breather .

one of the hardest paper

(certainly excluding maths)
is over .

i wouldn't say i did badly ,
it was pretty decent actually .

considering the first thing i did when the paper started ,
was to make a toilet trip to
jettison my cargo .

had a bit of a time management issue after that ,
but i made it up by churning out words
at the speed i never did ,
at the expense of a sore hand .

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a breather indeed .
other than maths ,
and perhaps a little literature
for me to worry about .

now it has begun ,
what else can i do ?

looking forward to post-exams ,
but grind on till then .

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couple of pics spacecraft Cassini sent back from its trip to Saturn over the years .
well just skip it if you aint interested .

Jupiter : Cassini on its way to Saturn .

Jupiter and its natural satellite moon .

Jupiter's storm-rich northern hemisphere .

Approaching Saturn .

even closer to Saturn . notice the rings .

current orbit of Saturn .

hardly photographed northern hemisphere of Saturn .

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ought to practice some violin for now .
lesson tomorrow .

music keeps me going .
for sure .

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alrighty then .

jiayous everyone !

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catcha' all really soon .

time : 1053
activity : violin-ing
music : currently listening to my own playing .
mood : hmms . decent .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

here it goes .

sorry for not editing for ,

hmm .
quite a while .

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been busy with
obviously the exam ,
and yeh , computer's acting up abit recently .

and this competition thing after my A's ,
knowing that i still cant enjoy immediately after the exam

kinda suck .

but well .

lead on .

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A's starts in 7 hours .
History SEA paper .

Clock ticking down to both the start and the end of A's .

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of all days ,
my wisdom tooth chose to hurt TODAY .

terribly painful i'll say .

and i cant even revise at all . AT ALL .
what a time to be NOT able to revise .

-which is clearly why im trying to catch up now at 1am in the morning-

and i kinda need a short brain now .

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couple of pictures update :

150million miles away , 109 times larger then us , our great Sun .

couple of sunset's i caught :

and Venus , at 25x magnification :_______________

yes yes , i know i cant sleep too late before the exams .
some theory on our adjusting out biological clock before the papers .

but i napped 2 hours in the afternoon ,
that ought to make it up .

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gotta get back to do abit more history .

all the best to everyone's papers .

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catcha' all really soon .

time : 0109
activity : mugging history .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : cranky , somewhat nervous .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

new layout .

new layout .

basically just an addition of a background image
which i spent the evening designing by hand.

thanks to felicia for helping me out ,
oleng and eileen for comments and suggestions :D

sorry if its abit creepy .
i just think it really fits in .

comments , suggestions and criticisms still welcomed .
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graduation yesterday .

nothing fancy though , just a symbolic "closure" to
our 2 years of JC .

it did brought the entire class together for good ,
and we headed out for lunch and movie later on .

kinda short on pics now .

but here's for the day :








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i got lucky with the calibration
of my scope the previous night .

heres what i got

i made it into a simple moon map , with picture enlargement
of noticeable features on the moon .

enjoy (:

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thats it for today ,
have to catch some sleep soon .

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catcha' all really soon .

time : 0141
activity : chatting .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : decent .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

hmmmms .

moody moody moody .

getting moodier and moodier .

maybe its the weather ,

maybe not .

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its the exams i believe ,

but stress never (or rarely) had such effects
on me .

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study study study .

avoid avoid avoid .

shut myself up from the outside world .

thats what i do best perhaps ,
taking things by my stride .

compliance .

how ironic .

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grind on !

all the way guys !

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catcha' all soon .

time : 2308
activity : playing some browser game zoe introduced to me xD everyone's addicted.
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : moody , decent though .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

discrete random variable .

day's are getting ,
somewhat repetitive now .

i need something to inject some colours .

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but hey ,
A's will end as fast as it approaches ,
and we will be rejoicing in no time .

im going to get my

Canon Eos 40D
when the exams end .

cant wait to do some serious imaging (in and out of astrophography)
when i get my hands on one .

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compliance , grind on .

grind on .

grind on .

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getting harder to blog about anything for now .

but i'll try .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 2209
activity : trying to entertain myself .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : decent .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

grr im tagged .

no idea what this is .
but im tagged lol !

