Monday, July 23, 2007
時をかける少女
This entry is like.. 3 weeks late. Or somewhere around there. Basically it's so late that I can't remember exactly how late it is. But of course, I'll start off this entry with some bitching, which is for this week, not for 3 weeks (or something) ago.
So anyway, yet another Saturday of NDP NE show. Almost the same as the previous week, though things ran more smoothly since we had more experience. I felt rather satisfied at the end of the day, but 荷叶饭 had to spoil it by finding something to argue with me about. He claimed that I was accusing him of not doing his job properly during the dispersal, which I did not, simply based on my harsh tone. What did he expect? We were in a hurry to disperse the students, so did he expect me to grab a GS table and bench n sit down and slowly sort out the matter with him? Obviously I was in a hurry to get the problem settled so my tone might not have been the best possible one. So he ended up confronting me at the end of the day. Brainless fool. Did he expect me to say, "Yes, I was blaming you for your incompetency in the situation just now. You could have done better." Hot-headed freak who doesn't use his brain to think for a moment before he confronts people. I'm not one who goes around trying to wreck my relationship with people. He doesn't realize that it wouldn't have done either of us any good if I had really tried to make it seem as if it was his fault. And after my explanation, he was still dissatisfied and said, "我不懂啦！你以后小心你讲的话！" Lamer. Wasted my time explaining to him (I was using a REALLY humble tone. And no, I'm not being sarcastic here.) and spoiled my mood for the night.
Alright, on to the main topic of this entry. So anyway, about 3 weeks ago, I watched this Japanese animated film called 時をかける少女 (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo; The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). I don't suppose anyone would consider this as a spoiler since anyone who wanted to watch it would have done so by now. I think. So anyway, the story is about this girl, named Makoto, who discovered that she had the ability to Time Leap, which is to leap through time and end up in another time. Yes, she literally leaps when she wants to pass through time. I suppose she could leap into the future, but in the entire story she only leapt back in time.
So anyway, initially after she found out about her ability, she used her power to perform frivolous tasks to her advantage, such as leaping back in time to retake a test so she already knew all the questions, and leaping back countless number of times in the karaoke lounge so she could sing over and over. Funny, lame stuff. But then after that she realized that many of her actions have repercussions that only manifest much later. She ended up losing the ability to Time Leap towards the end of the story and when a catastrophe happens because of what she did when she Time Leapt for the last time, it had to be someone else to remedy the situation.
So why am I talking about this movie then? Because I think it's a really nice movie that everyone should watch. It's funny, like most animes. But what's really nice about it is the story. And I've learnt quite a few lessons from the story:
1. Do not always assume that you can remedy all your wrongdoings.
2. Cherish what you have. It's too late to regret if/when you finally lose it. There is this part in the story where Makoto's friend expressed his love for her and she Time Leapt back in time to avoid having the conversation so that he would never have declared his love for her. When she finally realized that she actually really loved him very much, he was already with someone else who had a crush on him.
3. We shouldn't try to change things beyond our ability. Doing so may make things worse. And don't assume that you know what's best for others.
That's basically all I have to say about the movie. So anyway, to end off this entry, I'd like to answer Eugene's question about whether I do that "twist/victory" sign in front of my friends. The answer is NO. I do it WITH them:
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So anyway, yet another Saturday of NDP NE show. Almost the same as the previous week, though things ran more smoothly since we had more experience. I felt rather satisfied at the end of the day, but 荷叶饭 had to spoil it by finding something to argue with me about. He claimed that I was accusing him of not doing his job properly during the dispersal, which I did not, simply based on my harsh tone. What did he expect? We were in a hurry to disperse the students, so did he expect me to grab a GS table and bench n sit down and slowly sort out the matter with him? Obviously I was in a hurry to get the problem settled so my tone might not have been the best possible one. So he ended up confronting me at the end of the day. Brainless fool. Did he expect me to say, "Yes, I was blaming you for your incompetency in the situation just now. You could have done better." Hot-headed freak who doesn't use his brain to think for a moment before he confronts people. I'm not one who goes around trying to wreck my relationship with people. He doesn't realize that it wouldn't have done either of us any good if I had really tried to make it seem as if it was his fault. And after my explanation, he was still dissatisfied and said, "我不懂啦！你以后小心你讲的话！" Lamer. Wasted my time explaining to him (I was using a REALLY humble tone. And no, I'm not being sarcastic here.) and spoiled my mood for the night.
