LOL! ROFL! HAHAHA!!!!

[Quote of the post]
You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh. -Jay Leno

Humour is always based on a modicum of truth. Ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? -Dick Clark

Wrinkles only go where smiles have been. -Jimmy Buffett

Wit is the key, I think, to anybody's heart. Show me a person who doesn't like to laugh and I'll show you a person with a toe tag. -Julia Roberts

Our good time is sitting in a coffee shop with a newspaper, writing a line on the back of a napkin. That is the most fun comedians ever have. -Jerry Sienfield

Thats the key to comedy: allowing yourself to look stupid. -Megan Mullally

If you can find humour in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. -Bill Cosby

Part of what makes us a human being is the imperfections. Like, you wouldn't give a robot my ears. -Will Smith

One doesn't have a sense of humour. It has you. -Larry Gelbart

[Song of the post] Make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh, make em' laugh! -Some old Groucho Marx movie I can't remember

A guy knows he's in love when he loses interest in his car for a couple of days. -Tim Allen

When I eventually met Mr. Right, I didn't know his first name was Always. -Rita Runder

Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think, in a deeper voice. -Bill Cosby

The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest. -Roseanne Barr

I always wanted to be the last man on earth, just to see if all those women were lying to me. -Ronnie Shakes

A man in love in incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished. -Zsa Zsa Gabor

A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it. -Bob Hope

Money won't buy you friends, but will get you a better class of enemy. -Spike Milligan

Imagine if there were no hypothetical situations. -John Mendoza

I don't consider myself bald. I'm simply taller than my hair. -Thom SHarp

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, and the tallest guy in the National Basketball Association is Chinese. -Chris Rock

This is a strange country we live in. When it comes to electing a president, we get two choices. But when we have to select Miss America, we get 50. -Jay Leno

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. -Fran Lebowitz

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. -Jeff Valdez

Times fun when you're having flies. -Kermit the Frog

The trouble with the rat race is that even though you win, you're still a rat. -Lily Tomlin

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish, and you can get rid of him for the weekend. -Zenna Schaffer

It's not that I'm afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when it happens. -Woody Allen

If you haven't got anything good to say about anyone, come sit by me. -Alice Roosevelt Longworth

I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them. -Bette Milder

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. -Mae West

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial. -Ava Gardener

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time. -Marilyn Monroe

I just recently had my Visa card stole. Now it's everywhere I want to be. -Scott Wood

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. -H. L. Mencken

I drink to make other people interesting. -George Jean Nathan

Have you noticed that everyone drinving faster than you is a lunatic, and everybody driving slower than you is an idiot? -George Carlin

Instant gratification takes too long. -Carrie Fisher

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves? -Robin Williams

I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to stop going to those places. -Henny Youngman

You know why fish are so thin? They eat fish. -Jerry Seinfield

Housework can't kill you, but why take the chance? -Phyllis Diller

When you're eight years old, nothing is your business. -Lenny Bruce

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either. -Dick Cavett

When I was born, I was so surprise I couldn't talk for a year and a half. -Gracie Allen

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you've given birth. -Erma Bombeck

Men who have pierced ears are better suited for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewellery. -Rita Rudner

If God meant us to be naked, he would have made our skin fit better. -Maureen Murphy

If a woman has to chose between catching a baseball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. -Dave Barry

The trouble with jogging is that the ice cfalls out of your glass. -Martin Mull

Football combines the two worst features of American life: violence and committee meetings. -George Will

I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. -Rodney Dangerfield

We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually produce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true. -Robert Wilensky

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it. -Sam Levenson

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? -Vince Lombardi

What's another word for thesaurus? -Steven Wright

If convenience stores are open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, why do the doors have locks on them? -Gallagher

In sum...
I really didn't say everything I said. -Yogi Berra

Phew. Haven't blogged for a while. -Uncle Edna

First you got to Colorado... Denver. Because Ver is braver and Boulder... Episode VI

[Quote of the post] We don't wanna spon with you!
[Song of the post] Dum de dum dum...

Day 6 - D-Day
This was technically our last day in Colorado. In the morning was spontaneous, and over breakfast we were spawning - sorry, I meant sponning - random things like, "If I were a fork, what would I say?" That sort of thing.

We went to the holding room and waited for half an hour - we thought we were in the wrong room. During our wait, the official there had some sort of introductory game to break the monotony - basically, your team went down to the front and introduced yourselves by name. Well, we had a little time to think while we were just sitting there, so we came up with - obviously - punny stuff.

Job: Hi! I'm Noddy! Audience: Hi, Noddy!
Isaac: I'm on drugs! Audience: High on drugs!
Henry: I'm five! Audience: High five!
Joshua: I'm Bond. Covalent Bond. Audience: Hi Bond... Covalent Bond...
Me: I'm how are you! Audience: Hi! How are you! Me: Fine, thanks!
Herrick: I'm sexy! Audience: Hey, sexy!
Gid: I'm Fi-System! Audience: Hi-Fi System!

