Heart of Worship

2010-03-28T22:55:00.003+08:00

I've had a crazy past 2 weeks, and I foresee many more to come, so trying to squeeze in something for my blog.

I won't tell you what i've been doing, at least until july. so just to keep the suspense...

Found out that BPGHS has 9 SPF-NPCC awardees. So very proud of you guys =D

Many things i wanna express, but cannot put in words.

nah.

2010-03-16T22:43:00.002+08:00

just a quickie, to feed my stalkers.

Just came back from camp. well, yesterday.
Spent the time from then till now rushing my e-learning. now i know how post-secondary ppl get white hair. i'd have mine sooner or later.

so, camp.

3D2N, more slack than i would have expected, squeezing in with the Brigade and Scouts. don't remember sleeping throughout the camp. maybe i dozed off and awoke instantaneously.

If you manage to read this, USS sec 3s, whether or not you completed the entire thing, as long as you had put in your all you'd make worthy cadet leaders.

but no point comparing you to the squad i took when i was a cadet leader. i'm more attached to them. won't deny that. to me they're still the best. until you can prove me otherwise.

From the day you completed the course, your NPCC training truly begins. you only start learning after you graduate. don't you dare give up.

today.

2010-03-04T22:34:00.001+08:00

Haven't been updating much.

Just have to say, i'm very proud of the BP kids. Tremendous improvement from 2008.

smiles.

2010-02-19T23:14:00.002+08:00

Many many things today, so i just condense.

PDG 10/10 is a group of cute people. Our tutor speaks to us only in chinese, and refers to us by number.
We're also sort of a "rojak" class, as it contains two combinations. I am the minority, 1 of 4 jokers offering PCML.

So with the PDG, it is more or less confirmed that I am in PUMA house!! Green colour. after 4 years of purple. finally.

Oral presentation workshop, got a lot of sweets, vaguely reminded of BPGHS public speaking. my impromptu speech was "what TV programmes do you find really boring." I don't usually watch television. and when i do, it's either news or documentary. perhaps everything else is boring.

jokes for the day:
in LJS,
Chilli sauce and Tartar sauce makes chi-tar sauce.
Cheese and chilli makes chee-li.
Charlie + Delta = Charl-ta

etc etc. all the old jokes coming out again.

study.

2010-02-18T22:43:00.002+08:00

Nothing much to post, i just have one thought;

Do i know anyone in the City Hall, Nicoll highway area??

tsk.

2010-02-17T22:13:00.002+08:00

AJC never ceases to astonish. Note: the word used is "astonish", not a mere "surprise". diction is important.

so anyways, the JC1 cohort just discovered that AJC is ranked 20th out of 17 Junior Colleges. Needless to say, we were in shock. We did not know if we should just laugh, or laugh. The tutor said it with a straight face, while (in search of a better word) scolding a few slow people. Correction: Many slow people. We cannot do anything about it, the seating instructions confused all of us. Just MAKE UP YOUR MIND. thank you.

Second week with my internal CCA. still not confirmed, but i'm pretty convinced that AJDOS has left me for dead. pity. so it's back to chess, after 4/5 years?

Still, training from 1430 hours to 1930 hours is no easy feat, especially since we're NOT released on the dot. mental exercises after a day of lectures (and in the future, tutorials). just perfect.

ah well, looking forward (or not) to the permanent timetable. HOD PE says that it could clash with my external CCA, so bad news to the cadets (or perhaps good news to the dear dear passerby who tagged my tagboard), i may not be down as often, or maybe not at all. next week. yes.

Next week.

2010-02-16T00:46:00.001+08:00

It's the new year, past valentine's day, yadda yadda yadda.

No biggie.

Oh well,

Happy holidays, all.

2010-02-11T21:28:00.002+08:00

There's no time like the present.

Only 6 days into school lessons, and I already feel tired out. Not even the permanent timetable yet, you know. Only workshops and tutorials now. I awoke 5 minutes later than usual today. Not a good start.

First lecture GP, my OG always very independent never follow me, so I went LT4 most likely they went Audi. Doesn't anyone ever pay attention to announcements?

Surprising fact, only a handful read newspapers. So while the lecturer continued droning on about the importance of reading newspapers, I was fully aware that I had already had this habit for around 10 years.
Lecturer asked many questions, setting them as homework. As a good BPGHS student, I do not need to do them, because BPGHS had already given me the answer during my education there. I mean, seriously, does nobody have the slightest tinge of curiousity on why Singapore is called a "little red dot"?

Downside of not taking econs; 2 hours break. So study, study, study.

CCA problem still not solved. horrigible.

In the end, I found out that a school with an impressive reputation has its own fair share of himbos and bimbos. Whoever thought that a "mugger" school would ever comprise of dull dilettantes? The smart alecks appeared during both science lectures today. Bottomline: people with exemplary results are still subsceptible to unacceptable social habits. Whatever happened to social ettiquette?

This a good studying environment makes not.

how.

2010-02-10T21:58:00.003+08:00

Since external CCAs are not recognised in AJC (tsk), I have to take up an internal CCA. duh.

First choice: Debate and Oratorical Society. I missed the trial. Never heard from them since. so,

Second choice: Chess club. I just attended the training today. Had both international chess and chinese chess, much better than what i had in SVPS.

So, chess club. Unless AJDOS still wants me, i think i'd be in chess club lor. IChess from 1530-1730, CChess from 1730 to 1930. Chess club starts at 1430. So busy. But it was fun, played mostly with chee hui and dexter for angmoh chess, jun hao for cheena chess.

Also got to meet the coaches, very high standard. suddenly play chess have stress. IChess was just basics today, CChess a little more cheem. Barely understood the Chinese Chess coach (everything taught in chinese. chicken mcnugget.)

Oh, and i got to play against the CChess coach. We spent most of the match arranging our pieces nice nice, instead of capturing pieces. So took very long to end game. Of course he win la, i stand no chance. Even though he was playing against 5 ppl simultaneously. Talk about adding insult to injury.

Reached home around 2030, ate dinner at 2100. i may not be able to cope with, if it does come, the worst case scenario; two internal CCAs and one external CCA. and studies.

how dead depressing.

2010-02-09T20:34:00.002+08:00

Just in case you're curious how JC life for me is...

I was considering leaving this post until I had gone through at least one lecture per subject, but no point waiting any longer. see, i care for my readers.

Still haven't attended a Physics or Chi Lecture yet. Of that sort.

Now, my combination is PCML, perhaps one of the less popular combinations. Because of that "L". If you catch no ball, it just means that apart from the compulsory subjects of GP, CL and PW, I offer H2 Phy, Chem, Math and H1 Lit.

Almost everyone else I spoke to went for PCME. econs, you know. There were a couple of BCME, which just shows that even the life science people opt for econs.

I had no idea how many (or rather, how few) people offered H1 lit.

Until today.

Today was my first lit lecture, it just feels that i'm picking up the subject from basics. Today we just learnt Similes and Metaphors. Watched a couple of Charles Chaplin vids, studied imagery on some poems. That's it.

Back to the point, whilst perhaps the more popular Econs takes the Auditorium for lectures (you could just imagine how many people there would be), lit doesn't even take a lecture theatre. We took the dance studio.

The size of the class?

23.

another thing to think about; there are only 7 males in the class( including me). Dramatisation would be a nightmare.

Other lectures have less to type about, we the muggers finished the work way beforehand. No homework.

One more thing- did i say? I love my new calculator. Reasons: It draws graphs for me, it looks very very nice, and i can play games on it.

really. games.

envious?

2010-02-08T22:03:00.002+08:00

There are times, that compromises have to be made. Tough decisions, instant reactions.

I am barely capable of supporting, and am barely supported.

It is true, then, that no matter how bad the past was, it always seems better than the present. And no matter how nice the present is, the future always looks worse. Oh the irony.

Ethics (work) prevent me from sharing everything.

Restrictions imposed by the upstairs really hinder bond building. Perhaps anti-endothermic? (but not yet exothermic, if you get what I mean)

If you ever get to read this, somehow, I would like to stress that "the Posting Order is for compliance". So if you're an USS NPCC cadet, you're stuck with me, and if you're a BPGHS NPCC cadet, you might never get to see me. Nothing I can do.

Just think of it this way; I see copper and gold. One is extremely useful, the other, extremely valuable. Neither is bad, but there would be a tendency for me to favour one over the other.

Not as many possibilities as probabilities.

2010-01-27T21:49:00.002+08:00

2 Postings have been confirmed:

1st, last thurs, i received a letter "On Government service". I am now a CI of Unity Secondary School.

and.....

The posting everyone has been waiting for: Post-Sec posting!

I've been accepted into AJC Science. How nice.

2010-01-19T23:12:00.001+08:00

Nine makes one from One of Three
Forbidden,taken
Sanctuary of a tree

Here's my riddle.
What's the answer?

2010-01-19T23:00:00.001+08:00

this blog is comatose. note: comatose. It might awaken when school term begins. just maybe. stand by.

2010-01-16T23:29:00.000+08:00

3 A1s
3A2s
2B3s

L1R5 9
L1R4 7

That's all you need to know.

2010-01-09T23:14:00.000+08:00

o level results out on monday, i'll post then.

2009-12-20T11:14:00.002+08:00

After three gruelling long weeks, which worse much worse than taking O levels, I'M BACK!!

A few, let's say, "quotes", i picked up.

"If you're walking, you're not at your maximum speed"

"You cannot do without thinking"

and the most common:

"I'm disappointed".

Should get to use them. hopefully not.

so there.

2009-12-19T23:17:00.000+08:00

3 weeks over. Ecstatic is the word.

YAY!!!

2009-11-26T20:32:00.002+08:00

Haix, i'm getting more stressed with each passing day. 3 weeks!! must somehow survive =_=...

ah well, it had better be worth it. i'm missing missions and yi camp cause of this. grumble grumble.

It's times like this that i tend to forget to rely on God, when i need him most. but there're just so many things to be concerned about!

one at a time? not an option.

tsk.

2009-11-25T21:55:00.003+08:00

Yesterday: Prom nite!!

no pics. didn't bother taking. The shine from all the shuai-ge and mei-nu would blind you. The glamour from yours truly could send you into shock. So there.

Prom queen: As predicted, someone from 4M1, presumably the most popular class in school. Lim Xue Yun, the girl whose name the MC could never pronounce correctly.

Prom king: Another prediction. well, half prediction. It was a close match, but he came out tops. The school grass, Teoh Ze Tong! 4P2. At least have one from a P class. So nice.

we were Team Handsome! We owned the other team (Ping-pong), 12500 to 3500 points! The last game was totally meaningless. Being worth 10000 points, whoever wins that game automatically wins, regardless of how many points were won in previous games.

Food not bad, there was a dish called "Princess Chicken". That i cannot understand. Beijing fried rice also not bad. Bread pudding quite sweet. Then they mixed up the name cards and so condensed milk became cream of mushroom soup. I stupid stupid go ladle one bowl of it before i realised that it was condensed milk =_="'. tskeded.

overall, very tiring. Piece of advice: Try not to dance too hard after eating too much. You'd vomit. Really.

That's that. so there.

2009-11-25T18:13:00.002+08:00

Dear all, I have created an alternate blog (in the loosest sense of the word).

This blog still remains in existance.

This blog would display my personal life, the other would be quite formal.

So do drop by if you get the chance, it's in my links, as "My Lifejournal"

The address is :
http://lamyal.livejournal.com/

have fun =]

so there.

Revived

2009-11-23T23:04:00.003+08:00

Title says it all. MY BLOG LIVES!! at least, for now.

first post in about 3 months, which was about the time i was offline. you know, cause of O levels.

Anyways, i get a lil carried away, and I changed the entire blogskin.

To make up for the lost time, i'll just list out birthdays i haven't put down:

August:

23rd: Yu Ling
2o-somethingth?: Esther Lim (okay la, cannot remember exact date. so sorry.)

September:

2nd: Wei Lun
4th: ME!!!
7th: Xue Yun
19th: Ee Chian
24th: Lovelle (hmm, september heralds loves....)

October:

16th: Felicia
25th: Yong Xuan
31st: Grace (note: 31 Oct = 25 Dec , which was why i tried to tell everyone that it was christmas then, not halloween! xD)

November:

9th: Cynthia
16th: Ther
21st: Amanda (well, don't know you that well, but still, it's a birthday! =D)
22nd: Hannah

I think that's that. If i missed out your birthday, feel free to tag. i'll add you in. soon.

Let's see how long will i continue blogging.

ciao.

2009-08-19T21:37:00.001+08:00

i know i shouldn't be blogging, but i just could not resist screaming:

I'M OFFICIALLY BILINGUAL!!

so there.

DVI's Birthday!

2009-08-11T22:07:00.000+08:00

It's the First Year Anniversary of DVI '08!!

We had the commemorative outing on Nat day. Horrible. Total only 4 ppl.

Ming Tat, Chin Lim, The lil girl, and I.

oh yeah, The lil girl = Cynthia. Old joke.

As per tradition, we had a movie. GI Joe. Not bad, not bad. Cynth's gonna watch it another 2 times. Weird.

This is, perhaps, the last post for a veeeery long time.

Stand By,
Lœvll™

2009-08-02T21:03:00.000+08:00

It's August. The month of Augustus. The joker who wanted the same number of days as Julius. Bully February...

Ok, just crap.

In view of the APPROACHING prelims and O levels, there would be a lacuna in the near future.

Don't know what lacuna means? Lacuna = Hiatus.

Don't know what hiatus means? Go check dictionary. Too lazy tell you.

Tsk.

2009-07-29T21:27:00.000+08:00

Another birthday!

29/7

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't know you for long, but a month should be long enough.
Happy 14th Birthday =D

2009-07-23T21:09:00.002+08:00

have to keep this alive somehow. only thing postworthy by far: Cheena LC.

(LC does NOT stand for low class. it's listening compre. durh.)

The teacher was supposed to come in at 1430, but was late. So I was just entertaining myself(and a few others) with lame jokes. at least 25 mins worth.

So when the teacher came in, Symphony 92.4 FM. Played Vivaldi's Spring, Skaters Waltz, some Mozart. The reason why there is a need to listen to music is that research shows that people who listen to classical music beforehand score better at listening compre. however,

THE RESEARCH ONLY PROVES MOZART!!

Mozart is from Classical, Vivaldi Baroque. The music is different. Should have played 100% Mozart. lalala.

Out of 10 questions, only had 1 "A". Weird paper.

Paper 3 finally over. I do not wish to take any chinese papers until next year. Fullstop.

So there.