Alright, on to the main topic of this entry. So anyway, about 3 weeks ago, I watched this Japanese animated film called 時をかける少女 (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo; The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). I don't suppose anyone would consider this as a spoiler since anyone who wanted to watch it would have done so by now. I think. So anyway, the story is about this girl, named Makoto, who discovered that she had the ability to Time Leap, which is to leap through time and end up in another time. Yes, she literally leaps when she wants to pass through time. I suppose she could leap into the future, but in the entire story she only leapt back in time.
So anyway, initially after she found out about her ability, she used her power to perform frivolous tasks to her advantage, such as leaping back in time to retake a test so she already knew all the questions, and leaping back countless number of times in the karaoke lounge so she could sing over and over. Funny, lame stuff. But then after that she realized that many of her actions have repercussions that only manifest much later. She ended up losing the ability to Time Leap towards the end of the story and when a catastrophe happens because of what she did when she Time Leapt for the last time, it had to be someone else to remedy the situation.
So why am I talking about this movie then? Because I think it's a really nice movie that everyone should watch. It's funny, like most animes. But what's really nice about it is the story. And I've learnt quite a few lessons from the story:
1. Do not always assume that you can remedy all your wrongdoings.
2. Cherish what you have. It's too late to regret if/when you finally lose it. There is this part in the story where Makoto's friend expressed his love for her and she Time Leapt back in time to avoid having the conversation so that he would never have declared his love for her. When she finally realized that she actually really loved him very much, he was already with someone else who had a crush on him.
3. We shouldn't try to change things beyond our ability. Doing so may make things worse. And don't assume that you know what's best for others.
That's basically all I have to say about the movie. So anyway, to end off this entry, I'd like to answer Eugene's question about whether I do that "twist/victory" sign in front of my friends. The answer is NO. I do it WITH them:
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Fool Again.
The song above is Fool Again by Westlife. Why am I putting this video in this entry? Because I think I'm a fool again. No, it's not like how the song puts it. I haven't been fooled by anyone. But nevertheless, I still feel like a fool. For all the things I have done. For all the things I tried to do. All the small little actions I have been performing to attract attention. I really feel like a fool. An idiot. A nincompoop. All these are mere understatements.
I don't even feel like blogging this weekend. Which is why this post came in so late. Been thinking quite a bit. But the more I think, the more confused I get.
I don't know. What do I not know? Everything. I don't even know myself anymore. This whole blogging thing is supposed to let me understand myself more. But it doesn't seem to be helping. But one thing is for sure. I can't continue the way I am. The past few days have been somewhat of a wake up call for me. I hope I don't slip back into this.. loser state of mine anymore.. 変えよう！
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Monday, July 09, 2007
Overly Weird Questions.
Well, this was supposed to be the main topic of my previous post, but NDP took up the bulk of the post, (In fact, all of it.) so I had to blog a separate entry for this. Before that, let me first bitch a little. I was on the MRT to City Hall today, and right from the moment I entered the train door, I smelled a scent. I won't exactly call it an odour, but I didn't really enjoy the smell of that perfume. It smelled like strawberry, I think. So anyway, I have this book about farts. The book says that "All farts are like good perfumes. They stop smelling after about two minutes." But I could smell it for a good 15 minutes, all the way from Sembawang to Bishan. Definitely not a good perfume. And the best part is, I couldn't figure out where the scent was coming from, so I couldn't get away from it.
So anyway, DISCLAIMER: This entry contains sexually explicit content and is unsuitable for immature audiences. Please do not read if you.. don't want to read.
Well anyway, I was being my usual kaypo self and was asking He Qian certain personal questions. And then I realized I was kind of asking too many questions already so I told him to ignore my last question. And he said it was okay because at least my questions were not overly weird. So I asked him what's considered overly weird and he said he won't know until someone asks him.
So that started me thinking about all the weird questions I've been asked before. I think the weirdest question I've been asked before (or at least I found it super weird at the time I was asked,) is.. if I do something called.. let's just call it "Sam's Happy Time". I assume most people would have watched the Transformers movie by now, so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what I'm talking about here. So anyway, I found it extremely weird at the time I was asked because I've never been asked such a question before and they asked it as if it's an everyday conversation topic. By the way, it was asked by some of my canoeing teammates. I suppose it's not a surprising question to ask in their secondary school, since all of them were from The Chinese High School. Yes, I was the only guy from our batch not from there.