Stupid, yeah... >_> but it broke the monotony...

Anyway, our spontaneous problem was weird. Basically, you're given a bunch of junk, and you ise it to make a scene. Then, you're given 7 minutes to tell a story based on that scene. You're given 5 cards each, and each time you speak you put a card in the container and MUST move something in the scene.

We did pretty well for that, I think. Isaac was in denail, be we still thought we did pretty well.

After that we just went around supporting other S'pore teams. Then we had a bit of free time. Herrick and I were aiming to go to another dorm across campus to trade pins - but, the only other shuttle bus service didn't go there. Dang.

We spent some time and 50 cents on the planetarium. There wasn't a show that day, so... unfortunately. They were doing maintanence work. Pah. I bet they were sabotaging it so that the moon crashed into Jupiter or something.

We then went back to our dorm and found our buddy team had returned from wherever they had went that afternoon. We talked and I found out a lot of interesting things about the US. We checked out our buddy team's homework, and realised that it's MORE FUN THAN OURS! >_> In maths they're doing something called Logic that looks so fun it makes trig look boring. (BTW, they've already DONE trig.)

Thet night was the closing ceremony and announcement of the champions. We were very excited when our name wasn't called during the 2nd to 6th placing. It meant that we would most probably be first. But we were devastated when our name wasn't called for the first place. I can't even remember who won. That's the thing: when you lose an international competition after putting your heart and soul into it for six months, you don't remember who beat you to it. Unless you WANT to know about it and you have nukes and missiles and a huge orbital ion cannon hovering in space above them, you're really not interested.

The teens party later that night wasn't very appealing. The music was too loud and the place was too dark. And they had lined the floor with bubble wrap, as if they were going to hit their head on it when they woke in the middle of the night or something. It felt like I was walking across a minefield. We went back to celebrate with our buddy team, because THEY WON 1ST PLACE IN THE WORLD!!!

Yes, that's right, they won. We were SO happy for them. Their amazing and unique performance pulled through and got them a humongous shiny trophy. Whee! I think we only slpet at 1am that night.

First you got to Colorado... Denver. Because Ver is braver and Boulder... Episode V

[Quote of the post] *kzzt*
[Song of the post] *bzzt*

Day 5 - Judgement Day
That morning was a hectic one. We rushed to the holding area early in the morning, to practise and reherse moving in. Unfortunately, we only did it once before it was our turn. Which didn't really matter; I was anxious to get started anyway.

Our coaches went off to get seats in the audience. They appeared very calm, like there wasn't an international competition championship at stake. That's the beauty of teachers. They have the uncanny ability to appear perfectly calm in the most hectic situations.

However, something happened backstage that proved our downfall. The judge backstage said that two of our style items were already being judged somewhere else, and so we needed different style items. We got two different ones, but... (For more information, see later episodes.)

Well, we moved from the holding area to the starting position, and what a sight met our eyes. Our buddy team was there, wearing the Singapore T-shirts we gave them last night, and so were most of the ACS contingent, as well as some RGS girls (this I heard of after the competition).

I lost most of my nervousness at this point. I could tell that Josh, who was standing next to me, was positively rattled, but I was calm as can be. I don't know why, but it's the pre-show I get nervous. I NEVER get stage fright. NEVER.

The performance went off without a hitch (as in, nobody got married >_>). Everything went smoothly. We had the audience laughing so much, that after we finished, they gave us a standing ovation. Wow. Quite rare, that.

After the performance I was on a high for about an hour. I always was like that after performances, jist like the nationals. Only OM has managed to do that for me.

Then, not meaning to boast or anything, but we had people coming up to us on the street, members of our audience; they just kept coming up and telling us how good we were. There was this coach of another ACS team's buddy team, she talked to me for about a quarter of an hour about how good we were, and how she has never seen this sort of energy, etc. Wow again.

We spent the rest of the day watching other ACS teams perform and pin-trading. Never can forget pin-trading.

That night we practised spontaneous with our buddy team. Of course, they spent an hour talking to us about our play, but, as Job always says, that is not the point.

Their coaches got two spontaneous problems ready. (Our coaches were exhausted, so we let them sleep.) One hands-on and a verbal. Our buddy team did the hands-on first while we did the verbal, then we would switch places and watch how the other team did.

Our verbal went pretty well, and I had an interesting answer without meaning to. As in, I had trouble remembering what I was going to say, and was casting around for something to say, when I caught sight of a bear on somebody's shirt. I just said, "A bear can't catch a baldness disease, because... then... it would... be... umm... bear." And I think I got good for that. (The problem, was, by the way, Name an animal and a disease it would be bad to catch. For example, it would be bad for an elephant to catch a head cold.)

For hands-on, we used exactly the same idea our buddy team used. Conicidence? I think not. >_> {Cue the Dah da DAHHHH!}

First you got to Colorado... Denver. Because Ver is braver and Boulder... Episode IV

[Quote of the post] >_>
[Song of the post] >.>

Day 4 - The Buddy Team's Performance
Today was SMASHING! (Oh, I fired that stupid Private Eye. Didn't like his style of writing.) Our buddy team's performance was totally our of this world! Actually it was on this world, in Colorado, so let me tell you about it.