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1) the person who tagged :
Eileen Chia , GRRRRR .

2) Your relationship with him/her is:
Classmates , good confidante , good friend :D

3) Your five impressions of him/her:
1) YOU LIKE KOREAN THINGS TOO MUCH .
2) cheerful most of the time ?
3) emo and down sometimes ):
4) complicated and complex , hard to decipher at times .
5) encouraging hahas .


4) The most memorable thing he/she had done for you
yeaps . lending a listening ear and advice when i needed it .
for being a friend .

5) The most memorable thing he/she said to you:
"HUHHH... u didnt do this before??"
when i got this tag .
LOL just joking . you like to say "jiayous !"

6) If he/she becomes your lover you will :
UHHHHH . hmms .
this is tough .
other than fainting , i will talk more to her ! haha .
everyone needs a confidante .

7) If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be:
DIVERSIFY ! lol dont stick to one band !
just stay the way you are other than that :D

8) If he/she become your enemy, you will:
burn her DBSK discs LOL .

9) If he/she became your enemy, the reason will be :
LOL . no idea .

10) The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
hmms . MAKE HER STUDY more ? cheer up !

11) your overall impression of him/her is :
always smiling ahhas .

12) How do you think people around you will feel about you? :
i SERIOUSLY have NO idea .

13) The characters you love of yourself are:
hmms . i love nature !
and i like to help people !
i know what im doing most of the time .
passionate about things i wanna do well in and love !
i appreciate little things in life :D

14) On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are:
if i dont like doing something , i probably wont do well in it .
unless under extreme stress and pressure .
happy-go-lucky at times , not really a good trait .
i like to avoid things . shuffle em under the carpet .
im shy when i really am |:

15) The most ideal person you want to be is:
be happy with myself and what im doing (:

16) For people who cares and likes you, say something to them:
thank you for being there !
you know i'll always be there for you too :D

17) Pass this quiz to 10 people that you wish to know how they feel about you"

eileen forced me lol . made me feel bad for not doing this .
grrrr .

EILEEN CHIA GRRRRR
Hong Siew
Cheryl
Elaine
Amanda
Felicia
Shahidah
Jiahao
Clement
Dominique

& anyone who wishes to tag :D
not forcing though .

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eeeee .
so this is how tags work .

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i shall post more tomorrow xD
this was an abrupt interruption to my daily posts lol !

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 0200
activity : practising erhu .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : good (:

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

i guess .

my wrists still hurt .
my violin teacher is going to
rant at me for lying to him
that i injured my legs instead .

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remember that boy we met that day ,
navin ?
he came back again yesterday evening .

happier than ever .

perhaps its good for him to know that
someone pays attention to him .

here are some pictures of him from that day and yesterday .

courtesy of hong siew and navin the photographer .

hong siew , cheryl , navin and i .


i acknowledge that i look , wrong , in this picture .
but navin took it , so let not get critical here xD

hong siew , justina and i . navin took this while we were eating .

navin .

navin looking really happy with his innocent smile .



he really cheered us up .
brighten our days and nights .

i suppose now we are here to brighten his days too .

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now back to POTD .
yet again , courtesy of NASA APOD and individual photographer .

Picture of the day
August 1st 2008 total solar eclipse .
the "rays" shows the solar corona , the magnetic loops of the sun itself ,
which is able to extend out to 20 times the radius of the sun .

usually not visible to naked eyes due to the brightness of the surroundings ,
the solar corona can ONLY be seen through naked eyes during a total solar eclipse .

surrouding the eclipse is the darkened sky of the region , exposed to reveal stars .
and you can even spot the bright mecury and the beehive cluster to the top left and top right
of the eclipse respectively .

dont miss the next eclipse :D
(next total is at july 22 2009)

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guess im getting the hang of studying now already .
hating it less now .

perhaps due to , the fact that ,
i dont have a choice but to grind on i guess .

but at least its helping .
and thats the best for now .

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tuition soon .

will update tonight or real soon .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1238
activity : practising violin , in pain .
music : Romantische Stucke - Dvorak
mood : bright .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

flip side .