So anyway, I suppose I need not spell out the answer here. But the surprising thing is, Hanjie never masturbated!! (omg.. I let the cat out of the bag.. lol..) Err.. Well, it was a rather funny incident. I still remember we were at Marina Square GV, going to watch some movie, and we went to the toilet and he was asking us to teach him how to do it, albeit jokingly. Though I think he was serious about never having done it before. Though I'm not too sure if he'd tried it ever since.
Okay, enough about masturbating. It's like an open secret. Something that many people do, yet no one talks about openly. So anyway, another weird question I've been asked before is if I'm gay. I was asked by Ying ying, actually. She's from St Nick's, and she claimed that it's a very common question over there to ask if one is "straight or crooked". And there happens to be some other instances of others asking me too. And I've somewhat ran out of innovative replies. Below are a few that I've used:
"I'll only be gay if you're a lesbian."
"Maybe I'm bisexual, but definitely not gay."
"Yes, I'm gay, and happy, elated, ecstatic, etc.."
"Oh my god! How did you know!?" *acts surprised*
Heh, I guess I act too childish already.. Not man enough for my age. But anyway, I suppose these 2 are the weirdest questions I've been asked before. Lol.. Till next time..
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So anyway, DISCLAIMER: This entry contains sexually explicit content and is unsuitable for immature audiences. Please do not read if you.. don't want to read.
Well anyway, I was being my usual kaypo self and was asking He Qian certain personal questions. And then I realized I was kind of asking too many questions already so I told him to ignore my last question. And he said it was okay because at least my questions were not overly weird. So I asked him what's considered overly weird and he said he won't know until someone asks him.
So that started me thinking about all the weird questions I've been asked before. I think the weirdest question I've been asked before (or at least I found it super weird at the time I was asked,) is.. if I do something called.. let's just call it "Sam's Happy Time". I assume most people would have watched the Transformers movie by now, so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what I'm talking about here. So anyway, I found it extremely weird at the time I was asked because I've never been asked such a question before and they asked it as if it's an everyday conversation topic. By the way, it was asked by some of my canoeing teammates. I suppose it's not a surprising question to ask in their secondary school, since all of them were from The Chinese High School. Yes, I was the only guy from our batch not from there.
So anyway, I suppose I need not spell out the answer here. But the surprising thing is, Hanjie never masturbated!! (omg.. I let the cat out of the bag.. lol..) Err.. Well, it was a rather funny incident. I still remember we were at Marina Square GV, going to watch some movie, and we went to the toilet and he was asking us to teach him how to do it, albeit jokingly. Though I think he was serious about never having done it before. Though I'm not too sure if he'd tried it ever since.
Okay, enough about masturbating. It's like an open secret. Something that many people do, yet no one talks about openly. So anyway, another weird question I've been asked before is if I'm gay. I was asked by Ying ying, actually. She's from St Nick's, and she claimed that it's a very common question over there to ask if one is "straight or crooked". And there happens to be some other instances of others asking me too. And I've somewhat ran out of innovative replies. Below are a few that I've used:
"I'll only be gay if you're a lesbian."
"Maybe I'm bisexual, but definitely not gay."
"Yes, I'm gay, and happy, elated, ecstatic, etc.."
"Oh my god! How did you know!?" *acts surprised*
Heh, I guess I act too childish already.. Not man enough for my age. But anyway, I suppose these 2 are the weirdest questions I've been asked before. Lol.. Till next time..
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NDP Combined Rehearsal 3.
Alright. I've decided to adopt this new style of talking about random stuff first before going into the main topic for my posts from now on. Actually I've already started using this style since a few posts ago, without realizing it. I think it's because I kind of enjoy reading random ramblings on others' blogs, so I figured others may also be interested in some.. things happening in my life, though most of the time they're just complaints I have about what happened to me throughout the week.
So anyway, (Here I go again. I really should stop starting sentences with "and/so/well anyway". Though I shouldn't stop stopping sentences with fullstops.) first off, the major event of the week was... NDP! Of course, what else could there have been? Let's just say, when you are preventing people from entering an area that has been cordoned off, you are also expected to be an information counter. You're supposed to have memorized the locations of each and every prominent landmark in the marina area, from marina square to the oriental hotel, from DXO to the merlion, and give directions to people who need them. And you're supposed to smile at rude civilians. Tourists included. One tourist was complaining how it shouldn't be a difficult thing to get across the road from esplanade to marina square, but for some reason, it IS difficult here in Singapore. I felt like telling him because we are Uniquely Singapore. Lol..