They did In Your Dreams, and let me tell you, first, that the judges had a weird way of saying they were ready. See, the Head judge would ask if the judges were ready, then ask if the team was ready. So the judges would say, "Dream on!" which was really weird. For our problem, it was, "Leave a message after the beep. BEEP." and for the Div III Get the Message it was "Where's the monster?" Then the head judge would say, "Guys, this isn't In your Dreams... didn't you guys get the message?" >_>

Well, our buddy team's performance was themed around racism. And the monster fed on fear, and stuff. But however, they adopted an a la Stomp type of performance, and didn't say a word. I mean, that REALLY got their message across. It was unique, it was original, it was creative, it was exactly what (I think) the OM judges wanted. (P.S. To any buddy team members or coaches who chanced upon this blog: that's exactly what I told you guys, and that's exactly the truth, so you're not getting another word out of me, coppers! =))

Basically after that we went back to our dorm to finish up the props. We finished at about 8pm in the evening. Our buddy team coach then very helpfully offered to drop our props off at the centre in his rented SUVs. Such nice folks, now, you've gotta learn to be like them. HEAR THAT, ALL YOU SINGAPOREANS?

We slept late that night, even though we had to wake up early the next day. We did last minute backdrop construction, light attachment, TV frame fixing, etc. I think I didn't bathe that night; I was too tired when I got back.

First you got to Colorado... Denver. Because Ver is braver and Boulder... Episode III

[Quote of the post] Bah.
[Song of the post] Bah again.

Day 3 - The Day of Ice-cream (Sunday!)
Right, see. My name's Tective. D. Tective. And I've been assigned with writing a report of this day. Totally classified information, of course, so get ready the greenbacks while you're reading this thing.

That day was basically building props and repairing backdrops and, simply, putting back together what we had dismantled on the flight there. Gets a bit haggard, see? What with all the hammers and saws and duct tape we managed to smuggle through the customs, plus glue, there was more work than a 2.12 classroom. Not that that actually says anything, really.

Our buddy team arrived at about lunch. Looked like a friendly bunch, but who knows. This Private Eye job gets you somewhat paranoid about strangers, y'know? Who knows? They could have been wanted by Interpol for the past six years. You just never know.

I took the liberty in drawing up these very simple police dossiers, just in case.

Name: Matt (surname unknown)
Most commonly used phrase: Bobo! (whatever that means)
Age: Div II
Description: Matt doesn't talk very much, but when he does, it's almost always Voot Voot Yah!

Name: Sara (surname withheld to protect privacy)
Most commonly used phrase: NO!
Age: Div II
Description: Umm... no distinguishing features I can make out. No very distinguishing features, but I'm very sure she has her own special talents.

Name: Keith (surname unknown)
Most commonly used phrase: Not sure, but he knows the "I'm my own Grandpa" song
Age: Div II
Description: Tall, thin, and wears glasses (sometimes)m Keith is a lot like me in the group. He knows the "I'm my own Grandpa" song, and the whole team knows the Beer/Coke/Twinkie parody of Do-Re-Mi from Sound of Music.

Name: Laura (surname unknown)
Most commonly used phrase: N/A (At least, none that I know of)
Age: Div II
Description: Laura is the most quiet of the group. I didn't get to speak to her much, so little information was gathered.

Name: Allison (surname unknown)
Most commonly used phrase: N/A (At least, none that I know of)
Age: Div II
Description: Allison, a.k.a. Alli, is like a mix of Laura and Sara: Not very talkative, and not very distingushing. >.>

Name: Lindsay (surname withheld to protect privacy)
Most commonly used phrase: MICAH!
Age: Div II
Description: Has relationship problems with Micah (see below). Basically Micah grosses Lindsay out and she retaliates. Then he retaliates back. But I think they're just having their fun, you know, from a detective's point of view.

Name: Micah (surname unknown)
Most commonly used phrase: *CENSORED*
Age: Div II
Description: Has relationship problems with Lindsay (see above).Basically Micah grosses Lindsay out and she retaliates. Then he retaliates back. But I think they're just having their fun, you know, from a detective's point of view.

Well, to sum it up, our buddy team was one of the best you could ever find, maybe even better than that. There were tremendous similarities between their team and ours, like the fact that Lindsay was just short enough to be the target of friendly teasing, just like we do with Henry. What fun.

In the afternoon the buddy team went to repair props that had been damaged, just like what we had to do. More vague memories of this time delude me, and I cannot remember much. Thus we can conclude that it must not have been very important, or that a passing mugger hit me on the head with a cudgeon too hard. A Private Eye's job is never an easy one.

First you got to Colorado... Denver. Because Ver is braver and Boulder... Episode II

[Quote of the post] I'm skipping this because it technically follows the previous post.
[Song of the post] This too.