GET OVER IT GET OVER IT
GET OVER IT GET OVER IT
GET OVER IT GET OVER IT

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long day .
really long .

but beautiful .

aside from the rampant
attempt at studying ,

and the grateful moments of talking
me out of my subliminal flow of emotions
(thanks to hong siew and cheryl ,
along with eileen for talking me out these few days)

i met this boy , Navin .

he wanders around the college at odd hours
with such consistency that almost everyone recognises him .

but doesnt know him .

i knew him on occasions during rugby trainings
as a very curious and naughty boy .
but never more till just now .

cheryl , hong siew and i invited him over to our table
while eating , as he waded pass our canteen as usual .

his smile was so sincere .

i believe he suffers from mild cerebral palsy ,

and knowing his condition ,
he definitely liked the attention and concern he received .

talking to him was a chore but never a burden .
his innocence (though as a 16 year old boy)
is angelic .
and his intelligence , is way beyond believable .

though his speech and movement impaired to an extent
beyond understanding through usual means .
he made an effort to communicate with us through his gestures ,
attempts at enunciating words ,
and especially his smiles .

and when he knows we will not understand ,
he made the effort
and traveled home
to bring us a little torn piece of notebook cover that spells his school .

touching .

he operated all of our handphones , almost as instantly as he picks it up .
camera functions , music players , dialling , even GPRS .
wow .

his persistence is immense .

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perhaps its a blessing , his simplicity and innocence .
not knowing how harsh the world truly is .

but prospectively , he views the world as a beautiful place .

sweet innocence .

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sounds like an autobiography .

but those almost 2 hours we spent with him was ,
i will say ,
heartwarming .

lifechanging even .
perhaps situational in my case .

but he really cheered my up .
broke quite a few of my chains bounding me .

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image courtesy of NASA APOD and individual photographer .

Comet McNaught of the 2007 .
shot against the backdrop of one arm of our very own
Milky Way Galaxy .
exposed digitally , this is what the night sky will yield .

and even under naked eye conditions and superb weathers
and atmosphere ,
one can actually SEE the milky way band .

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and once again .
thank you all of which who have talked me out of my previous
situation .

time to sort things out .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 0058
activity : nbanner designing .
music : not playing anything .
mood : sneezy , but rather good .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

complacence .

mugged out with eileen and angela
today .

ended up being chased out of subway
and at eileen's house to mug .

compass point was irritatingly crowded today .

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finding hard to find words
to describe my days nowadays .

perhaps its just
the days getting increasingly repetitive .

but well ,
lil beautiful things never fail to occur everyday .

and its all up to us to spot .

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is hating school a sin ?

yes i do acknowledge that the
school is trying to help us out ,
(or pragmatically , help us achieve good results)

but don't they recognize the fact not all
imposed study methods work for everyone ?

and is it really necessary to take disciplinary
measures for not obeying such methods ?
and simply pursuing what i think its the best
and most effective way to achieve results ?

teach less , learn more .
hmms .

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though it all grinds down to
we dont really have a choice but to squeeze on .

its too late to complain :D

we HAVE to adapt and comply .

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im taking a break from
picture of the day for awhile .

feel kinda bad grabbing pictures from NASA xD

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school tomorrow again .
another showdown session of lessons .

i shall get some rest .

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catcha' all soon .

time : 0024
activity : nuthin .
music : not playing anything .
mood : moody .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

another day

phew .
just another day .

but today was rewarding .

i did quite a lot of maths .

and i have to thank KoRn (my favourite band)
for keeping me sane , and those two ladies who
can actually LAUGH and be ENTERTAINED at doing maths xD

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terrible diarrhea this morning .
i had to jettison my cargo just when i step out of house for school .
in uniform .

sorry lol .

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anyhow , i made it to school .
and did some maths before we headed out to celebrate
jia yu's and kaili's birthday .

hhaah .

happy birthday to you two !

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stoned i am .
perhaps too much drilling on mathematics .

ye can actually do maths for the entire evening
and not notice the time .

well if you actually focus that is .
and i was .

never felt this way while doing maths for ages .

perhaps its just ,
because i was doing solvable maths questions |:
unlike any others .
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anyway , i officially announce that im out of nice pics .
i shall expedite immediately to get more pics when im done with being busy .

i shall pick BRILLIANT pics off NASA's "Astronomy picture of the day"
site .
since it contains thousands of images .

and of course , accompanied by professional explanation of the picture .

credits to NASA and to the photographers .