You'll also meet many weird people during NDP. Well, at least I did. Well, not exactly weird. Some are just.. uninformed, to say the least. There was a guy who actually asked me where they could collect the tickets for NDP. And I was like.. this guy is seriously clueless, huh? Because the ticket collection had ended for almost a week already. And there was a delivery man who was supposed to deliver some goods to a restaurant at esplanade. He somehow managed to slip through our defences and got through, but after he was stopped just outside the esplanade, he just gave up and left. He didn't even bother to try a detour that we could have suggested to him. Wonder what Fedex would have done. "We live to deliver."
Oh yeah. And one thing about NDP is, you'll be sick of eating chicken during NDP. Even though we had lunch from SFI and dinner from KFC, but both contained large portions of chicken. I know, the rations had to be Halal, but couldn't they have given something like mutton or.. fish instead? Of course, I'm referring to SFI, because you can't expect anything from KFC except chicken. And the best part is, when I got home and expected something different for supper, what was waiting for me on the dining table was.. porridge with roast chicken. Great.
But actually, I haven't really gotten sick of chicken yet. Because at least the chicken given is rather tasty. And anyway, I feel that one thing we should treasure about chickens is to enjoy chicken wings for as long as they last. I don't think it'll happen during my generation, but I predict that chicken wings will get smaller and smaller until they eventually.. disappear or something. They don't use their wings much anyway, so it should be a natural part of evolution.
It's very sad to think about how much I can complain about NDP. I'm sure it has its positive effects on many Singaporeans, and is an integral part of nation building. But it definitely isn't making me very happy. But I guess it's a very good experience. Kind of allows me to get used to all kinds of people I may meet in the future. Anyway, I actually wanted to blog about something else for this entry, but NDP took up too much space. I shall blog another entry so that this one doesn't seem too lengthy.. Hoho..
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So anyway, (Here I go again. I really should stop starting sentences with "and/so/well anyway". Though I shouldn't stop stopping sentences with fullstops.) first off, the major event of the week was... NDP! Of course, what else could there have been? Let's just say, when you are preventing people from entering an area that has been cordoned off, you are also expected to be an information counter. You're supposed to have memorized the locations of each and every prominent landmark in the marina area, from marina square to the oriental hotel, from DXO to the merlion, and give directions to people who need them. And you're supposed to smile at rude civilians. Tourists included. One tourist was complaining how it shouldn't be a difficult thing to get across the road from esplanade to marina square, but for some reason, it IS difficult here in Singapore. I felt like telling him because we are Uniquely Singapore. Lol..
You'll also meet many weird people during NDP. Well, at least I did. Well, not exactly weird. Some are just.. uninformed, to say the least. There was a guy who actually asked me where they could collect the tickets for NDP. And I was like.. this guy is seriously clueless, huh? Because the ticket collection had ended for almost a week already. And there was a delivery man who was supposed to deliver some goods to a restaurant at esplanade. He somehow managed to slip through our defences and got through, but after he was stopped just outside the esplanade, he just gave up and left. He didn't even bother to try a detour that we could have suggested to him. Wonder what Fedex would have done. "We live to deliver."
Oh yeah. And one thing about NDP is, you'll be sick of eating chicken during NDP. Even though we had lunch from SFI and dinner from KFC, but both contained large portions of chicken. I know, the rations had to be Halal, but couldn't they have given something like mutton or.. fish instead? Of course, I'm referring to SFI, because you can't expect anything from KFC except chicken. And the best part is, when I got home and expected something different for supper, what was waiting for me on the dining table was.. porridge with roast chicken. Great.
But actually, I haven't really gotten sick of chicken yet. Because at least the chicken given is rather tasty. And anyway, I feel that one thing we should treasure about chickens is to enjoy chicken wings for as long as they last. I don't think it'll happen during my generation, but I predict that chicken wings will get smaller and smaller until they eventually.. disappear or something. They don't use their wings much anyway, so it should be a natural part of evolution.