Day 2 - The Day of Reckoning
What happened on the second day? Ah, I'm... losing words... (-Premir Romanov, Red Alert 2)

Herrick woke us up at about 5 am that day. Which meant that instead of the targeted half an hour I planned for getting ready for breakfast, I now had one and a half hours to get ready for breakfast. Naturally I was done in one-third of that time, so we - that is to say, Herrick, Job and I - went for a walk.

The walk was nothing much. Just around the block and back, into the field, blowing dandelions and commenting on the grass which was so different from Singapore grass. The ground was so cold you'd swear it was wet when you lay down on it, but when you touched the back of your shirt it was dry. I think Mr Quek and Josh tried to jog all the way to where we were supposed to perform, but only managed half the distance.

After breakfast we went to rackey our performing stage - thus, the day of reckoning. We spent about fifteen minutes at on stage thinking that it would be ours when we realised it was just the stage in the holding room. Our real stage had no boundaries, so no 80 POINT PENALTY! (Sorry, just had to do that. It's the penalty you get if you or some prop falls off the stage.)

But this posed a new problem. The main element of our play meant that we had to change behind our backdrop but there was not enough space if we hanted enough acting space onstage. The judges were so close you could reach out and smack them on the cheek, but that was not a wise idea to do to someone who held the decision of life or death over your puny actor's/actress's shoulders.

We followed the other teams to their acting stages because we had to stay in a group. That's the main element in OM - teamwork. It was cool traversing all over the university campus and trading pins (more of which I will talk of at the end of the whole thing).

After lunch, I can't remember what we did. I told you, I can't remember mst of what happened on this day at all. It's like aliens abducted me and erased my memory of that day because I had spotted their spaceship or something. Or maybe it was the MIB. I fear that I may never remember what happened furing that space in time. Sigh.

I think on the second night was the opening ceremony. That was a whole lot of fun, with great music, officials throwing T-shirts into the crowd and pin-trading. (Pin-trading is one of the basic FUNdamentals in OM, so it'll come up a lot.) Unfortunately, the speakers were not humourous as I expected them to be (it isa creative competition, after all) but otherwise it went smoothly. It's quite fun to see halk a thousand teenagers do the YMCA dance deliriously while participating in it as well.

We had to walk the way home. It's fun to walk back to your dorm which is a hundred miles away in the dark while people are whizzing by on the shuttle bus sleeping or settling down comfortably. Still, it beats waiting for the bus.

First you got to Colorado... Denver. Because Ver is braver and Boulder...

[Quote of the post] You think this is over? There's still next year... {cue thunder and lightning}
[Song of the post] The Beer/Coke/Twinkie Song

We're back from Colorado and let me tell you people, it was really great, and everything was just... PEACHY! It's blogging time!

Day 1 - The Longest Day
Well, it WAS the longest day. We reached the airport at 5am in the morning and only reached our destination at 5pm at night. On the same day. But we spent at least 18 hours in between. No, your maths isn't wrong. We went westwards, so gained a day.

Nothing much happened the first day. I think I watch more movies out of cinemas than in them. On the plane(s), I watched The Incredibles again and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Job was playing with somebody's gameboy and I was watching.

Unfortunate Events was quite interesting, as it turned out. I don't read the books, but it seems quite interesting. Jim Carrey is the best when it comes to jobs like this. Love the work of the make-up artists. The best. (For a full review of the Incredibles, check previous posts.)

I slept most of the flight(s). Flying UA is so boring when you've got no personal TV. Bah. I didn't even write TNN like I said I would.

Colorado is pretty neat. It's cool, hot only in the daytime. I fell asleep on the bus ride to the University... AGAIN!I usually fall asleep on the bus rides in America.

We spent 1 hour guarding the bags outside the University hostels while Ms Loh went to register. Mr Quek went trigger-happy and took dozens of photos of us in various... how should I say... unusual poses. You don't want to see them. Really, you don't want to. Really.

I can't really remember what happened that night. Actually, I don't think much did. We waited and waited, finally realised that we were at the wrong end of the complex, dragged all the luggage half-way across campus, got our free-food wristbands (red) and had dinner in half an hour before the cafeteria closed. Then we all met in my room (a disadvantage of having the biggest room) and was briefed by our coaches, and Mr Quek introduced a fine system. No, as in, he had to fine people, not that the system was fine. Well, actually, it would have been, if it had worked. (Based on a system of trust-payment, obviously nobody admitted to any of the crimes, namely: swearing, shouting and insulting team members.)

I was bunking with Job and Herrick. Not the best combination, I can tell you that. If you recall the OEP post, Herrick says "goodnight" once every five minutes, bounced all over his air-mattress and wakes up at dawn (5am if I'm not mistaken) and then wakes everybody else up.

Job, on the other hand, makes weird noises and goes on complaining about his pin collection (Herrick does this too). Also, he's most usually in the company of the RGS teams in his free time.

