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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

I'm here to blog about pesta sukan too, and yes, I know its really late. I've been meaning to blog about it, but my computer just hasn't been cooperating.

Well, on the whole pesta sukan was much better than U17s, although admittedly, my team did much worse in terms of scoring. And we weren't fencing national fencers either. Just some fencers from PRCS who had really weird fencing styles.
But the most important thing is we had fun. Right? And that you've improved, in which ever little way.
Overall, I felt good after this competition. Because performance wise, we've improved. And thats the point of competitions isn't it? To learn from experience, however cliched that may sound. And its true. You DO gain experience.

Went out with yiiwen, qi'en and woonli today. Lydia was a pig. :( She didn't want to come along.
I always enjoy myself whenever I go out with old friends. Perhaps its not so much enjoyment derieved from having fun, but more enjoyment from feeling at ease. :)

May

Chocolate - Snow Patrol
This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home

With a name I'd never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of 25

This is the straw, final straw in the
Roof of my mouth as I lie to you
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean
I didn't enjoy it at the time

You're the only thing that I love
It scares me more every day
On my knees I think clearer

Goodness knows I saw it coming
Or at least I'll claim I did
But in truth I'm lost for words

What have I done it's too late for that
What have I become truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

i've been meaning to blog abt this earlier but i haven't had the time to lately. better late than never.

sunday was a high for me! pesta sukan fencing team event. (bear with me if i start getting ego and all) it felt really good to win for once even though it was only over VJC who also sent inexperienced fencers like us. and even though it was a 45-43 win. but still. it means a lot to us newbies and it sure did boost our confidence (and ego) in our potential. and it does sound kind of nice to hear that we got into the 'quarter finals' haha.

of course we got thrashed by the national team ppl after that. 20-45. but it was still great fun though.

okay so there's my piece of news. how about the rest of you guys? i haven't heard from you in a long while and it's starting to get a little quiet around here. make some noise, people!

yii wen

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Friday, August 26, 2005

Fallen

Heaven Bend to take my hand
And lead me through the fireBe the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight
Truth be told I tried my best
But somewhere long the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
But the cost was so much more than I could bear

Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed upBetter I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so

We all begin out with good intent
When love is raw and young
We believe that we can change ourselves
The past can be undone
But we carry on our back the burdens time always reveals
In the lonely light of morning
In the wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
I've held so dear

Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so

Heaven bend to take my hand
I've nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to these I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turn their heads embarrassed
Pretend that they don't see
That it's one wrong step one slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem away to be redeemed

Though I've tried I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so
I messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here and
Tell me I told you so

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

nineisnoisy
it was indeed great to meet some 409ers tonight. such class outings are diff to come by as all of us get busier and i'm glad those of us who went today went. such a pity tt i couldnt stay longer. so did u girls find a nice rooftop to chat in the end? i thot i could relieve the wonderful moments when we gathered in the hotel room during geog trip..and just ate junk and talked and talked but i just didnt have the chance tonight. maybe we should try to have one of those cosy gatherings again :P
i guess what i want to say has already been mentioned by yiiwen, that being among old friends is really something special. yup, may we all hold 409 close to our hearts always...
i love 409.
maryann

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Saturday, August 20, 2005

woohoo! another good 409 outing today at suntec. feels good to be among old friends once again. thank you all so much! there's something abt 409 that just can't be found in my rj schoolmates. maybe it's the two years we spent together, or maybe it's rgs. either way, it's really comfortable to be with 409 ppl once more.

what angeline said today was quite true. when you see your sec 4 classmates in rj, it's different from when you gather as a class and do something together. even though we all see each other ard quite often, it doesn't really register and we treat each other differently from when we're alone as 409.

i hope the 409 togetherness can last. i really treasure this very much. thank you to all you special 409 ppl!

yii wen

p.s. yushan all the best in norway! it still hasn't registered that you're leaving yet.

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Friday, August 19, 2005

it's so fast. its' alr time to say bye to yushan for like prob forever. sigh.

haha we tried decorating a scarf today as a farewell prezzie. it looks good from far and it's the thought that counts, right? :) the cloth's fraying like crazy though. and somebody thought it'd be good to try out a new method of sewing.... *gives meaningful sideways glance*

crossing my fingers now that it'll be a good turn out tmr. let's all give yushan a good send-off!

yii wen

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Saturday, August 13, 2005

it's that time of the year again. yep, time to do PW again. unfortunately. the whole thing is a total and complete waste of time and the only thing it accomplishes is to teach me not to be so stupid as to be the group leader the next time.

i get dumped with all kinds of crap from my members masquerading as parts of the WR which i'm supposed to magically turn into a coherent, clear and concise report that is actually fit to be handed in. to the genius at moe who invented pw: GAD.

is anyone else facing probs with pw? let's have a mass stress relieving session here.

yii wen

p.s. high point of my day: baking a chocolate cake! and yes may, i'll bring some to sch on monday. :)

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Thursday, August 11, 2005

I believe the analysis done by yiiwen is great. And i wouldn't want to spoil your poem by writing an analysis that truely would not do the poem any justice.

I shall, instead, blog about bridge day, aka national day.

The Pepsi Ice was a disaster. Blame it on me being the cheapskate that I am and getting it because it cost 95cents.

First sheeyin spilt it over my handphone and the 3 sets of cards my phone was on top of. So it was quite a frantic moment, with all of us running around, sunning the cards and most imp0rtantly, MAKING SURE MY PHONE WAS STILL USABLE.

So, we sunned the cards on the deck beside the bbq pit. Now, the deck is on top of a hill, and its made of wooden planks. And the wind blew a card off the table, and it flew down onto the hill through the gaps in the wooden planks.
Michelle had to climb down the hill and beneath the deck to fish the card out. She quite enjoyed it though. :D I bet we looked funny. 3 people peering through the gaps with their faces stuck to the ground, giving michelle directions to the fallen card. Haha.

Then Michelle spilt the same thing over Maryann. -________-"

I'm never buying it again.

Time seemed to pass really slowly that day. Which was weird, since normally when we play, time flies. Really. But we don't mind! All the better right?

It feels unreal being back in school today.

May

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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

ahaha maryann you're really funny! (though i'm not sure you meant to be) ;)

okay i shall be the one brave soul and attempt to do an analysis just for fun...maryann please note that i'm JOKING and don't take offence at whatever i say ok?

The first stanza recollects the event of releasing the balloons and the speaker's tone is wistful as suggested by the '...' she uses at the end. This suggests that she treasures this event in her lifetime very much, which can only be expected as we infer that she was surrounded by her nice, kind, beautiful, intelligent etc. etc. friends at this special moment. (although the term 'wistful' here also carries a hint of regret that one particularly nice, kind, beautiful, intelligent etc. etc. friend was unfortunately not present at this significant moment in her life...)

The second stanza moves on from reminiscising the past to discussing the present where harsh reality drags the speaker down to earth from the wonderful realm of memory as she realises with amusement and disappointment that not all her friends were so intelligent after all. What happened was that her affectionate nickname for a particular building was mistaken for a poem by one friend, thereby forcing her to actually write the said poem and subjecting her to this long and nonsensical analysis by me.

The third and final stanza reveals the struggle our dear speaker went through to produce this poem. With determination and self discipline, she resolutely sits down and writes her first ever published poem. The last line portrays a humble poet who confesses (falsely) that her maiden effort is 'yucky and horrible', and she earnestly thanks all her supportive, caring, faithful etc. etc. friends out there who are behind her all the way.

Commentary by yet another nice, kind, intelligent etc. etc. friend.

guess who?

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Monday, August 08, 2005

The Pinkish Brown Building
-specially written for qi'en and the rest of my frens who were there today.-

Not too long ago were the orange balloons released,
Good friends' names written on one special one.
Excitedly took pictures of the memorable moment-
Enough to last for a lifetime...

And today memories of that wonderful saturday were recollected,
Not everyone understood what we were talking about.
Nice blog entry where the building was mentioned became mistaken for a poem...

Cos' i made a promise to my dear fellow friend to have this poem written,
It's time i try to complete it and post it up.
Tonight shall be the moment i have a self-written poem posted for the first time,
Yucky and horrible it may be, thankew for reading it!

~~ maryann ~~

great, now i feel like an accomplished poet having one poem published under my name. ah haha, sorry...that sounded off, pls pardon me. i'm very tired after walking around with u pple today but i decided to write this poem before my inspiration is gone :) now ...lemme do a poem analysis ok? haha, maybe i shall let u all read it first and post comments. i shall see who can analyse this poem most interestingly. kk, whoever is free can write an essay to discuss this poem [thou i doubt anyone would do it :( ] thereafter, i would post the "model essay" ...hahahaha.

gdnite

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