2009-07-16T20:47:00.002+08:00

Amazing. This months seems to be (almost) dedicated to birthdays. Ahem. Let's see.

14/7
Happy Belated Birthday to JULYdia!!
no gift for you. just wishes. happy 16th

Happy Belated Birthday to Mu Xin!!
Jupiter celebrates his 16th birthday!

Happy Belated Birthday to Grace!!
Hello!! okay, i don't know your age. and it's rude to ask.

16/7
Happy Birthday Alson!!
Happy 16th! ok, i apologize, i didn't know it was your birthday( and I sit next to you!)

Happy Birthday Rowena!!
Assuming you are 2 years my senior, happy 18th!

July. People are born in July.

2009-07-07T21:11:00.005+08:00

I have never wished anyone "Happy Birthday" on my blog. I prefer tagging their blogs. However, perhaps it'll be a nice change to do so...

07-07

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAH ENG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many happy returns of the day, blah blah blah.

So there. Happy 16th.

visit www.lifes-pencilmarks.blogspot.com to wish him! (if you know him, that is. )

Lœvll™

2009-07-05T21:00:00.001+08:00

Just for something to post, I present to you the model sermon feedback! I posted this (on another blog) 9 months ago. This is just a matter of copy and paste, with a few edits. So for those who do not read my other "blog", here it is. Genre: Satire. Format: SEQ. enjoy.

Sermon by Pastor Joe and Pastor Dave,
Radical Conference 2007
02-06-2007

Radical Living

To what extent do you agree that Passion is needed to live RADICALLY? EYA.
[12 marks]

I agree that Passion is needed to live radically to a large extent. Apart from Passion, two other factors are "Purpose", and "Integrity".[L2/4]
Passion causes people to do crazy things. Passionate Christians do crazy things for God! For example, passionate people love talking about Jesus to people. They would never miss church for the world. They praise and worship Jesus in any circumstance. This means that even if they do not feel like it, they will still worship Jesus. Also, they praise and worship in Church. They gather together to worship the God they love. They love God's Word. Loving the Word of God is key to Radical Living, for you learn to spend time with God, and you can know God's will through His Word. Lastly, passionate people do not gossip. They let what they say count. They know that gossiping is stealing another's reputation. Therefore, passion brings about actions, needed for radical living.[L3/5]
Another factor to living radically is "Purpose". "Purpose" is the object towards which one strives for. It gives one a sense of direction. In effect, it is a result or effect that is intended or desired. It is determination and resolution, the matter at hand. This factor is needed for Radical living, for it allows Christians to know where they are headed, and they would look towards Christ in their daily lives.[L3/7]
Lastly, "Integrity" is also needed for living radically. Integrity means being the same person 24/7. One has no integrity if one's personality is always changing. A changing personality is a sign of an unstable believer. It is doing the right thing even when no one is watching. It is written, "do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. (Matt 6:3b-4a)" Integrity is such that it identifies you. A Radical Christian is constant, and serves and loves God wholeheartedly, without want of self-glory. [L4/10]
In conclusion, "Passion" is the most important factor to Radical Living for it is the fuel for a believer. It drives Christians to live radically for God. Without this a Christian would be weary. Purpose brings about a sense of direction, but without fuel, knowing where to go would not help much. Christians must have a sense of direction, for without which one would be muddling around, not knowing where to go, or what to do. Integrity is the soul of a radical Christian, and perhaps the most difficult factor to achieve. One must have integrity, for it is our identity. This is who we are in Christ. [L5/12]

Total: 430 words. I'm not kidding.

P.S. Total Score - 12/12 =]

Lœvll™

2009-07-03T22:35:00.002+08:00

After, what, more than 2 months, I’m coming back to “Parables of Life”. Just so that I’d have something to post on. Well. Today’s topic: Transformers.

Why transformers? So that it’ll go with the movie? (which Life rated 1 star out of 5. maybe half.) It does sound nice doesn’t it? But I’m not doing this “Transformers”. I’m doing transformers, devices that transfer electrical energy between circuits.

As a good physics student would know, Transformers can only be used in an AC current. The way transformers work is very simple. But long. So I wouldn’t post on it here.

Why use transformers? So that electricity from power plants can travel all the way to your home, and “step down” the voltage so that you can use it safely. It is not wise to have a mains voltage in your house at 5 MV. You might as well have the MRT track in your house. Our mains voltage is set at 240V. More than enough.
Also, if you wanted to charge your mobile phone, 240V would cause it to explode. That’s why transformers are used to step down the voltage even further to a safe value, so you can charge your phone without fear of incapacitation.

So, to think this in another way, be thankful to your teachers. They have to “step down” the content they know so that you could understand your subjects. Otherwise, they could just spoonfeed you with all the information. You may absorb it for a while, but you would forget them just as quickly as you absorbed them. Wasted time.
When you are explaining some things, perhaps your idealogy, on studies, leadership, or (in my case, but in the past) drills and campcraft skills. Trust me, I am an impatient individual. I expect others to learn as fast as I do. For those who learnt drills/campcraft from me, you’d notice I may get a lil long winded, just to make sure you can understand every single part of what you’re doing. Which is quite useful, seeing that most would not know that sedia requires your feet to be at an angle of π/6 radians. They never teach that in NPCC syllabus. I do. *Lovell rants on an on*….*ahem*, back to the topic. Yup, so when you are doing explanation, avoid giving one whole chunk (not the CR SI unit, the expression), but rather “step down” your info and provide just enough to digest. So, Kah Eng, that is why I do not tell you everything at one shot. Where is the fun in that?

Christian Application: This time, I will not cut and paste the entire passage here. If you want to understand what I am talking about better, scroll down to my links, under “others”, click on “Bible Gateway”, and type in “Exodus 16”. That should be it. Here is just an extract:

“The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much [manna], some little. And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed”
-Exodus 16:17,18

“manna” is what the Abrahamic religions understand as “bread from Heaven”. The idea was this; the Israelites were out in the desert. They were hungry. They complained. So God gave them bread, which rained down every morning for the people to take. Supply was renewed everyday. Leftovers from yesterday rots. The only exception was on the 6th day, where people could also collect for the 7th.
Now, though the main idea was to see if the people were obedient, and ultimately representative as a Type of Christ, the idea of the transformer applies. Read the bolded text yourself.
God provides enough. When He says you should not take more, you should not. He does not give the lifetime supply at once, but enough for you day by day. What you do not need , He does not give. What you think you do not need, (though it may be what you do need), God has in store for you. You explode with too much. You cannot work with too little. That is why God is a Transformer.
Another example is the fact that Jesus spoke in Parables. Read Mark 4. He uses pictures so that we can understand, which is good communication. If he were to go straight in into philosophy, only a few could understand, and even less would learn. Therefore, stepping down is different.

Oh, one more thing. In transformers, though the voltage changes, Power does not change. Power is not compromised. When God came down as Jesus to us, He did not compromise His power. He just did so that we could receive Him better.

I did not link very well, cause i was just too lazy to straighten out the kinks. So just make do .
There is a lot more on such a topic, but more of that another time. I have really typed too much.
So there.

Lœvll™

2009-06-26T21:13:00.002+08:00

I've done too many to need to explain what i'm doing here.

01. Who was your last text from?
-Tsk, tsk. It should be "From whom was your last text from?" AND for the record, it's ANDy

02. Where was your default picture taken?
-Msn pic: Jurong Stadium

03. Your relationship status?
-Single

04. Have you ever lost a close friend?
-Yup. He forgot me.

05. What is your current mood?
-Absolutely spiffing

06. How many siblings do you have?
-one. just the one.

07. What’re your brother(s)/sister(s) names?
-Lopez. My one and only elder bro. The boy who bought me my Megaminx™ =D

08. Where do you wish you were right now?
-i am where i wish i were.

09. Have a crazy side?
-I am already crazy.

10. Ever had a near death experience?
-yup. once or twice

11. Something you do a lot?
-breathe.

12. Angry at anyone?
-nope. not yet, at least.

13. What's stopping you from going for the person you like?
- covanent.

14. When was the last time you cried?
-can't remember. 6 June? 5 June?

15. Is there anyone you would do anything for?
-It's less of the "anyone" and more of the "anything"

16. What you think about when you are falling asleep?
-i think about sleeping

17. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
-Andy

18. What is your favourite song?
-Majesty by Planetshakers. Why do you think my blogskin is as it is?

19. What are you doing right now?
-Doing this ridiculous quiz.

20. Who do you trust right now?
-Myself

21. Where did you get the shirt you are wearing now?
-Mother bought it.

22. Have you kissed someone in the past week?
-nope.

23. Who is your friend that lives closest to you?
-In the loosest sense, Solomon lives the closest. He lives below my block. In the strictest sense, Bryan lives nearest. One block away. Although Adelind and Chu Hui come close.

24. Describe your life in one word?
-Incomplete

25. Who are you thinking of right now?
-no one....*whistles and looks away*

26. What should you be doing right now?
- i dunno.

27. What are you listening to?
-The glorious melody of silence.

28. Who was the last person who gave you a hug?
-My mother.

29. Who was the last person who yelled at you?
-can't remember.

30. Do you act differently around the person you like?
-I cannot. otherwise it would be too *ahem* suspicious.

Just joking. i could answer this question only if it were a "would" and not a "do". For the present question i would first need someone i like.

31. What is your natural hair colour?
-Black

32. Who was the last person to make you laugh?
- Myself.

33. Who was the last person to make you sad?
-Myself

34. What do you hear?
-silence...

35. Is your hair curly or straight?
-Neither this nor that.

36. Has anyone ever called you "scrumptious" before?
-no. this is a weird adjective for a human.

37. Do you have a best friend?
-naturally.

38. Held hands with the opposite sex in the past 3 days?
-nope.

39. Do you use smiley faces on the computer?
-Of course =D

40. Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
-If boots and berets count as clothes, yes.

41. Are you happy with life right now?
-what do you mean by "happy"?

42. Are you currently jealous?
- of?

43. What jewellery are you currently wearing?
-nothing. i don't do jewellery

44. What were you doing on Friday night?
-doing this questionnaire.

45. Have you ever had your heart broken?
-by?

46. Have you ever broken someone's heart?
-maybe.

47. Is there anybody you're really disappointed in right now?
-yup. myself.

48. What was the last reason you went to the doctor for?
-I cannot remember when I last visited the doctor.

49. How late did you stay up last night and why?
-around 0100 hrs. give or take. Can't sleep. Read too much.

50. Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
-never dated.

So there.
Lœvll™

2009-06-20T12:44:00.001+08:00

Just saw yesterday; Rubik's 6x6 and 7x7 are out.

Expensive la. $54++ and $64++ respectively.

how fun.

2009-06-16T21:46:00.002+08:00

Now, I was just reading my F451 (as every good Lit student should) and i'm sorry to say that i left out one reference from my Life Lit on F451 ( RE: Thursday, May 14, 2009 )

And so, just a quickie...

The Sieve and The Sand

pg 78 lines 34, 35
pg 79 lines 1, 3, 9, 12, 30, 32
pg 80 line 4
pg 84 lines 32, 33

It's all the same thing really. The battle between Denham's Dentrifice and Montag. Montag losing. I didn't notice this as it was so minute, it just passed by my attention. What i've listed are those lines related to this reference. What i have in bold are what we'll look at now...

Pg 78 lines 34, 35 - "Shut up, thought Montag. Consider the lilies of the field."
Pg 84 lines 32, 33 - " 'Denham's Dentrifice;they toil not, neither do they spin,' said Montag, eyes shut"

This comes from, again, the Bible. I did say i'll just pick out biblical references. now,

"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; "
-Matthew 6:28

This passage is talking about worry. Why worry? If there is a God, and He takes the time to dress flowers up b-e-a-utifully, He will dress you as well. So why worry about what you would wear?

So in the book, Montag was worrying about Beatty. He was worried when he had to pass the book over. So, "no phrase will escape me(Montag), each line must be memorized. I will myself to do it".
However, like sand through a sieve, everything falls through, and Montag barely retains the words he read. If he had been able to digest what he was reading though, he would have understood.

To not worry.

This is your take-home - "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Matthew 6:34

Worry less, care more.

Of course i have a lot more i could talk on the topic of "worry", but i *ahem* "worry" that it'll be too much to digest. then again, it could be that i'm too lazy to post it now. yup, that should be it.

So there.

Yours,
Lœvll™

2009-06-13T22:04:00.003+08:00

Rubiks Cube(s)!!! For those who don't know (shame on you) i play with rubik's cube. or, as Night at the Museum 2 puts it, The Cube of Rubik, much more powerful than the tablet of Ankhmunra. Cuuuba!!

So to get to know me slightly better, here's my collection...

Spin and spin and spin and spin. let's look at the solo cubes.

My 2x2 cube! also known as the pocket cube. easy to solve, difficult to turn. how cute.

My 3x3 . the original rubik's cube. it's old. so it's tattered. nothing i can do/ want to do.

My 4x4 cube, aka Rubik's Revenge. stupid parity error, making it amongst the worst of cubes. I don't usually touch this cube.

ah, my 5x5 Professor's Cube. Just as old as my 3x3, twice as fragile. used mainly for showing off.

lalala...

so. erm. what else to post... ah!

For those who know my brother, you should know by now he is back in Singapore. From China. So he went and bought a cheena product for me. check this out....

Presenting to you my very own Rubik's Megaminx! It's a dodecahedron i.e. 12-face polyhedron. pretty right! *squeals* wait, boys shouldnt squeal...erm...*shrieks* ok, that doesn't work either. but it's nice right!! lets see what it does

my megaminx is pretty pretty pretty. nah. this is my new toy.

see, these are my two most difficult puzzles i have in possession. The Megaminx is definitely more difficult than my Professor's. egads.

So there. another aspect of my life. my intellectual life.

Lœvll™

2009-06-12T15:31:00.010+08:00

In the midst of *ahem* doing holiday homework, posting is at hand! Lovell has done one too many questionnaires, and a lot of teaching. so lets do something more personal.

RAD CON '09!!

That what i call it. But others know it as Radical Conference 2009. collecting feedback for such an event is horrible. tsk. I've never had to put feedback on microsoft word before. so, less tok, more pics. yes, pics. long time never see pics on my blog rite? cause i too lazy upload. more pics at my facebook. leeeets go!

Day 2 workshop! there were three days. last thurs, fri and sat. rushing from school was not fun. i went to "Protecting your Vision" on day 2. Day3 i went to "worship". totally ignored Counter culture. for some reason....

In an attempt to show you how many people there were...failed pic. look at the next one...

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ah, many many people. many many. almost not enough chairs. i'd rather sit on the floor.