It's very sad to think about how much I can complain about NDP. I'm sure it has its positive effects on many Singaporeans, and is an integral part of nation building. But it definitely isn't making me very happy. But I guess it's a very good experience. Kind of allows me to get used to all kinds of people I may meet in the future. Anyway, I actually wanted to blog about something else for this entry, but NDP took up too much space. I shall blog another entry so that this one doesn't seem too lengthy.. Hoho..
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Sunday, July 08, 2007
Someone Else's Theory
First and foremost, before I go into this post's main topic, I must first say.. OMG!! Some stranger who read my blog actually complimented it!! (I'm assuming you're a stranger, because I don't really remember anyone I know who goes by the name of Tony. The closest I know is my primary school friend called Duoni. If I'm mistaken, please let me know. Haha..) I feel so flattered! Though I'd rather you make my stomach flatter. The 6-packs of Milo and Vitasoy I've been buying from NTUC doesn't seem to be helping.
So anyway, as a follow-up to my own law, I've decided to post someone else's theory. But the thing is, I don't remember who told it to me. But I find that it's quite true. And I suppose I shall not come up with any name for it, since it's not my own theory.
Well anyway, his theory states that things only become dirty after they come out of our bodies. For example, shitting. Before the shit comes out of our bodies, we don't really think of it as disgusting. It's only after the shit comes out that it's considered dirty. The same thing with pee. And saliva too, though to a much lesser extent. And vomit. Who would actually think that stomach acid mixed with food would be disgusting? Not unless it's out of our bodies. And nose dirt. Though I won't exactly say it's very clean while it's in our nose, at least it doesn't bother us until it's out. Sort of. And of course, we mustn't forget semen. Yes, it's a very.. crucial component for human survival. Though I must say, I don't think it's something very.. nice (I don't know what other word to use) to have outside the body. And don't start me talking about semen in the mouth.. Maybe it's good in the vagina, but.. Okay I think I should stop. Enough of examples for this theory. I must say, I find it to be very true.
Well anyway, today is Yiwen's birthday! But I haven't wished her happy birthday yet. I like to be the last person to wish people happy birthday. Last time, I used to like to be the first. But then i realized many people like to snatch to be first, so I might end up being 2nd, 3rd, or so on. And I should let cj have the priority. So anyway, I figured it's easier to be the last. Easier for people to remember too. And I can also surprise people, and make them think I forgot their birthday. I think I shall call her at around 11.30pm (Yes, I shall NOT use the form 2330. Civilian conversion course, here I come!) to wish her. Hope she won't be asleep by then. And I hope she won't have read this before I wish her.
Well anyway, there's still stuff I want to blog about. But I guess I'll leave them for the next entry. Most probably tomorrow. I'm supposed to be having an off-in-lieu tomorrow, but because of NDP, I'll need to go down to the Marina area again in the morning. But for now, I shall go and watch the 200 Pound Beauty DVD I just rented. Watched it halfway in the mess, but was unable to finish watching it because of.. Yes, NDP!! ARGH!! Made me waste $4 just to rent it on my own. Oh wells.. One more month and it's over..
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So anyway, as a follow-up to my own law, I've decided to post someone else's theory. But the thing is, I don't remember who told it to me. But I find that it's quite true. And I suppose I shall not come up with any name for it, since it's not my own theory.
Well anyway, his theory states that things only become dirty after they come out of our bodies. For example, shitting. Before the shit comes out of our bodies, we don't really think of it as disgusting. It's only after the shit comes out that it's considered dirty. The same thing with pee. And saliva too, though to a much lesser extent. And vomit. Who would actually think that stomach acid mixed with food would be disgusting? Not unless it's out of our bodies. And nose dirt. Though I won't exactly say it's very clean while it's in our nose, at least it doesn't bother us until it's out. Sort of. And of course, we mustn't forget semen. Yes, it's a very.. crucial component for human survival. Though I must say, I don't think it's something very.. nice (I don't know what other word to use) to have outside the body. And don't start me talking about semen in the mouth.. Maybe it's good in the vagina, but.. Okay I think I should stop. Enough of examples for this theory. I must say, I find it to be very true.
Well anyway, today is Yiwen's birthday! But I haven't wished her happy birthday yet. I like to be the last person to wish people happy birthday. Last time, I used to like to be the first. But then i realized many people like to snatch to be first, so I might end up being 2nd, 3rd, or so on. And I should let cj have the priority. So anyway, I figured it's easier to be the last. Easier for people to remember too. And I can also surprise people, and make them think I forgot their birthday. I think I shall call her at around 11.30pm (Yes, I shall NOT use the form 2330. Civilian conversion course, here I come!) to wish her. Hope she won't be asleep by then. And I hope she won't have read this before I wish her.