But otherwise, the room was nice, the top bunk was nice and the roommates were not too bad. Except for the fact that every time I sat up in bed, my head hit the ceiling or the blasted pipe which somebody (a previous occupant of the room) had written in very neat handwriting: "I love you guys." So the first thing I did when we unpacked the props and stuff was to recycle the bubble wrap and cover the whole HEPP pipe with the stuff. My forehead never hurt again. Not much, anyway.

More coming soon!

We're now live, blogging from Colorado...

[Quote of the post] Voot voot, yah! -Micah
[Song of the post] I'm my own Grandpa

Hey! I'm blogging from the Colorado campus! Didn't think I could do that, did you? Well, we didn't win, but we got a STANDING OVATION so that really made my day.

I'll blog proper when I get back to Singapore, so for now... MUHAHAHAHA!!!

P.S. GO BUDDY TEAM!!!

So much has been happening, so little time...

[Quote of the post] WHOOPEE! IT'S OVER!
[Song of the post] The Night Santa Went Crazy - Weird Al

Sorry I couldn't blog on Friday the 13th - Blogger wasn't working. Too coincidental. Friday and Saturday I had OM, so I only came back at 11 and couldn't blog.

Well, OM's moving at a faster pace now, since we have 4 days before we leave for Colorado. I'm hoping that Mr. Quek gets a brainwave for the Membership sigh tomorrow because I really have no idea. We have to perform in front of all the teachers tomorrow, by the way. Scary. >.>

I got new brown shows for OM. They're really cool! They have orange soles. Sweet!

There was a forum problem today. To put it simply: Demel mutinied, Mike got angry, deleted Demel, Demel got angry, deleted Mike, made new forum with Andrew. Stupid, ain't it?

*Sigh* I don't feel like writing this time of night and with all the happenings today. Will blag after I return from Colorado in 2 weeks time.

Oh, TCG fans, go to this website called Spycraft. It's some CCG that Singapore got featured in. I'm not done reading it, but the art's superb, and the gameplay (as far as I can tell) looks great. Go! Go! Go!

Getting a bit Testy... 2

[Quote of the post] ARGH! I'M STILL GONNA FAIL!
[Song of the post] Eat it - Weird Al Yankovic

More lists... tomorrow is Lit and math... Thinking subject and BSing subject so not much revision...

Signs that you're obsessed with your Literature Text:

1. You have dreams of talking pig's heads stuck to sticks.
2. You start using all the British slang.
3. You create a 'Which LOTF Character are YOU most like?' Quiz.
4. You distrust all people with the name Ralph.
5. You start calling people by two names joined with an 'n', like Samneric, or Kevinnkevin.
6. You light a fire in your bedroom, saying it's for rescue.
7. You don't speak unless you have a conch in your hands.
8. You have a tribal war dance.
9. Instead of reading this list, you're reading your Literature text.

I can't think of anything more. See you tomorrow.

Getting a bit testy...

[Quote of the post] ARGH! I'M GONNA FAIL!!!
[Song of the post] That's Your Horoscope for Today - Weird Al

Well, it's almost exams, and I can't believe I'm blogging. Oh well, it's just a couple of lists.

Signs that you've done one too many 长文缩短:

1. You read your 理解问答 until the 130th word, then after that, for every ten words you start minusing marks.
2. Your speech comprises of not more than 130 words, and is very concise and to the point.
3. You start missing articles such as 'the' and 'a'.
4. You start cancelling out words in the instructions.
5. Your 作文 stops at 130 words.

Bad excuses for cheating in your exam:

1. The guy next to me was doing it as well!
2. Cheating? I wasn't cheating. Looking at someone elses paper isn't cheating. It's copying.
3. Yeah, I was cheating, yeah. Oh look, there's a flying pig! And George Bush is parachuting into that warehouse wearing a pink tutu...
4. So what? You got a problem with that?
5. But sir, you were looking at my paper too...
6. HEY! LOOK OVER THERE!
7. The only thing I copied was his name.
8. I'm not insured against failing tests.
9. Why? You trying to cheat for your paper as well? Well, go copy someone else!
10. There wasn't a handy photocopier nearby.

You've been studying too hard for your physical science exam when:

1. You know every atomic number for every element.
2. You have the word 'Proton' on the back of your shirt because you want to keep a positive attitude.
3. You love the letters PSC even if you were in the Public Speaking Competition.
4. You dream about trucks with corrosive liquid crashing into bridges and spilling its contents into rivers.
5. You find alkalis to be a very basic topic.
6. Instead for solving in maths, you dissolve.
7. You have to alkali down after studying.
8. You can verify the pH level of anything just by touch.
9. You must have balance in your life.
10. You don't use the word OK anymore because you know the real chemical formula is K2O.