So there you have it! Rad con 09! Purple purple purple. nice colour don't you think?

apart from the above workshops, i oso went for "Purity <16>17 Q&A session, cause technically i'm 16. by year. so the lil children missed out on this. heh heh....

Guest Speakers from Australia and Malaysia!! This year, we had Ps Dave Reardon, Ps Chris Long, and SHIRElive band. how nice. it's not everytime we get to hear Ps Chris Long speak twice a day. Always liked his sermons....value for time....

In the last session by Ps Dave Reardon, "The Beginning", here's something interesting:

Every Good story has a Good beginning. It may not be great, but it'll be good. Case in point: The 10 cent question...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...." Which book was it from? Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities".

Famous book, though i've never read it. Its opening is especially famous. So i'll sidetrack a lot just to show it to you here...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way . . ."

This is the opening paragraph. It is one sentence long. and i do mean long. I'm not going to do a lit analysis on this...erm....yet. But you can see the beauty of words in this eh? Good opening. Great story.

Your life is a story. You dictate when it starts. Are you living yet?

and so, "Once upon a time..."

He is.

So there.

Lœvll™

2009-06-03T21:31:00.003+08:00

This post is a lil overdue. These are my CT2 results.

Subject Ave. Mark Grade
English 70.0 A2
Chinese 63.0 B4
Add.Math 62.5 B4
E. Math 82.5 A1
Chem 87.5 A1
Phy 73.8 A2
Humans 48.0 D7
Music 55.7 C5

L1R5 = 17
L1R4 = 13
L1B4 = 10

horrible. simply horrible. I just had to fail my only humans. tsk. study study study...

Prayer

2009-06-01T20:15:00.003+08:00

It's been a while since i last blogged. So in an effort to *ahem* steal readers from Kah Eng's blog. I shall post on the topic he did on thursday. Prayer.

let's look at his case study, from one friend to another. namely KC (red) to KE (blue)

As quoted from AKE's blog:

Before I carry on I would just like to address to a certain question that I was asked regarding my God.
I was asked, 'Do you pray?'
I answered 'yes.'
'Do you think that God have a divine plan for you?
'Yes.'
'Wouldn't that be a little arrogant because you pray to change His plans.'

Now, being the linguist that I am/ think I am, my first issue with this is with the grammar. You "address a question". "to" is redundant.

Next, I applaud our little red friend for being able to structure a question so nicely, that I believe he read it somewhere. You have no idea how many people can't even structure a question.

If I were the little blue guy, I'd have first asked, "what do you mean by 'praying to change his plans' " ?

Tip 1: In comprehension, do not, repeat not, tackle the question head on. You must first understand the question, then you answer. That's why we call it comprehension. It's more of comprehending the question rather than the passage.

Tip 2: Where applicable, always think of what impact your answer would have. I only made this mistake when I was answering a moral question set by our dear VP. haix.

So, back to the topic. people think that Christians pray to change a Perfect God's Divine plans. and they think this reasoning proves the arrogance of Christians, thus showing Christianity as morally flawed. The basis of this argument is as follows.

Point one: As a Christian, you pray.
Point two: God has a divine plan.

Reasoning: By praying, you disrupt God's plans.

Since people know that Christians cannot deny points one and two. so the reasoning should show Christians are snobbish, stuck-up people. or does it?

The flaw in the reasoning is the assumption of what prayer is.

When adapting to other religions, some people have the tendency of including one's previous religion into new religions. That's where Dan Brown's hilarious literary work seems to discredit Christianity. The image of God as an old man was derived from the Greek god Zeus. That is most likely true, I do not deny it. The problem with this idea is that real Christianity is not so. Humans are stupid creatures who cannot read instructions. which part of "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. " (Exodus 20:4) do people not understand??

So it's nothing wrong with the God. It's just the people. We were explicitly told to not make any images of God. so there.

Now when it comes to adaptation, prayer is also adapted. People may think prayer is merely asking for material things, blessings etc etc, if come true give more offerings, blah blah blah.

The Christian prayer, however, is different. This is how Jesus said prayer should be:

" He said to them, "When you pray, say:
" 'Our Father in Heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth as it is on Heaven.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us(indebted to us).
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. "

-Luke 11:2-4

As the good literature students we are, you'd notice that prayer is NOT just asking for what you want, complaining about what you need.
Also, prayer is NOT memorising these words and just throwing them out. Come on la, humans are supposed to be creative. It's like an essay, you do not memorise a model essay word for word and write it in your exam. You'd get a T for plagarism. So what does Jesus mean?

First line, "Our God who is in Heaven, Hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come."
Step one in prayer, praise God.

Second line," May your will be done on Earth as it is done in Heaven."
Step two in prayer, obey God.

Third line," Give us today our daily bread"
Third step in prayer, Depend on God. (to live physically)

Fourth line, "Forgive us our sins, and let us forgive those indebted to us"
Step four in prayer, acknowledge one's own wrongdoings, seek forgiveness(it will be given), and ask to learn to forgive.

Fifth line, "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
Fifth step, depend on God. (to live morally)

People who used to pray to all sorts of gods for blessings, spam the third step. So people think Christians pray just to gain, in a way affecting God's will. BUT! real prayer always praises God first. notice that the entire prayer is focused on God. understand that prayer is not a monologue. it is a dialogue. don't understand this part? so sorry, i can't explain it right here.

So, now that we understand how a Christian should pray, the reasoning that Christians are arrogant to pray to change God's plans is therefore irrelevant.

now, here's another way of looking at God's plan. Instead of wanting to find out God's plan for our lives, it is better to find out God's plan, and adjust our lives to fit that plan. There is seriously no arrogance in doing so, and it well addresses the above confrontation. I believe God has a divine plan, and there is no way I can change it. As the old saying goes," If you can't lick 'em, join 'em." Might as well aspire to do God's will.

the penultimate thing to understand about prayer is that it is not asking God to be involved, but asking permission to join a God who is already very much involved. Come on la, it is only arrogant to think that God is absent from our situations.

Lastly, we must understand that God answers prayers differently. I forgot where this info comes from, cause it's all in my head. so just remember the below is not my own IP.

To prayers, God can answer,
1) Yes
2) No
3) Grow
4) I have something better for you.

to understand this better, let's just imagine you are a cute cute lil child, and God is a loving, caring dad. which he is anyway.

Let's say that you want a violin, and your dad says "yes", cause he also wants you to pick up a new skill. God says yes when you ask for the right thing at the right time.

Now let's say that you want a skull tattoo on your neck. your dad says "no", cause you do not need one and you should not need one. God says no when you ask for the wrong thing at anytime.

Then, let's say you wanna get a driver's license. Your dad says" grow". you're a lil child! you can't have a driver's license yet! but it is ok that you get one. when you are older. So God says grow when you ask for the right thing at the wrong time.

Finally, let's say that you asked whether your dad could bring you to Pulau Belakang Mati for the holidays. Your dad says " I have something better for you", and brings you to Australia. God loves you! He wants the best for you. Actually, God always has something better for us. really. this happens all the time.

so now you understand what prayer is. don't make this assumption again. in fact, don't assume. do research first. lalala.

the end .for now.

2009-05-14T22:12:00.000+08:00

The second post of “Life Literature”, analysis of F451. I will not do a full analysis. I’m lame, not dumb. (See, it’s another pun! What? You cannot catch ball? Haix…it can either mean I tell lame jokes and I’m not stupid, or that I cannot walk but I’m not a mute.) However, this partial analysis is long enough, so I recommend you read the entire thing in parts, unless you feel no life enough to read the whole thing at once.

F451 is my set text for lit, and oso for most of my dear, faithful readers. I hope. So most analysis is in class already. If this is not your set text, or you’ve never touched the book before, you can ask me another time what the book is about. Today, I’ll just analyse the biblical references in the book. This does not mean that this doesn’t cater to my secular readers, in fact, knowing a bit of these stuff helps in understanding parts of the book better, so there.

Note: not every time the words “Jesus” or “God” appear in the book mean there is a Christian reference. This is just swearing. Which is not good for health by the way, so little children dun go around swearing hor.

1st Reference: pg 38, line 27. Beatty mentions the “Tower of Babel”. To be sure, the exact words he said was, “Where’s your common sense? None of these books agree with each other. You’ve been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel.”
The story of the Tower of Babel goes all the way back in History. Recorded in the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah. (see, must cross reference to different sources, cannot only take from one source. What do you learn in SS?)

Genesis 11:1-9 says as much, “ Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth." But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel —because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.”

In layman terms, the Tower of Babel refers to contradicting/confused speech. So when Beatty said that the nice old lady was locked up with a Tower of Babel, he meant that the books contradict each other, and bring about confusion. Now let’s move on…

2nd Reference: pg 93, line 2. Just four words. Faber said,” The Book of Job.” The Book of Job is about a man who met with many setbacks. Ok, maybe setbacks is a mild word. Job met with disaster itself. He lost property, he lost his family, and he kena affliction. Which means he got a disease. But he still had faith, although he did not know why these were happening to him, since he was a nice, good person. In the end, God gave him more than he lost. Which is something like endothermic reactions. Ok, back to lit, this also acts as a elaboration device of Montag’s situation. He would suffer many, many setbacks, such as the traitor Mildred…tsk, horrible character, the death of Clarisse, the burning of his house, the paralysis of his leg. But he gains at the end of the book. He became the leader of the intellectuals. How cool is that? So these four words have significance hor.

3rd reference: pg 150, lines 31-32 and pg 165, lines 6-9 and 11-14. These two are more or less the same thing, so I just put them together. The Books involved: Ecclesiastes and Revelation.

The idea of literature is to think that everything has a hidden meaning. So…Ecclesiastes is a very interesting book. In the first chapter, the entire book is more or less summed up, in
“"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher."Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."“
-Ecclesiastes 1:2
Yet Bradbury chooses another verse to represent Ecclesiastes, in pg 165. I’ll show you how the entire thing looks like…
To everything there is a season,

“A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace. “
-Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

Take note of the last two lines, “A time of war, and a time of peace”. This thus represents that after the war, there will be a time for peace. Duh.

The final reference is the one on Revelation. History lesson, Revelation was written by John, when he was exiled, but God revealed to him what was to come, thus the name “Revelation”.
This is similar to Montag’s situation, he now being an exile, but he learns more, he understands more, he gains more. He becomes the leader of the intellectuals. The last verse in the Bradbury’s book was..

“In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”
-Revelation 22:2

The river referred to the water of life. This verse is used to establish that the dystopian world Montag lives in will begin to heal.

Of course, there is still one more reference in the afterword. We’re not tested on it, so I’ll just touch and go. Pg 170, lines 18-21.
It says this , “ ‘Tempted?’ cries the Fire Chief. ‘Oh, that was long ago. The apple is eaten and gone. The snake has returned to its tree. The garden has grown to weed and rust.” ‘
This is a reference to the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden, a utopia made by God for Man(Hebrew Adam) to live in. The snake(devil) tempted Adam’s wife, Eve, to take and eat the fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This fruit is classically referred to as Adam’s apple. So whatever above just means that the Beatty had fallen into the temptation once, but has never been tempted since.

Long enough? No? Wait till I find time to do the Chronicles of Narnia. No guarantees, just a maybe. This should satisfy you for a while. Till next time. So there.

2009-05-10T21:42:00.005+08:00

hmms. i suddenly have time to post. surprise surprise. "Parables of Life" shall be put on hold indefinitely, since i wanna start a new series.

Mr Osgodby would be pleased with this new series, which i christened " Life Literature ". Look! The title itself is an alliteration(well, duh..)

So what I would do, I'd just a nice lil storybook, and share with you inferences and references. (lookie, it's the use of aphorism!)

Today's book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

this is a very spontaneous post, since the movie was shown just tonight on channel 5. so might as well post something about it.

For those little children that have not picked up this book( yes, you) i'll just give a brief overview.

Willy Wonka owns a chocolate factory. Due to competition, his factory closed down. Few years later, he opened it again, but did not welcome back his previous employees. one day he sends out 5 Golden Tickets, inviting 5 people i.e. children, to visit his factory. The five people who got the tickets are:
1) Augustus Gloop, a child who loves eating chocolate, and who loves eating as a whole.
2) Veruca Salt, who has a rich father that bought millions of chocolate bars just to get a Ticket.
3) Violet Beauregarde, a champion gum chewer
4) Mike Teavee, obssessed with the google box. (there, a pun.)
5) Charlie Bucket, the poor protagonist( see, another alliteration!)

Willy Wonka is presented as an omniscient figure, but does weird things. To us at least.

You can read the whole story yourself. I'll just go by the inferences...
The children are like the people of the world, let's see...

Gloop is a slave of gluttony, which is not good for health.
Salt (the greek equivalent of salt is salaria, which is the base word for the word we know as "salary". there, another play on words), is a representative of the detrimental effects of riches. Translation: Spoilt brat.
Beauregarde, is stubborn, and holds on to the past be it in methodology or mentality.
Teavee is one caught up in all the hustle and bustle this world has to offer, he is just "having fun"
Charlie, has a deep deep desire for chocolate which he could not afford. He is the very personification of hunger.

There is an obvious awareness of the world in this book, though the story is not placed in a dystopian setting, it shows the mentality of people, what we should avoid.

Gluttony=Greed. In his greed, Gloop fell into the Chocolate River, nearly drowning. Greed does cause death. (Though he did not die in the story)

Unhandled riches= foolishness. It is just plain dumb to waste money for personal, yet unbeneficial, reasons. The spoilt brat ended up in the trash and nearly into the rubbish incinerator in her foolishness.

Stubborness= Self-destruction. Being unable to embrace the new or to take good advice would cause one's own destruction. Violet was turned into a blueberry, juiced and remained purple as she was stubborn in her love for gum.

Self-indulgence=inactivity. Teavee's obssession with the TV made him irrational, thus causing him to shrink and later overstretched.

Hunger=Willingness. Anyone who is hungry is willing to eat. Everyone knows that. Charlie's hunger made him the owner of the chocolate factory.

If we are greedy, we lose what we gather. If we are foolish, we still lose what we gather. If we are stubborn, we do not know how to gather. If we are self-indulgent, we do not gather. But hunger causes us to gather, and gather even more. (see, anaphora!) It is understandable that we want to live a comfortable life, I do not deny that. There is also nothing wrong with wanting to live a comfortable life. BUT! what are you doing with your life? Coming up right now would be the CA...