Picture of the Day
This immense ball of half a million stars older than the Sun lies over 30,000 light-years away. Cataloged as M3 (and NGC 5272), it is one of the 150 globular clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy. Even in this impressively sharp image, individual stars are difficult to distinguished in the densely packed core, but colors are apparent for the bright stars on the cluster's outskirts. M3's many cool "red" giant stars take on a yellowish cast, while hotter and pulsating variable stars look light blue. A closer look in this deep telescopic view also reveals a host of backgroud galaxies. Itself 200 light years across, the giant star cluster is relatively bright, easy target for binoculars in the northen constellation Canes Venatici, The Hunting Dog, and not far from Arcturus.

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wow , seeing these breathtaking images just
makes me wanna venture out again .

and of course , pursue the boundaries of my skills in astrophotography .

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and yet another day is going to arrive .
lets hope for the better .

school is draning .

but none of us have much of a choice but to grind on .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 2310
activity : picture editing .
music : not playing anything . (rarely play anything at home nowadays)
mood : stoned .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

fatigue .

still in pain .

physically and emotionally .

fatigue .
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eileen shattered my
vibrant image of an emo person .

well shes right ,
its more than just the dress-up .

now i know how it feels
to be in such a state of utter helplessness .

fatigue.
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lets not dampen the atmosphere .
im fine .

reminds me of the few lines in The Italian Job a few years back :

John Bridger: How do you feel?

Charlie Croker: I'm fine.

John: Fine? You know what "fine" stands for?

Charlie: Yeah, unfortunately.

John: "Freaked-out," "Insecure," "Neurotic" —

Charlie: And Emotional".

just tired .

who isnt ?
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im running out of pics , seriously hahah .

Picture of the Day

I took this picture of the bright Moon (yes , Moon) in an early night ,
surrounded by spectacular layers of clouds , through a thin layer of morning haze .
Here we can see differing altitudes of clouds separated by their degress of
"reddish hue" .
The reddest ones are low altitude clouds , followed by slight hue-ed mid altitude clouds
and then the whitest high-alt clouds .
An overexposed Moon and night sky reveals these brilliant features in the night sky
not visible to the naked eye .

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i removed my music AND video ,
it gets distracting and irritating sometimes
(to both readers and myself)

and of course ,
for the liberty of everyone's ears ,
not everyone shares the same music taste buds .

took me quite a while to align the banners and pictures into
proper positions , though designing wasnt such a chore .

anyhow ,
i like how it looks now :D

and thanks to everyone who likes it (:

sometimes a burst
of creativity

does

makes me feel better .

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official lessons finally ended .
revision and salvaging now ongoing in school
starting from tomorrow .

time to start picking up the question marks (& scraps)
i left lying along the 2 years road .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 2328
activity : trying to do sit-ups .
music : not playing anything .
mood : quirky .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

revamped .

blog has gone through
a mini-revamp .

about time .

music/video changed .
sidebar pictures changed .

maybe its just ,
change in things ,
im looking forward to .

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i had a quite a few "complaints"
regarding yesterday's post being too
"EMO"

wow .

if that post made me looked like
some eye-shaded , striped shirt ,
gothic , skinny-jeaned emo punk ,
something IS wrong .

but hey =D
im not .

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today sucked .
i woke up UNABLE to sit up .
back was aching
wrist was hurting .

and when i took my first step ,
the blister burn under my feet
kept me rooted to my seat all day .
i can barely walk .

but its worth it ,
basketball was fun :D

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im running out of nice
astronomy pictures .
apparently due to the fact that
i cant go out as often , or at all , for any astro-imaging .

so im switching to
sunset/clouds/skies
pictures now .

Moon as seen though the scope , behind a thin layer of clouds ,
obstructed by buildings at the right .
amazingly , craters can still be clearly seen .

another closeup .




i should go easy on posts .
or not i will run out soon again xD

thats for a start .
and sorry about the buildings and obstructions .
its kinda hard getting clear shots in this region .

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mm , thats all for today .