Well anyway, there's still stuff I want to blog about. But I guess I'll leave them for the next entry. Most probably tomorrow. I'm supposed to be having an off-in-lieu tomorrow, but because of NDP, I'll need to go down to the Marina area again in the morning. But for now, I shall go and watch the 200 Pound Beauty DVD I just rented. Watched it halfway in the mess, but was unable to finish watching it because of.. Yes, NDP!! ARGH!! Made me waste $4 just to rent it on my own. Oh wells.. One more month and it's over..
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Announcement.
No, I'm not here to make an announcement on my blog. I just decided to blog about something interesting I just remembered from my primary school days. So anyway, when I was in... lower primary, I think, we had those sentence construction homework. So we were supposed to construct a sentence with the word "announced". I think what was expected of us was something like.. "The teacher announced the results to the students." But what one of my friends, Qingxi, (whom I've long lost contact with,) gave the sentence: "The announcer announced the announcement." And then he was marked wrong, because that wasn't what the teacher wanted. But I didn't see anything wrong with the sentence. It makes perfect logical sense. And it was quite intelligent, I must say. So anyway, I thought of the following similar sentences too:
"The runner ran the run."
"The singer sang the song."
"The lover loved the love."
"The worker worked the work."
"The dancer danced the dance."
"The prison imprisoned the prisoners."
"The cyclist cycled the cycle?"
"The priest pleased the.. prism?"
"The pope poked the.. pokemon?"
"The brother brushed the.. bra?"
And last but not least..
"The f***er f***ed the..... other f***er."
Well anyway, that's all for this entry. Enough crap. In fact, more than enough. At this rate, I won't have any way to salvage my reputation anymore. Lol..
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"The runner ran the run."
"The singer sang the song."
"The lover loved the love."
"The worker worked the work."
"The dancer danced the dance."
"The prison imprisoned the prisoners."
"The cyclist cycled the cycle?"
"The priest pleased the.. prism?"
"The pope poked the.. pokemon?"
"The brother brushed the.. bra?"
And last but not least..
"The f***er f***ed the..... other f***er."
Well anyway, that's all for this entry. Enough crap. In fact, more than enough. At this rate, I won't have any way to salvage my reputation anymore. Lol..
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Sunday, July 01, 2007
You Are All Winners.
The past week had been a really busy week for me. I was supposed to have guard duty on Tuesday, but swapped with Zhee Loong because I had to do standby for platoon 7 in place of Seng Yew. So I ended up doing guard duty on Thursday. And on Thursday morning, I received a call from the office, telling me that I had a guard duty on Saturday. So I ended up having guard duties on alternate days.
Well anyway, enough of the complaining. I booked out this morning and went to West Coast Recreation Centre to support Zhiqi, who was taking part in the 2007 National Junior, Men's Master & Classic Bodybuilding Championships. So anyway, for every different weight category during the finals, after they gave out the prizes, the MC would always say the same thing. "And remember, you are all winners, for you have all contributed much to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore." Or something like that. That started me thinking. There's the old saying that the journey (or process) is much more important than the result. But it doesn't really make sense when our country is so result oriented. The opinions that people form of you will all be based on your results. That's just the cruel reality, I think. No, not exactly paper qualifications. I'm definitely not one who thinks that a paper degree is almighty. There's many different results that can make a person useful besides paper qualifications. Like how Wei Yang can draw, or how Han Lin is proficient with cars, and so on.
So the thing I'm wondering is, what's the point of a bodybuilder who has a.. lousy body? What does a bodybuilder train so hard for? So that he can have a nice body and win at bodybuilding competitions, of course. I saw all the dejected faces when the results were announced. There was this guy, whose body also not very good one, (Pardon the use of Singlish. I had the sudden urge.) but then throughout the posing he damn wayang, damn noisy, damn show off, when the others were obviously better. So anyway, he was all smiles during the posing but when the results were announced and he got 4th, he just gave a glum look. Well I'm not really trying to mock him, but the thing is, he worked hard for his body, and he thought he was good, and when the results proved otherwise, I don't think it really matters to him how much he has contributed to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore.
