Monday, April 28, 2008
this is so pissing.
nothing is going in. frustrating.
maybe i know why...
killer week. hl econs test tomorrow. hl history test on wednesday. chem IA (assessed) on friday. econs IA 2nd and final draft due on friday. need to think of new IOP topic FAST! need to get an EE topic.
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 10:19 PM
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
just some random thoughts.
read in today's papers about how SM Goh mentioned to people that we should move on to more pressing issues in his address to the people in his Marine Parade GRC. (i think, i doubt my memory is that good). well this was done in light of the whole mas selamat thing, which has arisen from the depths of our short term memory ever since DPM Wong revealed how mas selamat escaped. then things shifted towards who should be held accountable. haha i think SM Goh's response to focus on more important things such as livelihood-related problems (think global inflation on food prices) was quite smart. on one hand, it is indeed very true and certainly i don't really care where mas selamat is (for now) when the table at home is filled with empty bowls. mas selamat might be planning a grand blow up of some place in singapore, which will take place in a few months time at best due to the amount of meticulous planning involved in this grand show of violent extremism. (on a side note, i recall george bush's "war on words". read article in yesterday's issue of The Straits Times under the World section. it's not jihadism, but violent extremism). ok back to the point. so while worrying over where mas selamat is, what he could be doing etc, i ignore the issue that affects me everyday. sooner or later i'll die of starvation (worse cast scenario) because my real income has decreased and the prices of food have increased. so in the end i do not have to bear witness to whatever mas selamat might or might not be doing right now.
so stupid to look at things that you won't live to see because you choose to ignore what will affect you tomorrow. (right that didn't come out as clearly as i wanted it to)
anyway, talking about stupidity, it reminds me about the americans. ok i have never been to america and i have no idea how the typical lifestyle of an urban city dweller is like, i shall assume it is the high energy consumption lifestyle. this assumption is made because in my geography studies last year, it seems that america has one of, if not the highest, energy consumption in the world, despite their relatively small population. as in size of population compared to energy consumption, the ratio is small for america, when one compares this to say, china.
in other words, an average american consumes the most energy for one person in the world.
in congress, some are pushing for the USA to not have lucrative arm deals with Saudi Arabia and any other OPEC nations on which it has a less tension-filled relationship. this is to demand that they increase oil production to stem the worrying increase in oil prices, which has reached almost $120 USD per barrel. obviously with increased supply, it will cause the prices to go down, something which the US wants because it's high energy consumption means high(er) energy costs. the deal in that sense is this: produce more oil to reduce world oil prices or you will not get nice nice arms deals from us. although some have commented that such nations could always go to china and russia for similar arms deals. (i think). there was one other concern about this if i'm not wrong, but my memory fails me.
so, i was thinking, since you are so worried about having to pay more for energy due to rising oil prices, instead of asking for increased production of oil to bring prices down, why not simply consume less energy? not only does it save the earth (at least i think it does), it also saves money! whoa........... i wonder why the americans don't think of that.
ok fine i'm quite sure they do because they simply cannot be that stupid (i like to think so, although the "i think it's because they do not have maps" answer seems to point otherwise) i bet they just do not want to let go of the kind of lavish lifestyle that they are living. stupid americans. then again, i think the same could be said for any urban city. like singapore. stupid singaporeans.
stupid me.
in order not to be stupid, i shall try to reduce my energy consumption.
less time on the computer, less air con(not that i use air con a lot at home) and maybe i shall study in silence instead of having music.
a synthesis to my consuming lots of energy problem and my not studying enough problem.
- less time on the computer/internet and more time studying.
ooo simple enough. that was easy to type. now let me see how easy it is to carry out. and i guess it starts by going offline now to study for my econs test on tuesday and history test on wednesday. ahhhh!!
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 10:35 PM
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Friday, April 25, 2008
alright, allow me to reflect on what have been going in the past week and in general.
it's term 2 week 6. there are only 4 more weeks of school before another 4 weeks of no school. officially. that is when teachers expect us to be "more free" and so dump us with more work. multiply that by 6 subjects. add it to our non-academic activities. you get a lot of stuff. it's not really holidays i guess, just a test of one's time management skills.
ok. so after that 4 weeks of time management test, here comes big tests, otherwise known as exams, for every subject and for every topic ever covered. my goodness i am going to fail at this rate. not to mention the side stuff of EE. i rather not think about that for now.
i need to become an IB mugger. study everyday, so that i do not forget concepts so easily. every single day. i need to get that into my head. i need to train more often, be disciplined enough to run more.
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 11:29 PM
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
today, nationals for cross country.
but the school didn't announce it during morning assembly.
only mentioned C div tennis.
hm....
well seeing everything just makes me want to try harder to be in the team next year.
i will train hard! i will run fast!
haha as if.
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 10:19 PM
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
well i guess today is the day. the year6 primers had their ROD today.
and a thought struck me today.
since parade 1 for me in 2004, they have been there.
since then, 4 years and a little bit more have passed. they are still here.
in essence, along my bb journey, they have been present.
i'm not saying that they are involved because different cohorts have different programmes,
but basically for most if not every company event, they are there.
over the years, i made friends with some of them, talked and laughed with them. at times even work with/under them. from complete strangers, some of them have become my good friends whom i still look up to.
in a way, it is kind of sad to see their BB journey as a Boy and Primer end here. it is sad to realise that for the first time, i will be without them on the next parade. ah basically it just feels weird without them there.
o well....
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 10:56 PM
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Friday, April 18, 2008
o man so stressed!
haha and i blame myself.
wow....
i haven't had a thunderstorm while sleeping in such a long time.
quite cool. haha
except it took away an hour's worth of good sleep. darn...
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 11:27 PM
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Every night in my dreams
I see you, i feel you,
That is how i know you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone
Love was when i loved you
One true time i hold to
In my life we'll always go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
You're here, there's nothing i fear,
And i know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
my heart will go on - celine dion
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 11:43 PM
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Monday, April 07, 2008
aq is finally over (and this post is overdue).
so aq was on saturday.
so we slept by 1030 on friday night and woke up at 4, saturday morning.
so we raced from 7 till around 1 or something.
what an experience. haha.
congrats to john kao's team for getting 1st in the open category! whoo!
congrats to russell's team (i'm in this team!) for getting 4th!
omg we were in first position after the 1st leg... darn...
congrats to ben khoo's raffles team for their 3rd position, beating us by a bit.
congrats to sling's team for their really good 4th position in the boys category.
congrats to hao zhong's team for their good effort in catching up so much after a bad start.
haha i didn't realise aq could be so fun. next year i'll join again (hopefully can) and maybe win. haha
o right let's not talk about schoolwork.
napfa is over! but i'll do my standing broad jump again to get an A. not happy...
generally satisfied with everything else. (:
i hate going to school. makes me emo. seeing those same people over and over again just makes me sad. and it doesn't help that lately i have taken a dislike to one of the teachers whom i see most often.
i don't want to get caned, so i shall just remain politically correct.
ahh the hypocrisy of it all
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 10:08 PM
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
chem ia tomorrow.
aq on saturday.
chem ia, econs ia due next week.
ahh stressed stressed. must beat the timing. the timing....
more self-control please
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 11:20 PM
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Samuel Chan
7 January 1991
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shuqun primary school
Henry Park Primary School
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
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