Christian Application(of course there is a CA, I cater to more people):

"From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit"
-Jeremiah 6:13

"A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him."
-Proverbs 17:25

"You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned."
-Titus 3:11

"You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter."
-James 5:5

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."
-Matthew 5:6

There, one verse for each kiddo. All the above, represent "Christians". If you think that if you call yourself a "Christian" you are able to have a "holier-than-thou" attitude, you are badly mistaken. This is now a wake-up call. No man, not even christians, are devoid of temptations. I now point out our mistakes, and I offer the alternative. Till then, seek to gain that elusive virtue, humility. So there.

There are many more inferences to the Chocolate Factory, such as the analysing of Willy Wonka, but I too lazy to do this time. Maybe another time, after I go through more books...yups

Coming Soon(probably): Fahrenheit 451.

2009-05-03T12:38:00.003+08:00

Just gonna do one questionnaire to mark the start of my one month chiong for chinese =D

1. My friends..
are the enemy of my enemies? wait...i have enemies? aww man....

2. I am listening to..
Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, 4th Movement. or at least i was.

3. Maybe i should learn..
chinese. A1 A1 A1 !!!

4. I love..
you! and you, and you, and you...

5. My plan..
is to study like nobody's business

6. I don't understand...
WHY I CAN'T TAKE PURE HISTORY AND PURE LIT FOR MY COMBINATION!!! not fun one...

7. I lost..
to a malay in chinese chess. to be fair, he lost to me too. so there.

8. People say..
"Welcome to Mcdonalds, what would you like sir?"

9. I am missing..
my brother. (must put in something sentimental mah, he'll be back soon aniwaes =D)

10. Love means...
(refer to my speech)

11. Somewhere, someone is ?
studying for chinese...

12. I am searching for..
a good book to read.

13. Forever seems..
unreal.

14. I never want to..
go into NP again. although i might have to do so eventually...

15. My mobile phone..
is my alarm clock.

16. When i wake up in the morning..
I press the snooze button on my "alarm clock"

17. I get annoyed..
when one imposes superiority without gaining it.

18. Parties are..
a thing of the past

19. Hugs and kisses..
remind me of Barney.

20. Today i..
shall study chinese.

21. Time i will be..
an A1 student for chinese

22. I really want..
8A1s

23. I..
am that I am.

24. What is your phone brand ?
Samsung

25. What are the last 3 digits of your phone number ?
409

26. What does the second last message in your inbox says ?
It has lots of 3s and lots of 0s. too lazy to type out.

27. who was the last person you rang ?
Esther Lim.

28. Who was the last missed call from ?
PJW

29. What is the oldest message in ur inbox says ?
Esther Lim's sermon feedback. still too lazy to type out.

30. Who comes after 'J'
K

31. Go to your send message..what does the tenth message says ?
not applicable. i deleted my sent messages le

32. Who is your network provider ?
singtel?

33. How many messages are there in your inbox ?
3

34. Who do you have on speed dial 3 ?
no one.

35. if you are on prepaid card, how may credits do you have ?
still, not applicable.

36. Who's the person who come's after 'C' ?
Dominic?

37. What do you have as your main ringtone ?
Silent mode la, where have ringtone? bzz, bzz, bzz...

so there. START STUDYING LE!!!
roar.

2009-05-01T16:34:00.003+08:00

For the more observant amongst you, i have changed my blogskin. features in the new blogskin includes:

1) A quote right there. copy Hannah Lai one.

2) Disabled right click. a milder version of Qiying's.

3) Green font! green is my favourite colour btw, so i never copy yuling in this..

4) Reduction from 7 songs to 1 song. ok, it has been like this for a couple days now, but this song fits the theme of the blog mah. Imeem oso cut off most off the songs i used to play here, so only this one i can hear full song lor.

Happy May Day everybody!!

2009-04-27T21:40:00.003+08:00

Conceptual Physics. Physics all around you. So much that, i'll make it into one of the "parables of life" xD

for my friends that do not like physics, or do not take physics, you are still recommended to read on. READING IS GOOD FOR HEALTH!!!

Today's topic: DC motor.

focus: the Split-ring commutator and Carbon Brush.

The Direct Current Motor functions upon two magnetic fields, one created by an electrical current and another by a set of permanent magnets. It would not work without electricity. Therefore one thing is very important; THE POWER SOURCE. or your dry cells if you prefer.

The Carbon Brushes come in contact with the split-ring commutator to complete the circuit, thus rotating the rectangular wire grid. The reason why it's called a split-ring commutator is 'cause it's split into two. This allows the wire to rotate in one direction. If you haven't reached the topic, or don't take the subject etc, just take it as so. If you need an explanation why this is so, just look for me can le.

The problem is that where the ring is split, the circuit is open, so how could it continue spinning?

Answer: Newton's First Law of Motion, which states that " A body persists its state of rest or of uniform motion unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force", which is the law of inertia.

Once the motor gains momentum, it would continue rotating until the power is cut off.

Application: Everyone needs a power source, no matter how strong you think you are. This can be motivation of any sort, or a goal, or anything of the like. Without this power source you will not be able to function properly.

Also, momentum is needed and is very, very, very useful. As Dr John C. Maxwell sez, "Momentum is a leader's best friend". This keeps you on track, and you would be able to work much better with momentum helping you.

Christian application: Our power source is obvious. The Holy Spirit. No Christian Living can be devoid of the Holy Spirit. Though it may be true that every believer has the Spirit in him or her, it is not equivalent to being filled with the Spirit. What is the point of a power source if you do not switch it on?

Being filled with the Spirit has its benefits. One example would be the fruits of the Spirit

"But the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control. Against such things there is no law."

-Galatians 5:22,23

let's sidetrack a bit, but i'm very enthusiastic about this part:

"And now these three remain, Faith, Hope, and Love. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE."

-1 Corinthians 13:13

Love is the greatest!!!! Love is a language understood in both sacred and secular terms. For my speech on love, just refer to a previous post. should be down there somewhere...

so....there ends today's lesson.

2009-04-21T21:15:00.002+08:00

It's "Parables of Life" again!! just another reason for myself to update my blog. learning journey. today: Esterification.

Alcohols need not stay as such. By refluxing alcohols with carboxylic acids in the presence of a catalyst H2SO4, Esters could be formed. Esters smell good. Therefore they are commonly used in fragrance and flavour industries.

Life application: Do you feel bad, and that you would never be liked by people? Or perhaps you have personal problems... of the sort. You need not remain who you are. just as an alcohol could become an ester, you could be something better. Requirements being reflux and catalyst. Refluxing refers to the process where intense heat is used. A life reflux is a little struggle, which everyone has to face if they were to change. You cannot dream for a bed of roses. without the thorns. wait long long.

catalysts are great in hastening processes. one classic catalyst is the question, "Are you happy?" Lit students would get the joke. you would right? aniwaes, one cannot depend solely on catalysts to change. catalyst are some sort of instantaneous event that gets you thinking. But good catalysts are hard to come by, so just stick to reflux for now...

No one is all bad. but change is needed. always. Change is, in effect, the only constant. Interesting eh?

And now let's see what the Bible says about change...

" ' Come now, let us reason together,' says the LORD. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.' "

-Isaiah 1:18

We all have sin, let's just accept that and move on. We still have sin, but we need not be under sin. God wants to change us, He wants to cleanse us. He wants us to not be like alcohol, which dulls the senses, but like esters, sweet and useful.

How would we remain useful? I'd talk more about that another time. Coming soon: D.C. Motors.

2009-04-20T22:16:00.017+08:00

I like technicalities. They are always interesting. So technically....

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy 1st Birthday to me..... =] and to Ther and Faith, my two elder sisters. I'm young.

ladidah...

2009-04-19T19:41:00.002+08:00

okay, my blog is getting dead. you guys want me to update. i understand. i've just been too busy. so i'll just share on a series i would call, "Parables of life"

As any self respecting Sec 4 would know, there is a topic in Chemistry called "organic chemistry". Ok Sec 4s, if this does not ring a bell, you either need more studying, or you haven't reached there yet, or perhaps combined science does not offer this topic, which I doubt.

Organic chemistry is a very nice topic, and makes learning chemistry finally more useful for once. homologous series, functional groups, yada yada yada. i wanna talk about the formation of alcohols.

Alcohols, a homologous series with the O-H functional group, general formula of C n H 2n+1 OH. They can be formed by fermentation. Let's see...

we have a sugar solution, your glucose, which is also a carbohydrate, and we drop in a pinch of yeast. cold water mind you, otherwise the fermentation doesn't occur...

so it starts to ferment, and the sugar solution becomes your ethanol, and carbon dioxide gas. You get an alcohol out of glucose. yuck.

when the alcohol in the solution reaches 15%, the yeast denatures and dies.

What can be learnt from this: Do you realise that in life, there are always those troublemakers that cause trouble to their teams, making no apparant contribution and ultimately sabotaging the team? This is the yeast, which ferments the sugar solution, the team.
They do not benefit either. The yeast denatures anyway. Translation: They die.

Secular wisdom ends up there. Let's look at a biblical stand...

"You boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast - as you really are. For Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast with malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth."

-1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (emphasis mine)

and again,

"That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 'A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.' I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be."

-Galatians 5:8-10 (emphasis mine)

understand now? hence ends today's session. coming up next(possibly) : Esterification =DD

2009-03-27T22:22:00.002+08:00

Received a few complaints about updating. okay okay, here it is.

Today: Public Speaking.

As Mrs Hoe ( Eng Teacher, oso HOD for English Language) gets 3 students from the bottom and top each from the class register to do their speech, I , as number 20, would be the last to go on. Major bummer...

Rizki kope one of the topics i was considering; Public Speaking. Bigger bummer.

So today finally my turn. SOooooo, all you faithful readers(or casual visitors doesn't matter which) of my blog shall read a rough copy of my speech which, according to Rizki, got 9/10.

My Topic: LOVE

Cracked a small joke about Love not being my middle name, but part of my first name. Joke maybe too deep, so nobody laugh....ok...read on.

LOVE
Love is a common topic. Love is defined as a strong positive emotion of attraction to something or someone. However, when we say "I Love You", do we always mean the same thing?

A man can say to his child, "My dear, I love you." and again to his spouse, "My dear, I love you". Same words. but different meaning. Once more, if a man (on the topic of his best friend) says," I love my best friend", and on the topic of his pet dog, "I love my best friend." Same words. Still different meanings.

English vs Greek.
Some English words are derived from Greek. The advantage of the Greek language over English is that English words tend to be ambiguous, whereas Greeks have specific words for different contexts. Therefore the English word "Love" can be translated into at least 3 different Greek words( ok, there are four, but i only talked about three. bear with it.) "phileo", "eros", and "agape"

phileo love is brotherly love. nothing special. this is the love needed for friends to love/care for each other. This is the love with which brothers love each other. There are no other connotations.

eros is the Greek word where the word "erotic" is derived. Therefore eros love is erotic love. So when one says to another, "I eros you", what is implied is not "I love you", but "I lust you".

Lastly, agape love is unconditional love. This is love in it's purest form, much deeper than the other forms of love. In biblical contexts this is divine love. Jesus loves me. God loves me. This is agape. There is no love greater than this. (okay, i didn't mention the biblical implications. but i felt i deprived them of the background info...)

Conclusion
Therefore, seek your own meaning of love. What does love mean to you? With a better understanding of the roots of the word, I hope that you have learnt something lasting.

Thank you for reading. ladidah.

2009-03-12T22:21:00.003+08:00

Common Test 1 results.
For those that want to see.
and posting just for posting's sake...

English Language: 70.0 A2
Chinese Language: 45.0 D7
Additional Mathematics: 67.5 B3
Elementary Mathematics: 60.0 B4
Chemistry(SPA): 71.3 A2
Physics(SPA): 80.0 A1
Combined Humanities: 64.0 B3
Music 'O' Level: 43.8 E8

L1R5: 15
L1R4: 11

Mum and Dad not happy with my results. Neither am I. haix. o.o

Going to stand down from leadership position in CCA soon. My successors have been confirmed=D To any Sec 3s cadets reading my blog: Good luck. have fun. roar.

Lœvll™

2009-02-24T21:08:00.002+08:00

Mid-Test Fun.

Always wanted to do this. Never tried before. Did I mention, my MP3 only has Christian Songs

Put your music player on shuffle. Post the first 40 songs that come up. You can repeat artists if you want. If you have any repeats, skip to the next track.

01. Majesty (Here I Am)
02. Solid Rock
03. Shine Like Stars
04. Bless The Lord
05. Be My Escape
06. Perfect One
07. Freedom Song
08. Give Us Clean Hands
09. Take Over
10. Counting On God
11. Light Of Salvation
12. My Best Friend
13. Never Let Me Go
14. Lift Up Your Eyes
15. One Desire
16. Deeply in Love
17. Ready Now
18. You Alone
19. We were the reason
20. So You Would Come
21. We Fall Down
22. Centre of my life
23. Redeemer
24. Revolve
25. You Alone are God
26. The Stand
27. Indescribable
28. Glorious One
29. All
30. My Saviour My God
31. Awesome God
32. We Cry Holy
33. No Fear
34. Made to Worship
35. Rescue
36. Endlessly
37. Spirit of the Lord
38. Hosanna
39. Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)
40. Jump Around

Questions!
1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
[Majesty(Here I Am) , Jump Around] Both are just as nice.

2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
[My Best Friend] I think not.

3. What album is #26 from?
[The Stand] I dunno. Hand-me-down from my bro.

4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
[One Desire] good good =D

5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
[We were the Reason] In a way, yes

6. Who does #38 remind you of?
[Hosanna] lalala.....

7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
[So you would come] I feel the lyrics are better.

8. Do any of your friends like #3?
[Shine Like Stars] eh...i dun think they have heard the song before...

9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
[No Fear] Nope. But it does sound it doesn't it?

10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
[You Alone] Singapore radio doesn't play Christian Music.

11. What does #21 remind you of?
[We Fall Down] London Bridge?

12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
[Be My Escape, Centre of My Life] The latter's nicer.

13. What album is #17 from?
[Ready Now] Me don't know.

14. When did you first hear #39?
[Amazing Grace(My Chains Are Gone)] Partial song at church. full song on youtube.

15. When did you first hear #7?
[Freedom Song] On my MP3

16. What genre is #8?
[Give us Clean Hands] Christian Music?

17. Do any of your friends like #14?
[Lift Up Your Eyes] Yups. Ryan Cher once expressed his preference for this song too.

18. What color does #4 remind you of?
[Bless the Lord] Green. It's the first colour that came to mind. no link...

19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
[Light Of Salvation] Blasted only on handphone, which isn't saying much.

20. What genre is #37?
[Spirit of The Lord] Christian Music.....

21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
[Never Let Me Go] Just gimme the chords and I'll play it on the piano for you.

22. What is your favorite lyric from #30?
[My Saviour My God] My Saviour My God.

23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
[Redeemer] Take me and break me and mould me and make me.

24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
[Revolve] Not just this, all 40!!

25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
[Solid Rock] Of course.

26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
[Deeply in Love] No. Singapore Radio dun allow.

27. Is #32 more of a “nighttime” or “daytime” song?
[We Cry Holy] I'll say Daybreak.

28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
[Endlessly] Theory of infinity.

29. Do any of your friends like #31?
[Awesome God] Perhaps. It's one of my more preferred songs too =D

30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
[You Alone Are God] Slow....

31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
[Rescue] Neither and Both.

32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
[Take over] Take Over Me!!!

33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
[Made to worship] The more the merrier!

34. When did you first hear #27?
[Indescribable] Church.

35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29
[All] Mighty to Save, Blessed, Hope

36. Do you know all the words to #6?
[Perfect One] no. it's not one of the songs i usually listen to.

37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
[Glorious One] Lyrics still better.

38. What album is #10 from?
[Counting on God] I still dunno.

So there.

2009-02-19T21:36:00.002+08:00

The FIRST Common Tests are about to start!!! Wee heee!!! to celebrate, let's have a Pre-CA1 Questionnaire!!

From A-Z, give a name you know to each letter. Exclude letters which don't have any.You cannot include yourself & you must include if you really know the person.

A : Andrew Toh
B : Bryan Ong
C : Cynthia Chua
D : Dominic Neo(This should be his first appearance here...)
E : Esther Lim
F : Faith Pan
G : Guo Dong (Let's play with my juniors shall we?)
H : Hannah Lai
I : Ian
J : Janice Pang
K : Kah Eng
L : Lovelle Tan
M : Ming Tat
N : Ng, Joseph
O : Ong Chu Hui
P : Pang Yu Ling
Q :
R : Ryan Cher
S : Suhaina
T : Tiffany meow
U : Umairah
V : Vidas Varma
W :
X : Xin Yi, Lau. (Have to squeeze in my cousin in somehow rite?)
Y : Yee Khang
Z : Zara Choo

11. How many letters are blank?
2. Q and W. If I your name falls under either letter, pls do leave a tag =D

12. List out the number of facts about yourself based on qn. 11 answer.
Tsk. I do not eat during recess, I was from Chess Club.

13. How is A connected to G? (Andrew & Guo Dong)
Schoolmates? Senior and Junior.

14. Who does B likes? (Bryan)
Cannot say. Best-friend confidentiality.

15. What is your relationship with N? (Ng, Joseph)
Churchmates, CI and Cadet.

16. What do you think of U? (Umairah)
Poor thing. Today she do extra PT.

17. What colour does L likes? (Lovelle)
IDK

18. How old is I ? (Ian)
Eh.... i dunno....sec sch correct le.

19. Is T your best friend? (Tiffany)
Not exactly. but friends.

20. What do you like about S? (Suhaina)
She is able to do what I cannot; shout at the cadets xD

21. Is E having a relationship with Q? (Esther & Q)
Seeing that Q is non-existant, any answer doesn't matter does it?

22. Do you think Y hates or dislikes you? (Yee Khang)
nope. he's a nice, little boy. really.

23. Do W have any pets? (W)
non-existant either. so no.

24. Does M likes F? (Ming Tat & Faith)
puh-leeze. They don't even know each other.

25. Is P a singaporean? (Pang Yu Ling)
Should be. you are right?

26. When was the last time you bought O present? (Ong Chu Hui)
3 years ago. For her birthday. I think.

27. What did you do with D last week? (Dominic)
nothing whatsoever

28. How did you get to know H? (Hannah)
Nat Camp '08. Church. Either one.

29. Who introduced Z to you? (Zara)
I forgot. Could either be yuling, hannah, varma, or any other unitian. no idea.

30. Is C & X friends? (Cynthia & Hazel)
Nope. but they have similar names.

31. Is J & K a possible couple? (Janice & Kah Eng)
nope. Jan doesn't support 姐弟恋, and Emman has someone else in mind.

32. Who is R to you ? (Ryan Cher)
My dear disciple.

there. done. have fun for your CA1=D

2009-02-15T20:19:00.002+08:00

PLANETSHAKERS CONFERENCE!!!

ok, not strictly a conference, but perhaps just as good.

arrived at 1322 hrs. Still only a few people, not so packed, so quite ok. Until my cell reached(late) We were squeezed all the way to the gate. tsk. Putting two services together was not as easy as it used to be.

fast forward, gates open at 1400 hrs sharp. good efficiency. I expected we'd be sitting on the floor, but when i reached the hall, THE CHAIRS WERE STILL THERE. translation: major nightmare for ushers. settled in a seat all right, waited for conference to start.

the Planetshakers band was very different from our own Z3. For one, I didn't even notice they were there. I was just singing. And dancing. Wow. The songs seemed unfamiliar yet very familiar. All of us were singing from the soul. A-MA-ZING stuff.

Ps Neil Smith gave a short sharing about "Living by what we Hear, not by what we See". In short, we are to FOCUS. Do not let what you see dictate how you would live your life.

Awesome event, awesome time.

2009-02-09T20:49:00.005+08:00

L is for Lovell!!

jolly jolly mood, fun fun note. i too lazy do on facebook, so i do here lorh.

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag twenty people.Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name : Lovell

2. A four Letter Word : Love

3. A boy's Name : Lowell

4. A girl's Name : Lovelle

5. An occupation : Lion Tamer

6. A color : Light purple (i.e. pink?)

7. Something you'll wear : Leg-warmers

8. A Sport: Laking

9. A food : Lollipops

10. Something found in the bathroom: Lo'real hair conditioner

11. A place : Long Hill Cafeteria. Inside joke.

12. A reason for being late : Late means late lor, still need reason meh?

14. A movie title : Liar, Liar

15. Something you drink : Lemonade

16. A musical group : London Philharmonic Orchestra

17. An animal : Lion

18. A street name : LAMbeth Walk

19. A type of car : LAMborghini estoque concept

20. The title of a song? : Lift up your eyes

so there. wanna play? have fun =D

2009-02-06T21:00:00.006+08:00

Promotion confirmed. As of 5 Feb 2009, I hold the rank of SSgt(NPCC)!!! Staff Sergeant Lam Yu An Lovell...nice ring to it....hmm....

SSgt(NPCC)

LAM YU AN LOVELL

so happy. a 1st class Drill Badge to go with it at that. since i'm in a good mood, i shall finally post on the DVI sentosa trip! =D

16 November 2008. Afternoon.

After lunch at Carl's Jr, we went to take the train to sentosa. Adult price and Children price both $3. So we all paid that amount. So Ming Tat bought the adult ticket and we all bought the child ticket =D ladida.

First stop, Siloso Beach. We played like little children, with BK and TK going the wrong way. Took us a long while to reach. When we did, we started drawing in the sand. Cynth went to dig a hole by the sea so that water would go into it. I go copy her. how fun. den we started to play in the sea, except for cynth. tcah. made a few sand balls, argued on whether we should rent a kayak to play with, then left the beach.

one more thing, before going to the beach, TK and MT played with the go cart. in that short period of time, cynthia managed to do something funny. *claps*

next, we wondered if we should rent bikes, but cause not fun enough, so never rent. what a waste of one good sentence. so anyways, we went exploring around sentosa, ending up at....

THE MERLION!! MT bought us all ticket =D so generous of him. BK was smart to have brought a camera, cause pics taken by the employees there we have to pay. so we get free pics which i NEVER GOT TO SEE FROM BK SINCE. tsk. got one free fan. BK got a keychain i think. free gift for touring the merlion.

dinner at 7-11, vivo. i bought nothing, cause i wanted to buy a drink and popcorn later.

nice theatre, watched madagascar2, talked crap a bit, then bye bye.

how fun=D only time i enjoyed myself more with the guys was in the camp itself....

lalala.

2009-02-03T21:21:00.002+08:00

In celebration of everyone's birthday 2 days ago, i shall do - yes, again - a questionnaire! lots and lots of sevens....

7 Things that scare me :

1) Being unable to progress any further (a favourite curse of a certain Native American colony...)
2) Being powerful beyond measure (refer to poem sometime back =D)
3) Being unprepared
4) Fear.
5) The unknown.
6) The arrival of Armageddon.
7) Myself.

7 Things I like the most :

1) The company of people I love.
2) Books. nice ones.
3) Food. droools.....
4) Sleep. Who doesn't?
5) Fluffy and Foofy! Can't understand? Don't.
6) Good, classical music.
7) Learning.

7 Important things in my room :
1) My IC and Student ID
2) Handphone.
3) Grade 1 Twine. the one I always bring around
4) Piano
5) Treasured Items box. nostalgia. can't help it xD
6) Bible
7) My bed.

7 Random facts about me :
1) I had learnt Taekwondo once.
2) I intended to join fencing at first, before starting school.
3) I had wanted to go to Unity Sec after PSLE.
4) I learnt to do knuckle commandos out of fun...
5) The birthmark on my left hand is related to my name.
6) I don't like exercise.
7) I exercise a lot. weird eh?

7 Things I plan to do before I die :
1) Get married and have a family. (realism works sometimes...)
2) Get a job and a stable income (details in previous questionnaires.)
3) Go to Disneyland, Tokyo. ( Ms Leong/Mrs Seow influenced this)
4) Go to Hokkaido, Japan. (for the food...for the food...)
5) Reach out to my community. minimum.
6) Finish reading and comprehending the Bible.
7) Compose.

7 Things I can't do :
1) eat Bird's Nest. weird allergy.
2) hit a girl. i just won't.
3) Sit down doing nothing.
4) Swim.
5) Forget without deliberation
6) keep a pet. mom wouldn't want it, and neither would i...
7) fall asleep now. have to finish this quiz...

7 Things you're attracted to the opposite sex :
note: I will not have a girlfriend until 5 years later. I'm only doing this quiz for fun. rawr.

1) Voice( requirement: must sound like a girl. not like a boy)
2) hair (must be much longer than mine. ponytail?)
3) Religion ( must be Christian. no compromise.)
4) Race (Chinese. am i racist? hmms...)
5) Character (solid. leadership recommended)
6) Personality ( trustworthy.)
7) age (younger than me. can be in terms of months.)

7 Things I always say :
1) akan mara untok diperhatikan semula, dari tengah chepat jalan (it just sounds nice...)
2) a rai krup?
3) wei rei tet so spat, durch natch und vind?
4) wa mm hui gong hokkien
5) sekolah sedia (in mornings. )
6) si.
7) life is like an apple. why? it just sounds nice.... (weird, only one is in english...)

thats that. and something to post.

2009-02-03T21:15:00.002+08:00

FULL DAY OFF!!

owing to the outstanding results by my seniors, i get a ONE DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL!!! WHEEE!!!

that was today btw. didn't get to go out though. bummer....

2009-01-19T21:06:00.002+08:00

I just ripped this off Cynth's blog. it makes quite a nice post. ladida

DONT SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO BLOG ABOUT THIS!

1. You are walking in the woods. You are not alone. Who's with you?
Kah Eng, Bryan, My Churchies, My family( in no order of merit xD)

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?
gazelle. nice name eh?

3.What interaction takes place between you and the animal?
i whip out my camera phone to take pics.

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing, and before you is your dream house. How big is it?
number of stories dependant on my mood ;P

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?
nopes. too troublesome to maintain.

6. You enter the house.You walk into the dining room and see the dining table is covered with?
a tablecloth.

7.You exit the house and a cup is on the ground, what kind is it?
a ceramic cup, no special design.

8.What do you do with the cup?
put in the basin and hope someone else would wash it.

9.You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing at a body of water; what kind is it?
freshwater lake.

10.How do you cross that body of water?
i don't. I go round it.

scroll down..

and down..

further..

getting there..

almost.. ..

The ANSWERS;

1. The person who you are walking in the woods with is the most important to you.
=D

2. The size of the animal is representative of your perception of the size of your problems in your life.
hmm, maybe a baby gazelle?

3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is representative of how you deal with your problems.
how severe can taking photographs be?

4. The size of your dream home is representative of the size of your ambition.
so my ambition is dependant on my mood?

5. A lack of a fence is indicative of an open personality. People are welcome at all times. The presence of a fence indicates a closed personality. You'd prefer people not drop by unannounced.
WELCOME TO WWW.CEJESBC.BLOGSPOT.COM!!

6. If your answer did NOT include food, flowers, or people, then you are generally unhappy.
aww.....

7. The durability of the material with the cup is representative of the perceived durability of your relationship with your lovers.
ceramic cups should be quite strong. i think.

8. What you did with the cup is representative of your attitude.
So would anyone be washing my cup?

9. The size of the body of water is representative of the size of your relationships.
I wonder how large the lake can be...

10. The way you cross the water is representative to how easy or hard you expect your life to be.
It's easy to go around things, it just takes more time...

That was entertaining....

Lœvll™

2009-01-11T18:27:00.003+08:00

Just for something to post: Christmas Bash '08 Behind the Scenes!

ok, it's just one scene, but perhaps the most important. Ever wondered how we got the board lighted up? Here's the first try with all the wires done.

lalala.

QUOTES

2009-01-08T22:17:00.002+08:00

I just want to do a nice post. So i just put in some quotes.

Here's an "official quote"

"Leadership is a matter of influence, nothing more, nothing less"
-John C. Maxwell "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, the Law of Influence"

always liked that quote. and by always i mean 6 months.

here's something more personal:

"We are called not to be the best, but to be the best."
-Lam Yu An Lovell

lalala. i did one myself. no biggie. here's one i heard just tonight:

"You can't spell lame without lam"
-Abigail Fok

I did promise the guys it would appear on my MSN, Facebook and blog. it was so funny, i was laughing so hard i couldn't breath. seriously. this is one level beyond my own "I'm one e away from lame".

Here's something on leadership (yes, again, but it is a very interesting topic)

"They will obey you because of your title, but they will follow you for who you are"
-Tom Chan (Mr)

i put in the "Mr" cause it feels weird to address a teacher without the prefix.

not interesting enough? submit in your own quotes and funniest and/or most meaningful quote will get a SPECIAL MENTION. yes, a SPECIAL MENTION! If you wish to keep your quote away from others until published, just email me. if you don't know my email you don't know me well enough. tcha.

Lœvll™

2009-01-02T22:22:00.001+08:00

Here's something that may irritate Kah Eng. Just maybe.