Well anyway, Zhiqi got 4th too. But I believe he deserved better. He should have gotten at least a 3rd, if not 2nd. But well, I'm not a professional judge, so I won't have any idea why they picked the others instead of him. But honestly, his body really damn good. And anyway, there was this female judge whose arms are bigger than mine. Maybe can compete with Eugene Mui? Not too sure. But honestly, I don't really like the idea of muscular girls.
Anyway, the very sad thing about today is that I didn't bring along a camera, because I went straight to the venue from camp. Hence I have no pictures to post. Yuheng must be really sad. But then again, I'm not too sure if he'd like to see photos of bodybuilders.
And anyway, Today is Kasster's birthday! I should be there celebrating it with our clique now, but unfortunately, I don't have much time because I'm DS tomorrow. (Makes me wonder why the pioneers still want to get a DS when they get a new one everyday. Okay.. I know, I know.. It's lame..) And I'm super tired from guard duty. Or guard duties, rather. And I thought Zhiqi's competition would be a morning event. Didn't know that it'd drag all the way into the afternoon.
So anyway, I've been somewhat inspired by the competition to work towards a better body. I've been getting much fatter, and much weaker. But maybe I shouldn't bother, since in the end.. We are all winners.
(Note: Just kidding. I will NEVER allow my body to degenerate into a piece of fat slob that I must drag around like a.. bag of jelly. Okay, that's a rather bad analogy, but you get the point..)
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Well anyway, enough of the complaining. I booked out this morning and went to West Coast Recreation Centre to support Zhiqi, who was taking part in the 2007 National Junior, Men's Master & Classic Bodybuilding Championships. So anyway, for every different weight category during the finals, after they gave out the prizes, the MC would always say the same thing. "And remember, you are all winners, for you have all contributed much to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore." Or something like that. That started me thinking. There's the old saying that the journey (or process) is much more important than the result. But it doesn't really make sense when our country is so result oriented. The opinions that people form of you will all be based on your results. That's just the cruel reality, I think. No, not exactly paper qualifications. I'm definitely not one who thinks that a paper degree is almighty. There's many different results that can make a person useful besides paper qualifications. Like how Wei Yang can draw, or how Han Lin is proficient with cars, and so on.
So the thing I'm wondering is, what's the point of a bodybuilder who has a.. lousy body? What does a bodybuilder train so hard for? So that he can have a nice body and win at bodybuilding competitions, of course. I saw all the dejected faces when the results were announced. There was this guy, whose body also not very good one, (Pardon the use of Singlish. I had the sudden urge.) but then throughout the posing he damn wayang, damn noisy, damn show off, when the others were obviously better. So anyway, he was all smiles during the posing but when the results were announced and he got 4th, he just gave a glum look. Well I'm not really trying to mock him, but the thing is, he worked hard for his body, and he thought he was good, and when the results proved otherwise, I don't think it really matters to him how much he has contributed to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore.
Well anyway, Zhiqi got 4th too. But I believe he deserved better. He should have gotten at least a 3rd, if not 2nd. But well, I'm not a professional judge, so I won't have any idea why they picked the others instead of him. But honestly, his body really damn good. And anyway, there was this female judge whose arms are bigger than mine. Maybe can compete with Eugene Mui? Not too sure. But honestly, I don't really like the idea of muscular girls.
Anyway, the very sad thing about today is that I didn't bring along a camera, because I went straight to the venue from camp. Hence I have no pictures to post. Yuheng must be really sad. But then again, I'm not too sure if he'd like to see photos of bodybuilders.
And anyway, Today is Kasster's birthday! I should be there celebrating it with our clique now, but unfortunately, I don't have much time because I'm DS tomorrow. (Makes me wonder why the pioneers still want to get a DS when they get a new one everyday. Okay.. I know, I know.. It's lame..) And I'm super tired from guard duty. Or guard duties, rather. And I thought Zhiqi's competition would be a morning event. Didn't know that it'd drag all the way into the afternoon.
So anyway, I've been somewhat inspired by the competition to work towards a better body. I've been getting much fatter, and much weaker. But maybe I shouldn't bother, since in the end.. We are all winners.
(Note: Just kidding. I will NEVER allow my body to degenerate into a piece of fat slob that I must drag around like a.. bag of jelly. Okay, that's a rather bad analogy, but you get the point..)
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