Signs that you been studying way too much:

1. You haven't slept in three days.
2. You have the notes engraved in your mind.
3. When somebody asks you a simple question, you reply with a essay.
4. When somebody asks you a question, you first ask how many marks it is.
5. There are few books you haven't read.
6. Fun? What is 'Fun'? I have vague memories...
7. Your eyes are constantly moving back and forth even though there isn't a page of notes under your nose.
8. Almost every room in your house is a "study".
9. You wish you could be a book - revised edition.
10. You can quote from the dictionary.
11. When someone asks you for the time, you reply, "1819!"
12. You still have dinner from three days ago lying on your table.
13. You recite facts everywhere you go.
14. You know the first 314 Pythagorean Triples.
15. You cringe whenever somebody says the word "wrong".

That'll have to do for now. Good luck for your exams.

Quiz Fizz

[Quote of the post]
[Song of the post]

Whee... doing random quizzes...

Your Birthdate: March 14

With a birthday on the 14th of the month (5 energy) you are inclined to work well with people and enjoy them. You are talented and versatile, very good at presenting ideas, and you are also very good at organization and systematizing. You may have a tendency to get itchy feet at times and need change and travel. You tend to be very progressive, imaginative and adaptable. Your mind is quick, clever and analytical. A restlessness in your nature may make you a bit impatient and easily bored with routine, and rebel against it. You have a tendency to shirk responsibility.

Well, yeah, fits perfectly =) Except fot that shirking responsibility thing... yeah... *shifty eyes*

1. What is your favorite ice cream flavour?
CHOCOLATE FOREVER!!!

2. What movie/s are you waiting for?
The New Naphtalians: THE MOVIE. =)

3. If you wanted to be in a band, what genre of music would your band play?Rubber. No, just joking. Erm... pop, I think. Or Disney songs.

4. What is the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?
My words.

5. Do you want to live with your parents forever or move out?
It depends. Do you know how much a house costs these days?

6. Where is the place you want to be right now?
In school. With superpowers, fighting the evils of UYO.

7. What songs do you listen to feel happy?
Happy songs.

8. In The Lord of the Rings, who is your favorite characters?
None especially. At least it's better than Lord of the Flies. Yuck.

9. In Star wars, who is your favorite character?
Never really followed the storyline. But I have to say the animation ROCKS!

10.What movie/s made you cry?
None that I know of.

11.Name famous people that you have a crush on:
Shut up and go away.

12.What is your favorite drink?
Nothing really gets to you like ice cold water.

13. Which cartoon character is your favorite?
I watch so many cartoons I don't really know.

14.Paper or Plastic?
It depends. For instance, I'd rather have plastic surgery than paper surgery.

15.If you could freely kill just one celebrity, who would it be?
Doesn't matter. They'd probably die before me anyway.

16. Coke or pepsi?
Cepsi.

17.In a week, how many times do you go online?
Everyday usually.

18.If you could be someone else for a whole day, who would it be?
I'd like to be Uncle Edna. Or the PUNisher.

19.Single or married?
Now? Single. Future? Hopefully married. =)

20.Describe yourself in one word?
Fantastic.

21. What's the first thing you do when you wake up?
Open my eyes, duh.

22. What's the last thing you do before you go to bed?
Breathe.

23. What countries do you want to go?
Everywhere. In 80 days.

24. Are you in love?
No, I'm in front of my computer.

25. What's your favourite season?
Autumn! Not too hot and not too cool.

26. Are you happy?
YES! WHEE! TOTALLY! YAY!

27. Is the cup half full or half empty?
Who cares? Can the liquid be drunk?

28. Describe how you room looks like.
It's... square... and has corners...

29. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING RIGHT NOW?
The sweet sound of silence.

30. Complete this sentence: The World Needs More People
to be happy.

31. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
I eight nine ten.

32.IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Rainbow. Whee!

33.WHAT DO YOU DO DURING YOUR BREAKFAST TIME?
Eat breakfast. Duh.

34.LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Woudn't you like to know?

35.LAST PERSON WHO SENT YOU AN SMS?
No handphone, no SMS. Simple.

36.LAST PERSON YOU SENT AN SMS?
Refer to 35.

37.THE FIRST THING YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Eek. Girl.

38.AUTO OR MANUAL CAR?
A car with an automatic manual.

39.FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK
Today.

40.FAVORITE PLACE?
In front of my computer, writing my stories.

41.FAVORITE SPORT?
Good sports.

42.SIBLINGS?
A younger brother.

43.THE BEST WAY I HAVE DONE TO RELEASE ANGER?
Not get angry at all.

44.PEOPLE I HATE MOST?
Nah, not really anyone.
Oh wait. DARREN LOW.

45.THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
My lunch.

46.SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY?
Happy.

47. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WOULD WANT TO LEARN?
Languages. Drawing better.

48.WHEN IM STUCK IN A JAM?
Space jam? I don't drive.

49.SMS OR CALL?
For the last time, I DON'T HAVE A HANDPHONE!!!

50.iF YOU COULD TURN BACK TIME,YOU WOULD
be living in the past.

51.IN YOUR WALLET, YOU HAVE?
Money. And you're not getting a cent of it.

From the Extremely Disturbing News Archive

[Quote of the post] I thought a barberque was when hairdressers lined up.
[Song of the post] Upside Down - A-Teens

Sameul Teo was convicted of discrimination and acts of phyiscal discrimination yesterday.

