Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Today i happened to browse through the astronomic pic of the day section and this way the pic of the day for yesterday 30th July. It depicts 4 suns in the galaxy somewhere. I don't know where though, haha.

Had some principal talk today. Was really good. I expected it to be full of criticism or something. Well it turned out to be meaningful and super relevant. Well, i guess i just have to burn off my head studying.

Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance
I never believed in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart
To all the possibilities
I know that something has changed

so many things to tell her
but how to make her see?

Sometimes you feel other people's pain worse than your own. We're armored against our own troubles. We can't afford to give in to despair. Then you see someone else struggling, and it breaks your... heart.
Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
11:04:00 PM

Monday, July 30, 2007

School has restarted again. And today was my longest day ending at, 3.25PM! Woohoo. I don't know what to blog much about nowadyas. If i started talking it would be about studies. Yesterday I read in the forum pages about someone who wrote that JC people simply have no life. I totally agree!!!! If you have a copy of yesterday's straits times, you must go read it. It's hundred and one percent written about a JC student. But i never saw anyone really writing to the forums to complain HAHA. SIGH, JC life is really like that lor. Even ever sunday sharing time, i complain about work, tests and assignments. It's simply dead. I think this post should go to Philosomania. LoL. Hmm, that gives me an inspiration...

Philosomania Update!

It's funny when you find yourself
Looking from the outside
I'm standing here but all I want
Is to be over there
Why did I let myself believe
Miracles could happen
Cause now I have to pretend
That I don't really care

I thought you were my fairytale
A dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star
Thats coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you

I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
Once upon a song

Now I know your not a fairytale
And dreams were meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
Cause now even I tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Cause I liked the view
When there was me and you

I can't believe that
I could be so blind
It's like you were floating
While I was falling
And I didn't mind

Cause I liked the view
Thought you felt it too
When there was me and you

[When There Was Me & You - Vanessa Anne Hudgens - OST High School Musical]

i simply love this song..

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994), in his White House farewell

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
6:31:00 PM

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Yet another weekend had gone by. This is absolute sadness. Prelims draw closer, and my deadline for study completion haven't even been set. Basically just following the scheme of work, but that's so not going to help. ARGH.

Philosomania update!!

i live for all my days
to put and smile on your face
and when we finally meet
it'll be for eternity..

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
5:46:00 PM

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Today we had some motivation talk in the hall. Yeah it's true that we can do it if we put in the effort. But ust listening to how the seniors mug till the wee morning of the hours is totally scary lah. Must that really happen? Nvm, i'll strive by my efforts. Just hope that we all can score well.

Haven't posted much these few days, that's basically cause there's nothing much to talk about. Still trying to settle down the new blog, haha.. which is some time killing occupation of mine now. (:

I thank God for something special, my Grandmother(dad's side) accepted Christ during a Christian funeral of a relative. I'm so thankful. I'm so happy. And i definately think it's the work of God. Life rocks at this special moment...

For every soul that repents, there is great joy and celebration in heaven..

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
5:55:00 PM

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Philosomania has gone live!

Done by a bunch of sian JC people, it talks on random issues of life. Please support!!!

Click Here!

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
5:08:00 PM

Sunday, July 22, 2007

It's true that when you're feeling really down, something motivation comes along and bring you right back up again

Today as i sat down reading my quiet time, it spoke to me deeply. It was talking about Part II of the Lord Of The Rings, where Frodo was at a point of espair and wearily confided to his friend...

...."I can't do this Sam." And like a good friend, Sam sanpped things into perspective with this speech.

"I know... By right, we shouldn't even be here, but we are. It's like in the great stories, Frodo- the ones that really matter. Full of darkness and danger, they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass. Living day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those where the stories that stayed with you, that meant something- even if you were too small to understand why. But i think, Mr.Frodo, I do understand, I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going, bacause they were holding on to somthing."

Frodo responded with a significant question, "What are we holding on to, Sam?"

it's the little things that makes a difference
it's in the way...

Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.
Salma Hayek

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
10:11:00 PM

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Yesterday after arriving home i sat at the com and started gaming, after i stopped i realise something was wrong. Firstly, my nose which hadn't stopped running during the last lecture of the day is running worse than before. Then i had a throbbing headache, and worse still an unimaginable painful sorethroat. I don't even know how in the world the sorethroat got there, it's just damn painful to swallow things.

Went to sleep at 8 yesterday night, felt slightly better this morning. I guess it's just retribution.. :(

Retribution for not staying?
Sad case...

If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.
Steve Pavlina, How to Win an Argument, 08-31-05

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
8:44:00 AM

Thursday, July 19, 2007

today's mid long day turned into a long day because of physics remedial. But it was well worth the time, unlike in the morning when i had two free periods right after morning assembly. Wasted it surfing the web doing sudoku. HAHA, nv study for the chem test. End up not knowing what to write. Anyway, thankful that tmr's friday, finally a much 'deserved' break.

Walking pass a row of pictures
I saw something that triggered a memory so clear
And it put a smile on my face

Looking Back
On the memories of
The dance we shared
Beneath the stars above
And for a moment
All the world was right
[The Dance - Westlife]

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
5:42:00 PM

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

I was kind of bored so i was looking through some jokes webbies, i came across several jokes of the day which was rather amusing.