Did you enjoy it? =D

2009-01-02T22:02:00.002+08:00

1st Day of School- Something Postworthy.

Early Morning: I no need join the rest of the school for march back =D lalala, went to new campus cause have marshalling duty. Wanted to wake up at 5, but i overslept and awoke at 6...jialat. When i reach school most of the Sec 3 squad were there. Something they must learn: Ask first den can go in le ma, wait outside school for what?

The lil children had difficulty navigating round the school, so their method of navigation was "quick, faster follow lovell". i took my time changing to full u so they can follow me to NP room, but still they slower den me. no fun.

note to the Sec 4s: tsk, most of you turned up later then the Sec3s. embarassing.

so moving on, i was assigned to an overhead bridge, where you would hear me say : Good Morning Sir/Ma'am, please keep to one side of the bridge, thank you, please be careful up the stairs. dots. many seniors passed by, but some chose to use traffic lights. smart choice.

nothing much of interest, except i had a one hour admin period, one hour recess, half hour briefing, a meeting for the student leaders and SCHOOL's OUT!! as kah eng may put it, WOBI!!!

got formally introduced to kah eng's sis. something quite postworthy. it was entertaining to watch them behave like brother and sister. seeing that kah eng is the youngest of two sons in his family....

Sec4 life is gonna be fun, I get all the fun teachers =D by fun i may mean strict. my teachers are, as Ms Chew puts it, the best.

also in the minute chance that a sec 1 passes by my blog,

JOIN NPCC!!!!

or join St John. as I told Samuel, if the sec 1s come to my booth during roadshow, i will direct them to St John. Have fun =]

2008-12-28T21:50:00.002+08:00

Now i do this, cause i kena tagged by Kah Eng. now i'll try people rarely/never featured in my blog =]

Rules must be followed:

Each blogger must post this rules.

Each blogger must start with ten random facts about themselves.

Bloggers that are tagged need to write about their own blog, ten things and post this rules.

Don't forget to leave them comments telling them they have been tagged and are to read your blog.

10 Random Facts about me.

1) My room is painted purple.
2) My father's friend's daughter's dog's fur is white.
3) I wanted to put Unity Sec as my first choice after PSLE. (you guys didn't know that did you?)
4) As of 2008, I speak a medley of 16 different languages/dialects. a lil bit of this, a lil of that.
5) My wall clock is 20 mins ahead of time.
6) My handphone clock is 11 mins ahead of time.
7) If I want to I can be 1 hr ahead of time.
8) I'm allergic to Bird's Nest. They keep talking about that in Nat Camp.
9) My name is spelt with only ONE "e"
10) I can play the piano, a lil bit of violin, a lil bit the harmoc, and a lil bit of guitar. and just a pinch of drums.

1.Who's the person that tagged you?- E. Ang Kah Eng.

2. Relationship between you and him?-The Best of Friends. No, not the tv sitcom, the relationship.

3. Three impressions of him?- Spastic (acceptable desciption for the both of us), Sociable, and Sometimes Serious. ( alliteration makes an interesting change doesn't it?)

4. If he becomes your enemy, you will?-no chance.

5. What will you say to the person you like very much?- "I like you very much". With much sincerity and maybe a teddy bear.

6. Characteristic i like about myself?- I think fast.

7. Characteristic i hate about myself?-i think too fast...

8. For the person whom you hate, you say?- I don't tolerate "hate".

9. What do people feel about you?-i'm weird. something i mentioned down there.

10. Your crush?-Oreo. Double pearl.

11. Pass this to 10 people:

1) Jason P. (an abbreviated surname makes it nicer doesn't it? so formal...)
2) Lee Xiao Hui (as KE describes her- LC going on to SGT)
3) Wong KC ( casey is a girl's name, isn't it?)
4) Charmaine Tan (I tag on her blog enough to be called an acquantaince ba..)
5) Samuel Lim (kiddo just celebrated his birthday this month. Happy Belated Birthday!)
6) Cynthia Chua (somehow related to the 12th month....somehow....)
7) Alvin Wo (the video down there featured you!!)
8) Chai Ming Qian (I still can't understand why i always include her surname in.)
9) Matthew Leong ( I'm still watching...)
10) Julydia Lin (you have to appear in my blog eventually anyways...)

12. If 5 & 7 were together?
[Samuel and Alvin] They ARE together....

13. who does 5 like?
[Samuel] A food that could either be a fruit or vegetable, which is usually made into a sauce...

14. What colour does 9 like?
[Matthew] I seriously have no idea.

15. Say something about 8?
[Ming Qian] Happy Birthday?

16. Who is 2?
[Xiao Hui] Xiao Hui??

17. Talk about 3.
[KC] He prefers his sport cca to his UG cca. at least he's constant about it. oh, yeah, he doesn't like A.Math.

18. Who is 10's best friend?
[Julydia]Yu Ling?

19. Who's the sexiest among all 10?
Samuel. ask him why.

20. What colour does 4 like?[
[Charmaine] ermss.....blue? wait. this feels like deja vu...

21. Is 4 single?
[Charmaine]

22. Your relationship with 1.
[JP] A regular visitor to my blog! you are finally featured!!

23. Are 5 & 6 best friends?
[Samuel and Cynth] I don't think they would even gel even if they knew each other

24. 9's surname?
[Matthew]Leong

25. 7's nickname?
[Alvin] Chipmunk.

26. Say something to 8.
[Ming Qian] Happy Belated Birthday!!(these are words that can be used over and over and over...you get my point.)

27. Say something to help 9.
[Matthew] Have fun for your Ns!

28. Who do i admire?
IXTHYS.

29. Where does 1 live?
[JP] I dunno...

30. 10 of them know who you like?
nope.

31. Say something to 6 when you see her.
[Cynth] Be patient, eventually i'll plan out DVI BBQ outing...

32. 10's spouse?
[Julydia] Single.

lalala....

2008-12-23T22:41:00.003+08:00

Just something a lil funny to post about. rawr.

2008-12-12T22:37:00.002+08:00

another pathetic quiz. jia wen's fault. nah.

Rules must be followed:

Each blogger must post this rules.

Each blogger must start with ten random facts about themselves.

Bloggers that are tagged need to write about their own blog, ten things and post this rules.

Don't forget to leave them comments telling them they have been tagged and are to read your blog.

Now tag ten ppl to do this quiz:

1.Who's the person that tagged you?
-PJW

2. Relationship between you and him?
-Friends

3. Three impressions of him?
-Short, Fat, and nerdy. place the inverted commas in.

4. If he becomes your enemy, you will?
-tell his mom

5. What will you say to the person you like very much?
-"I like you very much".simple.

6. Characteristic i like about myself?
-i won't grow fat. =D

7. Characteristic i hate about myself?
-i can't grow fat. D=

8. For the person whom you hate, you say?
-nothin.

9. What do people feel about you?
-i'm weird. something that Jacelyn has emphasised quite a few times today.

10. Your crush?
-Oreo

11. Pass this to 10 people:

1)Ryan Cher
2)Andy Chan
3)Peh Jia Wen( nah, give you do again)
4)Ang Kah Eng
5)Faith Pan
6)Theresa Lim
7)Andrew Toh
8)Pang Yu Ling
9)Hannah Lai
10)Lovell Lam( hey, i want to try out putting my name in for once k?)

12. If 5 & 7 were together?
[Faith and Andrew] Faith doesn't support " jie-di lian"

13. who does 5 like?
[Faith] ask her yourself.

14. What colour does 9 like?
[Hannah] erm...blue?

15. Say something about 8?
[Yu Ling] just like her discipler

16. Who is 2?
[Andy] Andy.

17. Talk about 3.
[PJW] the boy who calls himself short, and tagged me to do this quiz.

18. Who is 10's best friend?
[Lovell] ah....a toughie... in all aspects, the bestest best friend of Lovell will be Bryan.

19. Who's the sexiest among all 10?
Ryan Cher. rawr.

20. What colour does 4 like?
[Kah Eng] not specifically, but very catching colours.

21. Is 4 single?
[Kah Eng] yups

22. Your relationship with 1.
[Ryan] Friend friend, Discipler disciple, cell group mate.

23. Are 5 & 6 best friends?
[Faith and Ther] In a way, in a way...

24. 9's surname?
[Hannah Lai] hmm.... this question seems veeeery familiar....still trying to give an answer....haix.

25. 7's nickname?
[Andrew] He has none that i noe of

26. Say something to 8.
[Yu Ling] Help me say thanks to your mom.

27. Say something to help 9.
[Hannah] In physics, if you don't remember the fomulae needed for different conversions, just compare the SI units. it makes life easier.

28. Who do i admire?
Beethoven

29. Where does 1 live?
[Ryan] Teck Whye

30. 10 of them know who you like?
nope. only no.10 noes exactly who i like.

31. Say something to 6 when you see her.
[Ther] erms..."Deborah was a prophetess who commanded respect in Israel, and through this respect she served the Lord by serving her people. Therefore to gain respect, serve. I did today's QT le"

32. 10's spouse?
[Lovell] Single.

2008-11-30T23:25:00.003+08:00

Suddenly i feel like posting a poem. and i still don't want to post about sentosa. rawrs. the poem's in german, in accordance to my concert's theme: the Sound of Musik. Nope, i never spell wrong. Tickets 1 for $10, 14 Dec, Sun, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Pls come to support me leh.

Here's my favourite poem by far...

Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind?
Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind;
Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm,Er faßt ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm.
"Mein Sohn, was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?"
"Siehst, Vater, du den Erlkönig nicht?Den Erlenkönig mit Kron und Schweif?"
"Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif."

"Du liebes Kind, komm, geh mit mir!
Gar schöne Spiele spiel' ich mit dir;
Manch' bunte Blumen sind an dem Strand,
Meine Mutter hat manch gülden Gewand."
"Mein Vater, mein Vater, und hörest du nicht,
Was Erlenkönig mir leise verspricht?"
"Sei ruhig, bleib ruhig, mein Kind;
In dürren Blättern säuselt der Wind."

"Willst, feiner Knabe, du mit mir gehen?
Meine Töchter sollen dich warten schön;
Meine Töchter führen den nächtlichen Reihn,
Und wiegen und tanzen und singen dich ein."
"Mein Vater, mein Vater, und siehst du nicht dort
Erlkönigs Töchter am düstern Ort?"
"Mein Sohn, mein Sohn, ich seh es genau:
Es scheinen die alten Weiden so grau."

"Ich liebe dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt;
Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch ich Gewalt."
"Mein Vater, mein Vater, jetzt faßt er mich an!
Erlkönig hat mir ein Leids getan!"

Simply B-E-A-utiful
Lœvll™

Dem Vater grauset's, er reitet geschwind,
Er hält in Armen das ächzende Kind,
Erreicht den Hof mit Müh' und Not;
In seinen Armen das Kind war tot.

2008-11-30T17:43:00.002+08:00

Ok, since both question have been answered, this mini "competition" amongst my blog readers have been announced "closed". CLOSED!!!!

Congratulations to ANDREW who answered both questions, one with the help of Google. He will be treated a drink in the school canteen. Lucky guy =D

Thank you CYNTHIA for guessing the colour, the first person to guess colour correctly! Next DVI outing remind me to buy you a canned drink hor.

Seeing that YULING tried to answer the question, though unsuccessfully, she gets one cup drink from the vending machine outside Hebrews Cafe. You want to claim must remind me hor, don't want claim oso can.

Only 3 people played this game =.= not fun enough.

It has been 2 weeks since the DVI sentosa trip! Am i going to blog about it now? no. still procrastinating....*looks away and whistles*

lalala

Lœvll™

2008-11-27T23:10:00.003+08:00

Just for fun, and still procrastinating, puzzles. For my faithful readers of my blog. If you just chanced upon here, the puzzles are still for you. so try them out.

Puzzle 1:

easiness to the extent of "Look at that! My stuffed toy can think of a better puzzle!"

This is a picture of me taking a picture of me taking a picture of me taking a picture of me taking a picture....you get the idea.

Question: Where am I?

Puzzle 2:

something more substantial. think geographically. ironic for someone who doesn't take geog.

A hunter left his camp and travelled 1 km South. He saw a bear. As he was taking aim, the bear suddenly charged at him. He thus ran 1 km East, until he lost sight of the bear. Shaken, he travelled 1 km North and had reached his camp.

Question: What color was the bear?

To submit your answers just tag on my tagboard. Who knows, i may decide to give a prize to people who are able to solve both puzzles. Answers must be logical, and not just anyhow guess. Both puzzles are solvable. It's just a matter of thinking LOGICALLY.

Lœvll™

2008-11-27T22:32:00.003+08:00

another questionnaire, and still procrastinating. RAWRS. As i am one of the 10 Hannah tagged, i am *ahem* obliged to do this questionnaire. question 17 onwards is left undone cause i've done it already. here goes:

1. The person who tagged me:
Hannah Lai. See, I know her surname.

2. your relationship with him/her is.
Churchmate. Nat Camp Patrol Mate. My brother's ex-school mate. still have what mate i can put in?

3. your five impressions of him/her:
1)Friendly
2)Usually has a smile on her face
3)Almost as tall as i am. almost.
4)Has many different watches. I only have one. tsk.
5)Friendly. Did i mention that already? oops. but too lazy to change leh, what can i do?

4. the most memorable thing he/she has done for you:
Eh... making me do this questionnaire? quite grateful for that though, gives me more reason to procrastinate and not do my sentosa post yet. =.=

5. the most memorable thing that he/she has said to you:
Hello.

6. if he/she becomes your lover, you will:
Do another questionnaire. these type of questions pop up everywhere.

7. if he/she becomes your lover, he/she will:
Say that I spell my name wrongly.
my name is spelt. L-O-V-E-L-L, Not L-O-V-E-R, and definitely not Lœvll™. The ™ should have been obvious.

8. if he/she becomes your enemy, you will:
not likely. as i said(twice) she is "Friendly"

9. if he/she becomes your enemy, the reason would be:
because suddenly she become not "Friendly"

10. the most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
erm... say Happy Belated Birthday? still not one week yet....

11. your overall impression of him/her is:
Friendly.

12. how you think people around you will feel about you?
that i'm a procrastinator that does questionnaires.

13. the characteristics you love of yourself are:
that my name are spelt with that four letters. and that my birthmark on my left hand is a symbol of it. cool eh?

14. on the contrary, the characteristics you hate of yourself are:
My hair is usually messy. Hate is a very strong word, cannot anyhow use.

15. the most ideal person you wanna be is:
my elder bro.

16. for people whom care for and like you, say something to them:
aww.....how sweet.....

ladida.
Lœvll™

2008-11-26T21:35:00.002+08:00

another questionnaire again. I'm just procrastinating to do the sentosa post. bleh.

1. do you have secrets?
Who doesn't? Next question pls...

2. would you fall in love with a gal younger than you?
I would ONLY fall in love with a gal younger than me.

3. do you enjoy going to school?
Yup. that was until 2006

4. what will you do with a billion dollars?
Tithing takes up a 10 million bucks, the rest just save up for interest.

5. would you fall in love with your bestfriend's stead
no. taboo.

6. if you have to choose between your bestfriend or your girlfriend..
my mom. she reads my blog, by the way =P

7. what is the thing you are looking forward now?
sleeping

8. if the person you secretly like is already attached then?
not likely.

9. what makes you happy?
good food, good music, good books. =]

10. what makes you angry?
repeating something more than 5 times.repeating something more than 5 times.repeating something more than 5 times.repeating something more than 5 times.

11. how will you see yourself in 10 years time.
As someone who can earn enough money to take care of my family.

12. who is currently the most important ppl to you?
mom, dad, bro, churchmates

13. what is the most important thing in your life.
learning.

14. what is more important? family? career?
family comes first. career is just to support my family.

15. whats your favourite colour?
green and blue and white and black. Now ryan cher, you are only half right.

16. would you give all in a relationship?
all that i can give.

17. if you fall in love with 2 people at the same time , who will you choose.
still not likely.

18. what would you do if your girlfriend 2 timed you.
i would wake up from my dream.

19. what would you tell the person you like?
I like you?

20. list the blabla
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blabla(one for each stupid question. and that is every single one of them.)

booring.

2008-11-22T22:52:00.004+08:00

Ok, i just cope a questionnaire from Yuling's blog. this shall precede my sentosa post. meanwhile i sincerely apologise to yuling for doing my scream. if you want to know how sharp my scream is, ask ming hui. sooo, here we go!

Name 10 ppl .

just for fun, 5 from church, 5 from school.

1)Theresa
2)Kah Eng( my emo partner)
3)Jia Wen(Peh)
4)Yuling( i coped this questionnaire from her, it's manners to include her name in rite?)
5) Hannah Lai( her birthday. how exciting)
6) Ming Hui(my fellow screamer since Sec 1)
7)Andy Chan(my disciple)
8) Ryan Cher(my other disciple)
9) Jia Min( her birthday this monday the 17th. Potential TC, BPGHS NPCC)
10) Andrew Toh( Class Chairperson, oso from city harvest church)

Let's Start:

1) Who is no.6 having relationship with?
[Ming Hui] don't ask me, i dunno

2) Is no. 9 a male or female?
[Jia Min] does "Jia Min" sound like a guy's name to you? no? that's cause she's female -_-

3) If no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
[Andy Chan and Andrew Toh] Nope. they will be comparing height, both being of considerable height...

4) What is no.2 studying about?
[Kah Eng] erm.....pokemon drawing? (He's taking 'O' Level art)

23) When is the last time you had a chat with no.3?
[PJW] 14 Dec. He took my with him on that same day xD

24) What kind of music band does no.8 like?
[Ryan Cher] Anything he hears on 98.7 FM

26) Will you woo no.3?
[PJW] nope. too tall.

27) How about no.7?
[Andy] nope. still too tall.

28) Is no.4 single?
[Yuling] i believe so. *turns to yuling* "are you still single? i need to answer this question....oh, ok..." Yes, she is single.

29) What is the surname of no.5?
[Hannah Lai] hmm.....not sure, would you like to take a guess?

30) What’s the hobby for no.4?
[Yuling] eating donuts.

31) Does no.4 and 9 get along well?
[Yuling and Jiamin] Maybe, if they knew each other....

32) Where is no.2 studying at?
[Kah Eng] It's stated on his blog, he linked me as : Lovell aka Bukit Panjang Government High School.

33) Say something casual about no.1
[Ther] wears watch on left hand.

34) Have you tried developing feelings for no.8?
[Ryan] yup. he's soooooo adorable!

35) Where does no.9 live at?
[Jiamin] can't say exactly where. breach of privacy. what i can say is that she lives in yishun towers. located at khatib. whereas she studies in choa chu kang. that is a veeery long trip.

6) What colour does no.3 like?
[PJW] i don't know. i'm appalled. he's been something like my best fren in sec 1 and 2. erm, blue?

37) Are no.5 and 1 best friends?
[Hannah and Ther] not exactly best, but should be quite good friends, not considering the minor age difference.

38) Does no. 1 have any pets?
[Ther] Lovebirds. maybe hamsters. I named one of her lovebirds Bibi. so cute.

39) Is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?
[Andy] He's somewhat a prototype Michaelangelo Sculpture. Quite big and fairly tall.

40) What is no. 10 doing now?
[Andrew] Sleeping.

2008-11-20T13:26:00.002+08:00

DVI Outing@Sentosa!!

It was on Sunday, so now den i post....

We were supposed to meet at harbourfront Control Station at 0900 hrs. Saw nobody. wake up so early for nothing. den suddenly bump into Boon Kiat. He said he'd been there since 0830 hrs and has been wandering around the "not yet open shop" Vivo. -_-

Since we no life, we sit on the floor outside the gantry area, waiting for ppl. Apparently Tasmanian Devil aka Ming Tat aka Mean Tat( thus named by Cynthia) would be late. waited a lil while more and saw Tian Kai. great! now there are 3 of us! We tot there would be more ppl, but we lazy to wait so we go Vivo first...

First stop, nowhere. Shops still haven't open....

Later, we went to the sky park. a beautiful view of the construction work done at sentosa. how blemishing. so we more no life go to the playground.

Ming Tat called us. He just arrived. Here is an excerpt of the conversation BK had with MT.

MT: Where are you all?
BK: Behind Burger King.
MT: Who's there?
BK: BK, TK and Lovell...
BK: BK is behind BK and in front of TK
MT: Ok..i come look for you...
BK: Remember ah, BK is behind BK is behind TK hor.

Ming Tat was stunneded. We went down look for him. When we reach L1, he say he at B2. When we go to B2, he say he at L1. dots.

When we finally found him, we decided to go walk walk around Vivo first, cause a lil girl is coming, and she say she'd be late cause got meeting. so poor thing.

Daiso first, everything $2. wanted to buy a frisbee, but we chose not to buy first, in case we not going sentosa. too little ppl, we reasoned. Next stop was Toys 'R' Us. I got the toys r us song stuck in my head there and then...."I don't wanna grow up, i'm a toys r us kid, there're a million toys in toys r us that I can play with....." Irritating song. Cannot find what I was looking for there either. jepalang stall..

The lil girl call us tell us she on her way, so we went to Giant to buy snacks. I wanted to save money, so never buy anything. TK and BK and MT bought chips and drinks. The lil girl arrived. she was wearing a pink sweater. so funny, go sentosa bring sweater. she said just now meeting that place cold mah... (cynthia, if i got anything wrong pls correct me, you have been referred to as the lil girl since 2 paragraphs ago...)

Makan time, Cynth say: Go to Carl's Junior. MT say: I go ATM first. I say: What?! there's no Mac in Vivo? picture this... the largest retail outlet in the country, complete with fountain, has no Mac at all. wow.

Carl's Junior food was expensive. but quite worth it. I ordered upsize, but when the order came, my fries were small. I didn't bother about it, but MT told the waitress that the order i got was wrong. the waitress scurried off. thinking that she would not return, all 5 of us poured our small fries into the centre. a longer while later, the waitress come back with a medium fries, put on the table, and ran off again. we were all like.. =O. We were laughing so hard...we just got free fries out of this.. BK, MT and TK enjoyed putting their fries in my coke. what a waste of good fries.

and that marks the end of the morning. will post on the afternoon and night later. yes, still have somemore, be patient....

2008-11-05T21:32:00.002+08:00

This is the long overdue post of Camp Evo II!

Camp EVOlution

Empowerment
Vibrancy
Outreach

The II is there only because this is the second Camp Evo -_-

For the more observant of you would know, I was away from last Wed to Fri. 3 day 2 night camp.

This camp is something of a luxury camp, cause all meals provided, and there were bunks! Some unlucky guys had to sleep in tents. Cause they anyhow pitch, in the middle of night rain, all of them got soaked. I got to sleep comfortably on wooded planks.....

First Day:
Went to Shines Outdoors with Hanafi, Sufy, Yee Khang and Suhaina, got lost for a while, until we found out we overshot... found it eventually. Given a free water bottle and nametag. Ice-breakers first, and I met ATC area 5 2007 Sec 2 Best Male Camper. Quite a mouthful. We call him Nigel. Why? cause that's his name..... roar. Nigel got free carabiners. not fair....

The interesting thing about the camp is that they do not assign us to teams. We choose our teams. Conditions were that there were to be a specific mixture of races, schools and gender. So naturally, Nigel and I go and choose our team. We ended up in team 2. Ironically, we were also the second team to be filled up.

Team 2 aka Char Siew Bao. I named it. The team accepted it. So there.

Did rope elements. How boring...

Second Day:
Woke up, did my first setback. Translation: Difficult task before meals. Punishment for not completing? Pumping. I am not as fit as i was... got tired after 50 times straight....
Blind trust fall was fun. "I choose to fall with blindfold". Your life is literally in your teammates hands. But as I always say, " You will not die, you will just be incapacitated."

Setback before dinner was crazy. The camp had at first set aside 4 hrs to complete this activity. That is how difficult it is.

Dinner outside at a hawker centre, camp pay for us. My team managed to save up extra, and we earned 2 bucks by doing nothing. Camp allow us to keep hor. Den we go 7-11 buy snacks back to camp. Note: Camp allowed us to do all this, so don't complain. Had a party till late at night, spent all the time telling lame jokes and doing brain games.

Third Day:
Camp is not released until 8 pm. Bummer. Nothing much happened until the late afternoon.

I uttered out my first " impossible" as far as I could remember. We were to get all the campers over a 3m wall within half an hour. Just getting one up is difficult enough. 98 campers is insane. But we still completed it somehow. Although i doubt that we met the time limit...

Camp gave us quite a few freebies, in one night i got 2 t-shirts, two booklets, a cert, and a carabiner of my own. not as good as the one nigel has, but good enough.

roar. Abrupt ending.

2008-10-23T21:10:00.004+08:00

Let's do another SBQ...oso post some pics of me so that you will NOT FORGET HOW I LOOK. =D

Compare and Contrast. another basic skill. how fun.

Source A:

A post on Acts4 blog

Looking back, you have been with us for quite some time.
You break the ice by telling lame jokes and doing poses.
You are always learning by reading books.
You are enthu(siastic) and a joy to our group!
Thank you for being so faithful in the cell group.
Helping out with the Ice breakers, the sermon feedback and
so much more!
We love you, brother!
Its really a blessing to have you with us.

Source B:

A picture taken by Faith's Camera duting Lovell's forfeit.

How similar are Source A and Source B pertaining to Lovell? Explain. [7 marks]

Source A is a post on the Acts4 blog, whereas Source B is a picture taken by Faith's camera during Lovell's forfeit.

Source A and B are similar in the way they describe Lovell's tendency to pose. This is evident in Source A, "You break the ice by ... doing poses", while in Source B it Lovell adopts a ridiculous pose.

In Source A, it states that Lovell is always,"Helping out with the Ice breakers". Source B is a picture taken during Lovell's forfeit, presumably from an ice breaker. Both Sources are consistent in showing that Lovell is involved in ice breakers.

Source A says that "You are enthu(siastic)". This is also reflected in Source B. One has to be enthusiastic to dare to adopt such a pose, or to carry on with one's forfeit. As such, both Sources are similar in the way they mention Lovell's enthusiasm.

However, both sources do not agree with each other pertaining to Lovell's interest in studying. Source A mentions that Lovell is "always learning by reading books", while in Source B, it depicts a young boy who appears to have no inclination to study whatsoever, and seems foolish, to adopt such a preposterous pose.

Also, in Source A, it is written that Lovell helps with "the sermon feedback". This facet of Lovell's life is not shown in Source B either.

Source A carries with it an encouraging tone, while Source B has a joyous tone.

Source A is a post on the Acts4 blog, and carries with it an encouraging tone. The author meant for this message to be read by Lovell, to encourage him, and to review what he has done. Source B is a picture taken during Lovell's forfeit, and carries with it a joyous tone. The picture is meant for all of Lovell's friends, that they may laugh at him. Both sources contrived to evaluate Lovell's character, tendencies and his responsibilites.

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Phew, that was quite long...321 words for one SBQ...

One tip for compare and contrast, or almost all SBQs in fact...

if you have no time left to attempt your SBQ, don't leave it blank. Write the provenance. You'll get L1/1. 1 mark is better than none.

So now all the soft skills are done.=]

2008-10-22T21:15:00.002+08:00

2nd post of the day.

Got back report card today. The very reason why i'm blogging.

since you know what my subjects are, i'd just abbv them.
overall score not very good....

EL : B4
MT (Chi): C5
Pure Phy: C5
Pure Chem: A1
Combined Humans:C5
E.Math: A1
A.Math:B3
Music 'O' Lvl: C5
CME: B

L1R4:14
L1R5:19

my complaints: 4 C5s?! If any one of my C5s were a different score, my L1R5 would be a different number...how did CME get a B? random subject.....grumble grumble....

At this rate, i cannot attain my target....

but to cheer me up,

Class Position: 13/41
Level Position: 136/ 282.

Certainly and improvement.
What a challenge....

2008-10-22T20:28:00.004+08:00

okays...this post is for Yuling. why? She asked me to post, and since she's into the SBQ kinda mood, i'd do one too! note: the above says "for yuling", not "about yuling" don't get messed up hor. so yuling, i post already hor.

Nothing fancy, really, just a simple inference question.

Background Information:

Theresa, 17 in the picture,Faith, 15 in the picture, and Lovell, 14 in the picture, are then Core Group Leader/ Assistant Core Group Leaders of Acts4.3 in the Church of Singapore(Bukit Timah), thus abbreviated as CoS(BT). Theresa is the Discipler of Faith and Lovell. Theresa studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Faith at Unity Secondary School, and Lovell at Bukit Panjang Government High School.

Source A:

A picture of (from right) Faith, Theresa, and Lovell. Taken outside Hebrews Cafe@CoS(BT)

Study Source A. What does the picture show about the relationship about Theresa, Faith, and Lovell, and why is it taken so? Explain. [7 marks]

Source A is an picture taken of Faith, Theresa, and Lovell.

From Source A, all three are adopting a similar pose. This shows that they are willing to co-operate with each other, and are united. From the smiles on their faces, it can be seen that they have joy being with each other.