Evidence at the scene of the crime reports that there were numerous accomplices, all of which have been identified and detained.

The actual act of discrimination, against persons anonymous here, was the key to the solving of the crime. The evidence, a disgusting crudly-drawn interpretation of persons anonymous, has been withheld by the proper authorties.

In court, Judge Lee has passed sentence (a lot of sentences, but never mind), but has choses to be lenient, letting them out on bail. The case is now closed.

In other unrelated news, mid-year exams are coming up. With the effect of this new regime, blog posts will be getting more infrequent and shorter. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Thank you for reading Blog News. Good night.

It's a plague of EPIDEMIC proportions...

[Quote of the post] Dang that blasted Darren Low...
[Song of the post] Albuquerque - Wierd Al Yankovic

Argh. Everybody's sick. Physically. My whole family (except me), Kevin Wong, Darren Wee, Herrick Ong, and many other people I don't know. It's like, an epidemic, y'know? Flu epidemic. I wonder if it'll be worse than SARS...

Argh... Darren Low has found our forums, joined as a number of stupid fake members, and spammed across all seventeen topics. Dang that blasted Darren Low... The more trustworthy members of the council have repelled him off, butI have a feeling he will strike at dawn (or earlier, if you get my drift)

Argh... Ragnarok... Stupid Darren Low... I pity myself for having the same surname as him.

Argh... just an update... 'til next time.

EDIT:

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We lost. We lost OM.

[Quote of the post] You better not be suicidal, or I'll kill you.
[Song of the post] We Are the Champions - Queens

Oh man. OM today was in shambles. Yesterday's spontaneous as well.

For spontaneous, we got a hands-on problem, which everybody knows is the most difficult of them all. We forgot to clarify whether we could use the stuff we had on our bodies, and Josh took off his pants. And our whole structure collasped at the last moment.

Today, I forgot half my lines, our set fell over, the judges were all stiff and unmoving, Demel tripped over the wire, and Josh's hat fell off.

And you know what the worst part is?













You actually believed that story.

WE WON! WE WON OM! WE'RE GOING TO THE WORLD FINALS, BABY!!!

Haha! You actually fell for it! My thoughts are now like, whirling around in my head and I can't seem to organise.

Well, our spontaneous was really quite OK. Our problem was to come up with a silly holiday and how people celebrate it.

Hey everybody, it's Sunday! Let's celebrate by eating 10 tonnes of ice-cream!
Our coach and seniors didn't get this at first. Too slow.

Gid (Verbal King):
Today's Bhangra day, where you screw a lightbulb with one hand and pat a dog with the other.
He think's the judges didn't get it.

I thought some others yesterady as well, but that was after the competition.

Today is D-Day, w-where e-everyone s-speaks l-like t-this.
Today is Pinball Day, where everyone goes around bouncing off random objects and going, "TILT!"
It's the Ides of March. Grab a dagger, stab a plate of Caesar Salad and go, "Et tu, Brute?"

Acting today was REALLY FUN! Nobody made any mistakes, and when we finished, the judges said that after they had watched us, there was no more competition. We were REALLY GOOD! I'm ECSTATIC!

We won GOLD and we're going to the United States of America to compete in the WORLD FINALS. And we're going to win there, too.

The only thing I found funny was: our play. No, seriously, before our act, I had nerves - I mean, doesn't everybody? But it was during the prize presentation that I really had MEGA-NERVOUSNESS. I mean, everyone was very confident we'd win, so what if we don't? But we won anyway, so WHO CARES?

We're going to the USA!
And I really like today's quote.
And I still can't believe you fell for that.

Oddessy of the Open Mind

[Quote of the post]
"I don't know what I've been told,
Coke is worth its weight in gold."
[Song of the post]

"I don't know what I've been told,

Coke is worth its weight in gold."

OM IS SO FUN!

So fun... Lalala...

Anyway, I don't need to blog about OM. Half the people who read my blog already are in OM, and the other half don't care. So I'll just say we rehersed and made stuff and rehersed some more. And ate. A lot. And rehersed some more.

Job gave me a ride home today. His father's a lot like mine - jovial, and strict at the right (?) times, and likes giving lectures. I kinda of like him - he doesn't seem to be the sort of person who scolds a lot.

Come to think of it, I don't really know many of my friend's fathers. Jeremy Kong's is nice, but a bit strict. Juzzie's is nice too, but a bit quiet. I've only seen Demel, Gid's and Hsieh Wen's fathers. The rest - I don't know.

Ah, man I'm tired. I won't be blogging much this week (I haven't actually been blogging much, for that matter) and we're supposed to be asking for homework extensions this week as the competitions on the 16th. I really hope we win. I think we will, too.

Sorry this post is too short.

I hate today.

[Quote of the post] Today -CENSORED-.
[Song of the post] A Whole New School - Me.