At school, a boy is told by a classmate that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, and that this makes it very easy to blackmail them by saying, “I know the whole truth” -- even when you don't know anything.

The boy decides to go home and try it out. As he is greeted by his mother at the front door he says, “I know the whole truth.” His mother quickly hands him $20 and says, “Just don't tell your father.”

Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home from work, and greets him with, “I know the whole truth.” The father promptly hands him $40 and says, “Please don't say a word to your mother.”

Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day, when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets him by saying, “I know the whole truth.” The mailman drops the mail, opens his arms and says, “Then come give your FATHER a big hug.”

A man was scheduled to go before a firing squad for his crimes.
The evening before his execution, he was asked what he wanted for his last meal. He refused the meal completely.

The next morning the man was brought before the firing squad. When asked for his last request, the man said he had none. The General in charge of his execution asked him, ''Sir, you refused your last meal and your last request. Isn't there anything you want before you die?''
The man thought for a moment, then said, ''Music has always been an important part of my life. If I could do but one thing before I die, would you allow me to sing my favorite song from beginning to end, without interruption?''

The General thought this was a reasonable request, and ordered his men to lower their weapons and to not interrupt for the duration of the song.

''Ten million bottles of hanging on the wall...''

Oh well, school has been the typical long, tiring, boring day.

Anyway,
Happy Birthday Guo Guang!

maybe just one more day of those happy times
and it would turn my tide

If you can't be funny, be interesting.
Harold Ross

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
9:36:00 PM

Monday, July 16, 2007

The start of another week to school. Today i sorang in LT1, ok lah not really alone because there were friends from other classes. But then the question done by group A is like SUPER tough!!!!! I sat between terence and andrew, and they both shot off to complete the dynamics question in like 10 mins. I had to turn one way to ask one, the the other, in the end i ended up asking everything! HAHA.

School was really tiring, was really shack after that, thankful for the bell that i rushed immediately home.

Chem teacher: see ah, if the top student can do it why can't u. I'm sure he studied durign the hols..
KahWee: *LOLOLOL*
Chem Teacher: so u all know what u all should do right...?
Randy to Boss: dOtA!!!!...
Me to Kw: dota!!!!!!
Me, kw: *LOL*

I will search the world
I will face its harms
Till i find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
10:33:00 PM

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Yesterday in physics lecture,

Mr Ng: and so... the lecture shall be split into 2 groups... With people of grades A,B,C,D going to LT1 and the rest of E,S,U staying in LT4...
My Mind: HAHA, SORANG!!!!!!
Me: Sian........

Rawr! the stupid physics lecture is splitting, and i'm going to be the only one in LT1!!! SiGH...

broken this fragile thing now

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
10:00:00 AM

Thursday, July 12, 2007

today's been a pretty good day. Not to hot and not too cool. Showers in the late morning brought a welcoming relieve. The bus was a little late today, and i ended up a little late in school. But somehow the teacher let the whole bunch of us through, so cool. That rhymes.. NVM.. LoL..

I wanna watch harry potter! Wysen actually ask me to watch, i think may go watch tmr. See how.. I miss bowling training a lot! After talking to loy yesterday, i really wanna go bowling!!! ArGh!!!!!!!

In the canteen,
WW: *says a joke*
Everyone: *LOL*
Gerard: *says something lame*
Everyone: *world silence*
WW: *explains a term*
Gerard: *does world silence sign*
Everyone: *ignores G and nods in agreement to WW, giving several comments*
Gerard: *gives the WA LAU EH look*
Everyone: *stares at him and burst out laughing*

nobody but you

Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment.
Alban Goodier

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
6:42:00 PM

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Today was one 'short' day. Well, it was suppose to be until the talk came and wasted like more than 2 hours of my time. Ended up doing my work in the LT so am quite satisfied that i have nothing to do tonight. Dad's going on a cruise trip. Haha. AGAIN. He's always away on such trips, if not it's fishing. HaiYo. >.<.

Maybe it's not the way..

Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable. A place with its own harvest.
Kay Ryan

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
6:48:00 PM

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Got back all my results today. I must say it's rather disappointing and i think my classmates share my sentiments too. SiGh. I don't know what went wrong really, especially for econs. It's like everyone wrote so much, so many ticks, but like the teacher suanning us like that, the marks just never give. Nvm, sort econs out soon.

life is full of ups and downs
sometimes up outnumber the downs
but definately not today
seeing sadness streak across your face
i can't help but feel sad too
come on, you can do it
don't be discourage, don't be dishearten
continue to believe in yourself
for i have always believed in you

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.
Tom Clancy (1947 - )

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
6:00:00 PM

Monday, July 09, 2007

The start of school again. This week is going to be a long week. Already all the scheme of work is coming in and omg the workload is going to be crazy soon i sense. Anyway, i got back no paper today, so quite grateful that i would not have to suffer the aftermaths of receiving a failure script, which i'm pretty sure i'll experience soon anyway. SIAN.