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catcha' all soon .

time : 2214
activity : mathematics grinding .
music : not playing anything .
mood : rather good .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

interpretations .

interpretations .
(sorry about this , if it seems a bit off tangent or as common tongue and mind interprets , "emo")

today was a roller coaster .
i dont know . i used to hate these three words .
as superficial as it seems , i dont know - may just be
what drives us onwards .

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school and lessons was actually pretty decent ,
i was rather taken aback when Ms Seah didnt reprimand
Mao and I for skipping the maths lecture .
well ,
we had a perfect excuse - we were doing maths in the library ,
for the better .

im taking a different approach on
the march to the A's now .
unconventionally
i am going to do things my way now ,
i am going to learn
i am going to practice
i am going to understand
i am going to realise
the things i never did before for the past two years ,
on my own .
(of course with the help of teachers and tutors ,
i mean just , not the usual method of drilling and revising)

kind of too late to approach the exams
in a different way now .
but
i know this method , is the best for me now .
and of course , what i think best for getting what i worked for .

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had a good , long emotional talk with cheryl , dominic and hong siew after
an extremely long basketball session .

i realised that , sub-consciously or consciously ,
i was avoiding things in my life .
now im going to take a different approach .

avoiding doesnt seem to be solving things ,
or giving an explanation to things .
neither is it making anyone's life any easier .

my avoiding seems to be
the sublimal switch off of emotions and reactions .

hey ,
emotions dont seem that bad actually .
apart from the excessive and unnecessary output and display of emotions
that i still detest ,
the acceptance of emotions , and taking it into my strides ,
seems to be rather helpful in dealing with things .

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thats what i realised today .
and i shall have to sincerely thank everyone and anyone
who made me realise that .

i never liked ranting ,
so bear with me .

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and here comes the picture of the day .

Picture of the day
Venus , Mars , Mercury (sorry i spelt Mercury wrongly in the picture)
the three "inner solar system" planets .
apart from Mars being "superior" , Venus and Mercury are closer
to the Sun than it is to the Earth , thus they are "inferior" planets .
Beyond Mars lies the Gas giants , Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus , seperated by a giant asteroid belt .
from this brilliant image of the sky region , we can clearly see the
well exposed Mars and Mercury giving off a reddish hue , due to their atmospheric composition .

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gonna get back to studying .

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catcha' all soon .

time : 2330
activity : dinner .
music : not playing anything .
mood : pretty decent .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

flukes .

back .
sorry about not posting yesterday ,
was kinda hooked on
new game , good potential .
bad timing .
im going to limit my play on this one for awhile .

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anyway , just returned from my class chalet .
pretty decent , but hmm .
not extremely awesome i guess |:

here are a few pics : mahjong mahjong mahjong mahjong mahjong .
they mahjong-ed half the night away hahaha .


spot-the-booze .

cheryl's fruit punch advertisement .

cheryl's fruit punch advertisement with clement .

hong siew , clement .

theresa the bbq queen .


elaine yawning ,
not a very rare sight .

we were really tired .

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cheryl , hong siew , amanda and i
headed on to the arcade at white sands after breakfast .

and we decided to shoot a few zombies .


somehow i think this shot is priceless . giggles .

and following that , after a long bus ride to amk hub ,
we watched
feel kinda bad pulling the ladies in
to watch this movie , under the assumption that
they arent as action-and-thrill fetish as me .

plot was slightly hard to catch on ,
but overall , this movie is entertaining ,
though slightly disappointing .
im hoping for a sequel .

anyhow , Vin Diesel , as always ,
delivered his finesse in handling such genre of movies .

it is indeed his best . (though not his best performance)
hes still my idol :D
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now back to business .

heres the Picture of the Day .

im gonna post a good one ,
since i havent posted one for days xD

Picture of the Day
this is my clearest shot EVER .

the craters and contrasts on the surface of Moon are awesome .
awesome awesome awesome .

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this is really keeping me blogging .
thats good news xD

anyway , i HAVE
to start studying .

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catcha' all soon .

time : 2347
activity : doing maths .
music : not playing anything .
mood : i-feel-like-warhammering-but-i-can't-cus-i-have-to-study mood .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [