter-school's coming up, B' div's on thursday and friday. my boat is just back from the yard, i thank God SO MUCH!!! tim ross's patch job was SO GOOD that you cant even tell there was a gash to begin with. WAHA! bad thing is its not seasoned, so i'll do my best to get used to it in my last training, that's tmr. mr oh promised to buy me a new boat if i get top-ten. a new boat costs 'bout 3 to 4K. i prolly wont get it lah, but i'll do my best. we'll see what God has in store for me. WE'LL WHACK AC!! try lah. top-ten's near to impossible actually. who cares. just whack. wahaha.

the 4 tips to winning sailing.

1) pump
2) body rock
3) scull
4) oooch.












____//cheat techniques.

Monday, June 27, 2005

go read the straits times, life! section. page 3. its VICTORIA SCHOOL confound it.

Friday, June 24, 2005

go read PJ's blog. makes you think. lots lots. =) thursday's entry. the love of Christ. amazing. yet so true and powerful. His blood and love NEVER fails me. =)

i havent been blogging for a long time, partly because i cant be bothered, and also cuz i dun think there's anything nice to write about anyway. its been a tiring yet boring last week of the school holidays. bad way to end it. what with the disappointing and saddening sunday i had. heart breaking. three words--> TKG and smashed fibreglass. figure it out. i can take ANYTHING except this. any wound or gash can be healed and it'll be back to normal, good as new. not this! sigh. saddening. but makes you think again. God's built us a wonderful body, its healing powers are amazing. pity scientists cant make boats like that.

the past monday to friday, which is today, have been a flurry of events, yet none significant enough to talk about. except maybe the supposed "study at sam's house" event. wahaha. 'driel msges me at about 1 plus in the afternoon, asking if i wanna go sam's house study. after the last time? amazing. but i agreed. so we went. i spilt ketchup on my shirt on the way. changed it in the bus. sam was not yet at home when we reached; arlene opened the door for us. =) immediately we went to the table-tennis table. 'driel told me bout his new super-powers, taught to him by THE WINX CLUB. too much tv and ogling over hot CARTOON characters who wear about as much cloth on their bodies as an A4-sized paper with pointy breasts. miche pointed the last one out by the way. they're A BIT hot lah, but they're cartoon characters for pete's sake! whoever pete is. why are we doing it for his sake? anyway. we played table-tennis, sam and auntie linda came along, and at one sam challenged 'driel to a duel. in table-tennis. 'driel almost won. 21-19 or 21-20. cant remember. but it would seem that his winx club left him for someone else. then sam and i paired up against 'driel, and we won. many times. many many times. wahaha. nice try 'driel. we went up to slack, sam and i in the study room. 'driel went out to the balcony with the guitar to serenade to himself. sam said it was like masturbation. woohoo. we had a dinner of 3 pizzas. extremely filling. den i went off to church for jamming. not really jamming, but practice lah. oh by the way sam checked my phone for capone and got jacked. whee! but he was extremely flustered. cheeky boy.

the rest of the days and time has been filled with sailing training, waking up at 2 in the afternoon, and jamming practices. i haven gone out ever since the 1st week of the holidays, and that was barely. wierd lah. holidays and i dun go out. tmr and sunday i wont be able to once more. plus i still owe the hot babe TWO treats. darn. she's coming back on the 26th! i hope she's had a great time in mission trip =)

i have sailing competition tmr. gonna have to miss the watching of the 1st all blacks versus the british lions test match at sam's house. sigh. consolation is that i get a free $10 sakae voucher. not that its a lot, but nvm.






______//ammunition.

Friday, June 17, 2005

she told him she'd rather fix her makeup
than try and fix what's going on
but the problem keeps on calling
even with the cell phone gone.

she told him that she believes in living
bigger than she's living now
but her world keeps spinning backwards
and upside down.

don't say so long, and throw yourself wrong.
don't spin today away, 'cause today will soon be

gone
like yesterday is gone
like history is gone
just try and prove me wrong and
pretend like you're immortal.

she said, he said, live like no tomorrow
everyday we borrow brings us
one step closer to the edge.
infinity.

where's your treasure, where's your hope
if you get the world and lose your soul?
she pretends like she pretends like she's immortal.

don't say so long, you're not that far gone.
this could be your big chance to make-up
today will soon be

gone
like yesterday is gone
like history is gone
the world keeps spinning on
you're going, going

gone
like summer break is gone,
like saturday is gone
just try and prove me wrong and
pretend like you're immortal
you're immortal

ha-ah

we are not infinite
we are not permanent
nothing is immediate
we are so confident in our accomplishments.
look at our decadence.

gone
like Frank Sinatra, like Elvis and his mom,
like Al Pacino's cash, nothing lasts in this life.
my high school dreams are gone,
my childhood sweets are gone
life is a day that doesn't last for long.

life is more than money, time was never money.
time was never cash, life is still more than girls.
life is more than hundred dollar bills and roto-tom fills.
life is more than fame and rock and roll and thrills,
all the riches of the kings end up in wills
we've got information in the information age
but do we know what life is outside of our convenient Lexus cages?

she said he said live like no tomorrow
every moment that we borrow brings us closer
to a God who's not short of cash
hey Bono, i'm glad you asked.
life is still worth living, life is still worth living.
life is more that we are.









wonderful song eh. you should really listen to it, the song itself is funkier than the lyrics look. i love it. especially the hidden meanings inside. switchfoot's a wondeful band. ask me to send you the song if you see me online or smth. love it.

im in the midst of the sentosa byte and optimist championships. after any normal regatta day, i'd be shagged, but today we din go out at all. so im not tired. it was a waste of time. i woke up at 9, so early, went down to sailing centre, rigged up the boat, did fine-tuning etc. there was light wind, prolly bout 6 knots plus. okay for a light guy like me. in fact, i was looking forward to it. the past two days have been uber strong wind, not fair to us light guys. then the STUPID COMMITTEE had to fly the AP flag. it means sailing's been put off for a while until they bring the flag down. so no one launched. it raining on and off from around 12 to 1, we had to rush to cover the boats and bring down the sails lest they get wet and thus soften. we were playing soccer all the while. i didn't cuz there were too many people. waste time only. wont get to touch the ball. so we waited until it was bloody 1530. they put up AP on A which means no more racing for the day. by then it was probably a 1-2 knot wind. stupid committee. wasted my bloody time, rigging my boat for nothing, watching people play soccer. idiots. can go and sleep. fruits. gay fags. pissed. anyway. competition's up till sunday, so no church for me. sadly. sorry nat i cant play for worship. its rather funny lah. today they brot all the overseas international parents of the sailors to SENTOSA. cuz sponsered by them. WAHAHA. SENTOSA. what a joke. imagine all the thai, lithuanian, am'rican, aussie and japan parents going to sentosa having fun. woohoo. not bad lah.


i don't want to be caught in that situation.

Sunday, June 12, 2005

i cant really be bothered to tag 'bout the whole of church camp, one cuz most people have been there, two cuz other people blogged really long thingys boout it already. go to john's or 'driel's blog for more vivid descriptions.

first day was good great. went in the car, met at bird park etc etc. ate lunch, went to the place. it LOOKED brand new. was supposed to be. apparently it got a good review. blind malaysians. the place is so argh. EVERYONE never go to water city resort. go to the mahkota place. anyway, it has sandy beds, thou mine really isn't, dirty curtains with paint on it, toilet bowls that flood when you flush, lousy table tennis tables, slow go-karts which barely move, lifts with cracked tiles, doors that built so lousily that they expand and thus lock you in, horrible food, and they charge you exorbitantly for everything. yup. we go-karted, played futsal, threw the gilbert around, played cards. slacked. had a big big KFC takeaway b'fast.

2nd day we had a really crap breakfast, ended up eating only the sausages which were barely cooked and went back to the room to eat snacks instead. even the water tastes like tap water. blardee hell. we watched the gilrs play tennis, den we played futsal till we died. i saved one of sam's thunder-shot penalties but ended up with a sore wrist with bruised muscles. john came in the coach, and we skipped the camp briefing. we made john sleep with 'driel. muahaha. we slept the rest of the time, only woke up for more horrible food for dinner, worship and then lessons. had late night cards once more. our room's a party place.

3rd day we had our normal routine, with a special kinda game for lesson thou. its those kinda games where you choose your own life kind. musks stole the bombing plans from the next room and the cups and plates. we set up our own black market thing, stole stuff from mei's booth. pretty good eh. they said be creative what. i managed to sell 8 styrofoam cups to aBbY for $60. not bad eh. pity we got caught, thou only kor had to go to jail cuz d rest of us sneaked away. =) we've been ratted up boys. just smile and wave. we had lunch, skipped the camp games with the adults and the photo-taking. went to sleep instead. =) and we watched some funny show. it had angelina jolie, she was REALLY ugly. eek. pity she din die in the show. crap. then we had more card games at night.

4th day. nicest breakfast, or meal for that matter, of nasi lemak. i din find it THAT nice. had lessons, had lunch den slacked. unc hing lee booked a minivan for us to go to mahkota for squash, so we went. had minor problems with the hotel staff but managed to play. watched some really good players too. woah. i can never get that kinda power in the shot, especially the boast. woo. went to the mall for dinna at pizza hut. driel dropped a pizza on mei's temasek NUS jacket. ooh nasty. we went back, and he cleaned most of it off with dettol handsoap. dettol, my number one soap to keep my family and myself clean. woo. skipped the durian party, and had major card party. slept bout 3.15.

last day. woke up aching. went down for b'fast with john and driel. we were really stoned. met sam and kor, found out we had free and easy so we went back up to the room for more cards with the others. had lunch, then went off to the go-kart circuit for one last drive. i pity anyone who wanted to go-kart after us. john and i did our laps pretty routinely. on the straght i accidentally swung my had back, and my forearm connected with the tyre. felt a bit of sting but it din really hurt so i srumised it was okay and continued my skidding round d track. after the race i saw my arm and realised i had hit the tyre and not something hot as i tot. and rubber marks, and a mild abrasion with rubber on it. its surprisingly not pain. woo. also, on my first lap i skipped on the bloody sandy area and hit the tyre wall. it sucks. the car was disoriented, then the tyres started tumbling out. it so sucks lah they din even secure it down. what kind of tyre wall is this man. i had to put back all the tyres. stupid. owell. malaysia. then it was adriel's turn. disaster. he was lapping pretty okay, albeit a bit slowly. then, all of a sudden on the STRAIGHT we whacked the side wall. totally screwed the turning. hit the front wheel see. when they got it back to the pits, the mechanic guy test-drove it, and it was so screwed he couldn't stop nor turn, and the crahsed the pillar of the tent thing and actually ran over a bystander's foot! woohoo! haha. den kor went, really really slowly cuz he was scared. oh and the starter cord snapped. i pity the poor people. haha. they'll never be able to restart it once they stop the engine. haha. no one will be able to drive after that, cuz all the karts will be ruined. wahaha. we went back, played table tennis. found out daddy would only be able to come and pick us at 5. cuz of jam at the causeway. sigh. sam and i played table-tennis till we died, kor and driel were sleeping. we moved to the karaoke lounge to sleep then. daddy came, we left the place bout 4.45. reached the causeway at 8. went to the prata cafe with sam's family and driel, where kor spilt the remnants of my milo godzilla on driel's pants and splahsed on his shirt. retribution for mei! wahaha. he was STICKY down there. bwahahaa. den we went home tired.



points to take note.

-> driel left his mark EVERYWHERE. squash courts, go-karts and in flooded toilet bowls.
-> michelle chia in a bikini on the cover of 8days is NOT porn.
-> the hotel had wilted plants everywhere
-> sam lost a brolly in the fountain place with dark green water.
-> the swimming pool water looked like everyone who swam in it pee-ed in it too.
-> the futsal court is also a basketball cum tennis court. budget.
-> the 2 sandy beaches aren't really beaches, jus tiny places barely 25m across filled with gravel
-> there was a huge moth and the stairs landing and was still there the next day, albeit turned around.
-> rape adriel whenever you're bored.
-> wipe your excess sweat on driel's bed.
-> ballistic is NOT pronouced BALL-istic.
-> deb meimei's babu has two holes.
-> abby and deb make up team airhead.
-> unc hock ching tot we had a telematch in our room on the last night. his room was directly underneath ours.
-> taekwondo girls have black belts and rainbow ___ straps.
-> beckie and i are really good at cheating in bridge.
-> i can cheat fluently in taitee, and bridge. my specialties and hiding cards and taking pictures of other player's hands.
-> driel's a fruit, plus he loves to shout "shame", "screw me now" and "shit on me".




anyway. it was rather fun. almost like last year. thanks to

josh the policeman, audrey, amanda, daniel, beckie, team airhead, musks.