Been in a pretty good mood after sunday, partially due to the fact about sermon about prayers. I feel much better after class that day. :)

I walk along
These empty streets
There is not a second you're not here with me
The love you gave
The grace you've shown
Will always give me strength and be my corner stone
Some how you found a way to see the best I have in me.
As far as time goes on I swear to you that you will be
Never gone...

today's quote is way funny...
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
George F. Will (1941 - )

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
4:13:00 PM

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Just came home from Uncle Zac's place. Had gathering of two cell groups, Branches and Genesis. Went there mainly for the food, all the usual people i hang out with not there, lucky got my sis to talk to or else i'll be bored to death. Haha.

The food was great: chicken wings, glutinous rice, cold salad prawns, fruits, fried bee hoon, free flow coke, many many more snacks. Definately ate my fill :)

Oh man, this is the last week to really enjoy myself, after this is dead hard work. SIGh! Worship at teh multi-purpose was great. Yupp, church tmr. Watching Live Earth on TV now, damn cool i so love live performances.

In the secret, in the quiet place
In the stillness, you are there
In the secret, in the quiet hour i wait only for you

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Fight Club

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
10:16:00 PM

Friday, July 06, 2007

Weekend is finally here!!!! So happy!!! Played dota again online with kah wee and kumhung today. Really took my mind of and lingering things. Well, after sorting out my thoughts, i felt much better :) but then agin, omg.. no fiesta then dota, no dota then cs.. LoL.. no life seh..

Just posted a random post on my second journal: Click Here!

After this weekend is gone, gotta study damn hard already, every sec,min,hour,day is crucial. Haiz, mj teachers really pushing like crazy.

it's like the wind sweeping the paths apart
some things were not what they were use to be

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), Emile, 1762

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
9:31:00 PM

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Yesterday was really a great day, a nice day after exams just going out to play with my classmates. Choinged Dota like i never did before. I really thank the guys for the opportunity to take my mind of several things.

Today go school and got back GP and Chem, thank God i passed. But i'm not very sure about the other subjects. Hope for the best yeah.

Don't know why, suddenly when i got home today i feel so moodless. I suddenly felt weird, like why am i even caring about certain things that doesn't concern me. Maybe somethings in life were made to be this way, u cannot force it, and u cannot foresee it. Oh wells, who cares..

Today's quote come from something i read the other day, it spoke so nicely to me and cheered me up...

"We've been insanely taught that we can create our own worth. We spend out lives forever building our self-esteem; having it destroyed and building it back up again. The tradegy is that anything can be constructed can be deconstructed. Self-esteem is something we manufacture in order to create a sense of control or power. It offers a false sense of worth based on our achievement only. 'I did, therefore I am.' This is the opposite of what God made us to be, 'I am, therefore i do.' "
Chip Dott The Voice of the Heart

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
4:41:00 PM

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Watched transformers with the 4H people yesterday, yup, true to the comments that everyone made, it was a great show. GREAT show. Haha. I'm just kind of surprise the newspaper gave it 2, the most 3 stars out of 5. Maybe they no childhood? LoL.

Yesterday i took a lone bus ride home. Being alone was kind of great, i didn't know why i wanted to be alone, just that i needed to be. Guess it gave me time to think over some issues. :) But most important thing i realised was that God has a perfect plan for each one of us, yeah He made if more evident to me yesterday. And He told me he would be the one there when no one else is.

Oh and do visit: MJ mugger blog!

I wasn't prepared for what's to come
A life made of memories gone so young

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.
Charles A. Dana (1819 - 1897)

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
8:59:00 AM

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Halfway through a break of 4 days, and i'm still in study mood. Kind of surprising, considering that i've been gaming a lot ever since the weekend is here. Going to watch transformers with the other 4H guys tmr, can't wait :)

Was flipping thrught the lifestyle section of today's Sunday Times when i read the horoscope of Scorpio. It reads : You gave it your all but it won't work out the way you want it to. Take heart, though - something wonderful is about to happen. Once it does, you'll look back and be happy this didn't end up as a total waste of your time. I hope it refers to exams, or maybe something more, but i'm not about to start thinking about it.

Then as i was doing my quiet time just now, i read a question in the devotional material that went, "Do you have at least one faithful friend to journey with you through life? Ask God to provide - or be that friend to someone in need!". I begin thinking about the friends i have around me, i'm so thankful God place each and everyone of them in my life. Then i thought about my best friend Daniel. I came to realise just how long i never really talked to him, never really made an effort to do so. It seems as though both of us are so busy in our own lives that wells, we drifted apart. Sighs, i must really make an effort somehow. He's the one friend i had all my life, others well, the came and went. Just hope that those i have now would never go away :)

Are you a friend
That never goes away
Are you a friend
Forever devoted to stay
Are you a friend
That shares my happiness
Are you a friend
That help carry my sorrows
Are you a friend
Who is ever so forgiving
Who let's disappointment by bygones
But never fails to correct when i'm wrong
Are you a friend
Who loves me for who i am
And not what i am?
What kind of a friend, are you?

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell (1865 - 1940)

Spoken Out Loud By Shua`
10:34:00 PM