Today really -CENSORED-. School was okay-ish, but for music I couldn't really sing well because of my sickness. Good thing we're only performing next week.

OM today was -CENSORED-. My costume was horrible, and I didn't know much of the new amendments. However, that wasn't the bad part.

We had to stay until 6:30 pm. I was supposed to go off at five-thirty. I left at 6:30, caught a taxi, got stuck in a jam for on hour, owed the taxi-driver $15.90 when I only had twelve. He was -CENSORED- -CENSORED-, I tell you.

Argh, today just makes me want to say -CENSORED- and -CENSORED- -CENSORED- -CENSORED-. If all the HEPP -CENSORED- -CENSORED- -CENSORED- were -CENSORED- -CENSORED- I could -CENSORED- -CENSORED- my -CENSORED-. Hydroelectric Power Plant.

Until next time.

Dis-easen't funny...

[Quote of the post] You can infect my body, but laughter is always contagious.
[Song of the post] In ACS - Me and Shaun (Parody)

Argh... I'm sick AGAIN! And it's only been a couple of weeks. I feel nauseated.

Hmm... is it coincidence that the last post was Exam Fever and this week I get sick? Hmm...

Anyway, it was high fever, 38 degrees Celcius, this morning when I woke up. And all my joints were aching. I couldn't even walk. Ouch. The trip to the doctor seemed like I was paralysed. Every step I took sent a jolting shock up my leg. Argh.

The doctor says he thinks I got normal flu, but we can't rule out dengue or malaria, he says. Ouch. MAJOR Ouch. Dengue is deadly, if I'm not mistaken. And so is malaria. I hope I don't die.

Skipped school today, but staying at home wasn't much better. If you recall, I'm having upgrading at my house, so throughout the morning, the stupid drilling sound was pounding into my head. I couldn't even think straight, let alone sleep well.

Dangit, Gid wants me to go for OM tomorrow. I told him I would try, but if I still can't walk yet, I can't. I really can't. Sorry.

I really hope I don't have dengue. Or malaria. Please.

Exam Fever

[Quote of the post] I GOT MORE THAN YOU!!!
[Song of the post] We're Dead - The Failures. Real: I'm Still Here - Johnny Rzenik

Well, it's that time of the year again. The post-exam period. When the most people die of heart attack. I'm talking about the parents, of course. The students just commit suicide.

No, seriously, ZQ was feeling HEPP suicidal on the first day. totally90 too. Luckily I convinced them to stay alive.

I didn;t do too well, either. I only failed one subject: Chinese. Almost everybody did. I beat ZQ. That's why he was suicidal.

I got really high for English, the sciences and... that's it really. The others I didn;t do so well.

I guess I'm the sort of average character. Not so good in everything. Or, at leat, good in some things, and bad in others to compensate. *Sigh.* Nobody's perfect.

Argh, but I can't stop feeling this competive streak in me. Everytime Kevin (the other one) gets more than me, I can't help feeling a slightly jealous. And murderous. But I quash that feeling. Kev is my friend. Ah, I guess it's just the same-name deal.

Just watched Treasure Planet again today. It's going to be a classic, I tell you. It's one of those movies, which you can watch again and again without getting sick of it. It's wonderful.

OK, going now. Bye.

The Ledgendeer

[Quote of the post] The Ledgendeer is more than just a game. Play it if you dare...
[Song of the post] Nothing Yet - Still

What if there were real worlds where our nightmares live and wait for us?

The Ledgendeer trilogy by Alan Gibbons, in my opinion, is one of the best trilogies ever written.

Ever wondered why myths seem to revolve around the number three? The three heads of Cerebus. The nine rivers of Hades. The nine worlds of the Norse myths. The three muses, the three Furies, the three Norns. The trinity of evil. The trinity of trinities. All multiples of three.

But that is the language of the game and its Gamesmaster. He wants to take over our world, and he is using the game to do just that.

Just imagine. A game in which fantasy is reality. But using cutting-edge technology, you don't just play the game in Virtural Reality... more like Parallel Reality - you don't just see and hear, but taste, feel, smell. In a year's time, there will be one in every teenager's room.

But that's just the problem. You don't play the game, the game plays you. Just think: one moment, a teenager will be battling a demon in the game - the next moment, it will be there in his room. The game opens up a gateway between our world and the world of myths.

But in every myth, there is of course, a hero. This hero comes in the form of Pheonix Graves, a fourteen-year-old teenager from England (British writer). Together with his friend Laura Osibona, they travel into the world of myths three times: Shadow of the Minotaur, Vampyr Legion and Warriors of the Raven; Greek myth, vampires and Norse myth.

They battle with the Gamesmaster's pawns countless times, with the help of Andreas, a great-uncle's spirit who still communicates with Pheonix. Defeating the Gamesmaster is no easy task, especially when he has the alligence of Steven Adams, Pheonix's ex-school bully who entered the game, but chose not to return.

In this thrilling trilogy, it's gaming brought to the next level. So, will this game ever emerge on the market?

For the purposes of the game, yes.

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