_______//woohoo.

Sunday, June 05, 2005

sudden jumps in volume are a hated thing. sucks to the core. not having a pedal with steel-stomp switches unlike the tonelab (hint hint) are a pain. they lead you to press the wrong button since your shoes are huge compared to the switches, unwittingly turning off the pedal and thus creating a jump in volume since the gain on your guitar is already set rather high. oh screw me.



i played for worship today. lousy crap which could have been so much better. i couldn't sleep last night. tried to sleep at 1am and ended up tossing and turning in bed till about 2.30am, where i fell asleep for half an hour, till 3am, whereupon kor came into the room from playing games and went to the bed, sleeping immediately. not fair. i cant remember what the word is. for being unable to sleep. amnesia? no. anorexia? no. wateva. so i planned in my mind, to wake up early since i cant sleep. since i had to get ready for church by about 7.25am, i decided to go play com at 4.30am till about 6.30am, where i would go for a morning run till about 7.15am, perfect timing to get ready for church. planned it all so well and was so excited. just that i had to wait till 4.30 cuz i din wanna play com for too long. boohoo. FINALLY fell asleep at 4, slept all the way till 7.30am. anti-climax. sigh. nevermind. at church nat showed us crazy vidoes of a super fast drummer. dave weckl. insane man. went to sakae at airport with JOHN, kor, miche and 'driel. driel did his usual ARGH thing again, jus that he added a sulking element to it now. =) took A LONG time to get to sam's house, where we played table tennis, watched TV, slacked. the pepper crab we had for dinner was marvelous. =) chilled in sam's study room, where we talked about BEARS. woohoo. cheeky ol' sam.

going with the convoy for church camp d day after tomorrow. =) got church camp till the 11th, i think. then i'll have to go for the 5-day sentosa regatta from the 15th to the 19th. crazy. who can sail all out for 5 consecutive days??!? im gonna die. drink lotsa lotsa red bull. and then die from diabetes. owellz. i do pray i'll do rather well. its so paiseh if i screw up again. plus i haven't been in a regatta since last year. but im still in the national rankings!!!! with only ONE race. bwahaha. go to http://www.sailing.org.sg/rankings/byte.shtml, you can see me at number 127. only clocked ONE race. pesta sukan last year. that's like august. haha. i can beat people who are ranked like 28 lah. i SHOULD go for regattas next time, maybe my ranking will be much better. owellz. no time lah. its on weekends anyway. waste time only. have to go church. sigh. i do pray i'll be able to whack the nationals. in fact, i'd better. but there's lots of competition, so what the heck lah. kill me.






'legal pumping'

while on the run, or broad reach for that matter, as you bear down to ride the wave, technically you do one pump to get on the wave and that's it, if not its illegal pumping. however, there is still one more tiny little sneaky 'pump' you can do to gain that little bit of boatspeed over opponents, esp. in light wind condition. while on the wave, and making sure you stay on it, bear all the way till your leech starts to flap, almost as if you were gonne gybe already. make sure your kicker's loose for this one. once your leech starts to flap, ease your sail sharply and stop it, making the sail jerk. you leech will do a kind of jerking motion, and flap. if your kicker is veh loose, and you can control the roll, your leech will have a bigger flap, helping you to have a greater 'pump'. so technically you can pump TWICE per wave. =) but make sure you STAY on the wave and not lose it. the wave is more impt than this pump. giba says smth about pumping one more time on the wave cuz of the apparent wind, but make sure u dun get caught. =) why oh why am i spewing out all my cheat techniques in sailing here. what if i lose out in nationals cuz of this. sigh. jake oh jake. kill me.


a totally brand new byte at VS open house 2003

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

i dare you to move
like today never happened
before.

yesterday's a wrinkle on your forehead.
this is your life
today's all you got now, all you'll ever have
are you who you wanna be?
is this everything you dreamed that it would be?


we were meant to live for so much more.
have we lost ourselves?
maybe we've been living with our eyes half open
maybe we're bent and broken.

don't close your eyes
this is your life.

***

makes you think huh. switchfoot's an amazing band. subtley hinting at stuff. makes you think alot eh. funky. so. what DO you want to do with your life? i know what i'll do with mine. do what He wants you to do. and when You've fulfilled Your purpose, He'll take you home. the REAL home. you know what they say, "we won't say bye when we leave, cuz we never really left." or something like that. rather apt don't u think? let God do His work in you. you'll be wonderfully changed. makes you look at things in a totally new light too! holidays are here. lotsa free time. this is your life. are you who you wanna be?











yesterday is dead and over.



we want more than this world's got to offer.



=)