Source A was taken outside of Hebrews Cafe at CoS(BT). This shows that they gather at church, and that such gatherings are to be memorable. This also reflects their bond in a Discipler-Disciples relationship.

From contextual knowledge, Theresa, Faith and Lovell are all of different ages, and belong to varying educational instituitions. In such a bond, it shows that they do not let their differences affect their relationship with one another.

Lastly, Lovell is in an NPCC shirt, which means he came straight to church after training of some kind. It is evident that Lovell values their friendship, and put in effort to meet up.

Source A carries with it a cheery tone, as it conveys a message of joy to the targeted audience.

Source A is a picture taken of Theresa, Faith and Lovell, anf it carries with it a cheery tone. The author is trying to reach out to the general public to show that the three of them value their relationship with each other. Source A thus shows that the three of them have a strong relationship; in friendship, in their discipler-disciples relationship, and in unity.

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Having made 3 correct inferences, but one irrelevant inference( to the question, that is, it has significance otherwise) for that inferencewas made of Contextual Knowledge and not of Source A, and a correct purpose, I award myself 7 marks.

N.B. If purpose is written and supported by inference, full marks can be given.

Yay!

just one more finding purpose, the source being this post:

This post is written by Lovell, the owner of this blog. His purpose is to reach out to Theresa and Faith, to show that they have had and would always have a strong relationship. An alternative purpose is to show the readers of his blog that he could do an Inference and Finding Purpose SBQ. From the first sentence in the post, "okays...this post is for Yuling", it can be seen that the author chose to do this post because Yu Ling asked him to update his blog.

The above paragraph is worth 7 marks. Why? Inference is the lowest level skill. With the purpose written, and supported, full marks can be given. A tip for students doing SBQs for Humanities=] It saves a lot of time.

Warning: Do not attempt to skip straight to the purpose unless you are confident that it is so. Or else, your score would be L0/0.

Lœvll™

2008-10-17T20:07:00.002+08:00

What is our deepest fear?

Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear

is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness,

that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,

talented and fabulous?

Actually who are we not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking

so that other people

won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine as children do.

We were born to make manifest

the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And when we let our own light shine,

we unconsciously give other people

permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.

- Marianne Williamson

The same poem was used in "Coach Carter" and "Akeelah and the Bee"

What is fear to you?

2008-10-16T21:43:00.002+08:00

The (not so long) awaited results.

My school spent 2 whole days marking, and another 2 whole days returning and going through with us. Here are my scores.

English Language: B3
Chinese Language(Express): C6
Elementary Mathematics: A1
Additional Mathematics:B3
Pure Chemistry: A1
Pure Physics: E8
Combined Humanities(Social Studies/Literature): B3
Music 'O' Level: B4

L1B4: 11
L1R5: 15

Note: Only 50 people in the entire cohort passed physics. just to pass. The other 166 failed horribly, including me. Just one mark away from a sub-pass.
I'm proud to say that I received 82 marks for E.math, only because teacher dun want to give me answer mark, or can get 84.
A.Math was 1 mark from A2, I WROTE DOWN THE CORRECT ANSWER!!!! But i cancelled it out for some reason......
My humanities separated will look like this:

Social Studies: A2
Literature:B4

Music 'O' Level I got second highest! I lost to Adeline in composing. Hazel(not my cousin) was hogging the keyboard! my composition was done without the keyboard!! I got handicap!! and my ensemble score could have been better. eh, Louis?

Music 'O' Level
Lovell: 61
Adeline:64

both B4 anyway....

I congratulate myself beforehand for my promotion to Sec 4 express!(i hope)

how fun.

100th Post

2008-10-14T20:12:00.002+08:00

THIS IS MY 100th POST!!!

In view of this special event, I'll do a self-introduction. How? Another questionnaire of course!

Pick an object on the table right now, and say how it is similar to you.
A length of cotton twine. 3m long. cost me $5.40. how is it like me? its pliable=]

Italics or Bold?
Bold for typing, italics for writing

Ice-skating or Roller Blading?
Never done ice-skating before. so, roller blading. more accurately, its " Inline-Skating "

Baking or Cooking?
I can only bake brownies. I don't cook. I create=]

Writing or Drawing?
Writing. I'm not a drawer.

Who did you grab this from?
Hazel

What's your favourite candy?
Mint Humbugs

Think carefully : How many of your friends do you consider weird?
All of them are weird, in a good way of course=]

What's your job ambition?
Police Scholar. This one type many many times le.

Are you rich?
I'm only rich when I think I'm rich. as long as I have more than 2 bucks in my wallet, I think i'm rich =P

If you could ask anyone two questions, and they had to answer truthfully, what would you ask, and who would it be?

To Kah Eng: What have you done with my file?!
Do you like chocolate?

What’s your favourite band or CD of all time?
When I was much younger I favoured Kinki Kids. Unfamiliar? That means I'm old. Fahrenheit oso not bad. buuuuut, my favourite is still Hillsongs=]

If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be?
Camp Resilience, on one condition: A Year-Long Nat camp=]

Complete the statement “I recommend…” (it can be a show, movie, book, restaurant, website, activity, etc.):
I recommend...Blue Coral Green Tea, Extra Pearl. It tastes sweeter than honey green tea, Ther.

If you knew could you try anything and not fail (and money was no object), what dream would you attempt?
World-class Musician.

What super-power would you most like to have, and why?
To stop time. It'll be fun.

2 Truths And a Lie” – Share 3 unique things about yourself and your life, 2 of them true, 1 false, and let your friends guess which one isn’t true.

I did this with Acts4.3 before. Have fun guessing!

1)I wore a skirt before
2)My PSLE score was "eligible for express"
3) I only have 3 pairs of shoes.

What is the meal and dessert you would choose as your very last?
I wouldn't. If i knew what I was going to eat before I die, I wouldn't eat it.roar.

Topped off with a post:

Past two days holiday! Our teachers doing marking day, so I got to sleep in till 10 everyday=] Nothing much of interest, until tomorrow, where I'll get back my papers. die. Dx. So there, 100 posts since i started blogging. Count them up yourselves if you will.

obsessed. I must not keep this up.

2008-10-10T22:26:00.002+08:00

LAST EXAM OVER!!!!

Physics was seriously difficult. Not strictly difficult, just tedious. waste time. but since its over,

WHEEEEE!! YAHOOO!!!!!! WHOOPIE!!!!!

roar.

i celebrate with the bottom questionnaire and the "Five Love Languages".

details of today.

Kah Eng pangseh-ed me. so i end up eating lunch with Samuel, Alfred, Jun Jie, Siakky,Clement Brina, Eunice Leong, Yan Ping.

as usual, i recommended popular.

after a long discussion, Mcdonalds. Again.

the evilness of Sam: He deliberately poured curry sauce on my burger against my will.

the evilness of Alfred: he squeezed my cup of coke and the coke spilled. note: i wear a white uniform. i am very lucky it did not get stained, or i'd be doing chromatography again.

the mistake of Sam: he spelt Brina's name as Arina.

the mistake of Alfred: he chose to eat McSpicy, and was hysterical.

can i laugh at you guys now? pretty please?

den they wanted to watch movie- House Bunny.

Alfred was rattling on about a bimbo, den link until xue yun, den link until eng kiat(labbit).
Sam's conclusion: House Bunny is a cross between XY and EK. eww.

the both of them make very interesting makan mates=]

yo.

2008-10-10T22:10:00.002+08:00

1. Spell your name backwards.
eman rouy.

2. Pretend you've had 15 beers. Describe what you would be doing right now?
I would pretend that i'm still not drunk. hah.

3. Where are you right now?
Here.

4. What is the closest object to you?
My handphone

5. Do you talk to yourself?
hmm...what do you think, Lovell?

6. Do you drink milk straight from the carton?
rarely. its usually orange juice.

7. Who knows a secret about you?
i keep my own secrets. wad you guys have are just "personal info"

8. How long is your hair?
just long enough

9. How much money do you have in your wallet now?
including tithes, 52 bucks.

10. Describe what you're wearing?
my limited Nat Camp DVI shirt, and short pants.

11. Do you like anyone now?
yep.

12. Name things in your wallet.
1. Money
2.Spare spec hook
3. 2 Christian cards
4. 3 Christian coins
5.Tapz card, VIP
6. Sonata Student Card
7.Pocket Calender
8. Class relay system
9. IC confirmation form
10. EZ-link. blue. with my pic.

13. When was the worst date ever?
when i chose to do this questionnaire.

14. Is your birthday on a holiday?
only on a school holiday.

15. What do you spend most of your money on?
books.

16. Last thing you cooked today?
zit.

17. Is there something you're angry about?
grumble...grumble.....

18. Do you hate someone right now?
nono, "hate" is a strong word. at the most i would only "strongly dislike".

19. Do you think love conquers all?
add two L's behind and i'd agree=]

20. Why is the sky blue?
Scientific Answer: Light is refracted by huge bodies of water i.e. oceans, thus giving the sky a blue hue.

Stupid Answer: The rain colours the sky blue.

Chim (incorrect) Answer: the sky absorbs all colours in light rays except blue. Reflected blue light rays give the sky its colour.

Lovell's Classic Answer: Cause it just is!

21. What do you do when you wake up?
Go back to sleep.

22. Who do you hang out with often?
Same few people. If i dun hang out with you, you dun fall under this category.

23. Do you have any regrets?
i should have studied harder for my PSLE.....

24. Do you use an alarm clock?
My phone plays "Light of Salvation" weekdays 0600 hours. I only wake at 0649 hours.

25. What is your cellphone network?
Starhub?

26. Single?
you think?

27. When was the last time someone told you that you were cute?
about 14 years back.

28. What do you feel when someone asked you your number?
oooh. nothing.

29. Have you tried asking someone their number?
for almost all contacts in my phone, i have to ask their number don't I?

30. Do you have bitterness in your heart?
grumble....grumble...

2008-10-10T22:08:00.001+08:00

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Quality Time
with a secondary love language being
Acts of Service.

Complete set of results

Quality Time:		11
Acts of Service:		6
Physical Touch:		5
Receiving Gifts:		4
Words of Affirmation:		4

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

2008-10-09T21:51:00.003+08:00

To celebrate my end of exam's eve, i will do yet another questionnaire! Wheeee!

Taken from Hazel's bloggie,

1. Nice to meet you, I'm:
SGT(NPCC) Lam Yu An Lovell. I've been promoted!!!

2. Okay, who was the last person who held your hand?
I think it was Ryan Cher and Andy. At the same time. ( We were praying together, what were you thinking? What's that? You should be ashamed of yourself....)

3. Have you ever kissed someone with braces?
nope.

4. Who is the fourth received call on your call log?
67658226. I think was Suzanna Lee.

5. If you could change your eye colour what would it be?
erms....green?

6. What is the wallpaper on your phone?
Me, Ther and Faith. =]

7. How many pillows are on your bed?
Two. Why?

8. How do you feel about babies?
Cute only the first time they cry. Subsequent cryings are a pain.

9. Is there someone you can't stop thinking about?
yep. somehow....

10. Have you ever had a surprise birthday party?
i nvr had a birthday party.

11. Who/what is the fourth person on your contact list?
Congratulations Afifah! You are contact number 4!

12. Do you have a crush on somebody?
I wouldn't be likely to say even if i did have one, eh? Anyway, the answer's a yes.

13. Who was the last person that made you laugh?
myself. I crack myself up =D

14. Reveal two things about yourself.
I am a bubble tea addict. I'm allergic to Bird's Nest.

15. Who do you make fun of the most?
I make fun of everyone! see, i have no bias....

16. What's the longest you've ever talked on the phone?
2 hrs plus plus.

17. How much money do you have on you right now?
why would i have money on me? i need not pay to switch on my comp do i?

18. Have you ever seen your best friend cry?
Yep. HE can be very emotional at times. den again, so am i.

19. Do you dance in the car?
My family has no car.

20. What do you want to be?
Police Scholar.

21. Does your mum vacuum early in the morning when you're sleeping?
My dad does the vacuuming, and that only in the afternoons.

22. CDs or downloads?
Neither. I have a hand-me-down mp3 =]

23. How did you get your last bruise?
I can't remember. I think i accidentally knocked my head against a low ceiling.

24. Would you rather sleep at a friend's house, or yours?
Home sweet home....

25. Who is in your house right now?
My dad , mum and I

26. Dogs or cats?
Neither. Mum doesn't like furry animals.

27. What do you smell like right now?
erm, myself?

28. Do you have a hard time admitting you're wrong?
Seeing that i'm usually wrong, admitting makes no big diff.

29. Do you know who Damien Rice is?
who?

30. What colour is your laundry basket?
I think its green.

31. Does your mum make you wear a winter coat?
nope. i don't even own a jacket/cardigan

32. Does it contain fur?
would it?

33. Do you own any Hollister shirts?
nope. i wear uniforms.

34. Where do you shop at most?
Popular.

35. Can you go on Friendster from school or work?
i can, but i may not.

36. What's your favourite season?
Spring. New beginnings.

37. Has it snowed recently?
yep. in the Artic.

38. What is your favourite number?
7

39. Do you get along with your parents?
exceptionally well for teenagers...

40. What are you listening to right now?
the voice of the News Broadcaster

41. What are your favourite colours?
Green and White. Anti-drug abuse colours?

42. Have you ever thought your life was so bad you wanted to give up?
a fair few times. *sigh*

43. How many piercings do you have?
none.

44. Taken or single?
single, but unavailable.

45. Do you like it?
not bad...

46. Have you ever had your heart broken?
i would think not.

47. If someone liked you right now, would you want them to tell you?
yes, and i would refer them to question 44.

48. Do you want someone you can't have?
like, huh?

49. Any plans for tomorrow?
go school, finish my LAST paper, and sleep =]

50. See your future or go back to your 'has been' life?
neither. never mess with time.

see? wheeeeee!

2008-10-06T22:33:00.002+08:00

This is the epitome of randomness:

I'm a Togetic!

Wiki's definition/classification of a Togetic...

Number: 176
Type: Normal/Flying
Evolves from: Togepi
Evolves into: Togekiss

Togetic (トゲチック, Togechikku, Togechick in original Japanese language versions) is a highly auspicious species. It is associated with good fortune and happiness, but it is said that it will grant its boons and affection only to kind-hearted, caring people. In fact, it will even grow sad itself if it is in mean-spirited company for a prolonged period of time. Togetic's rudimentary wings do not permit it to actually fly, but it has in lost time learned to remain floating in midair without even using them. In the new Diamond and Pearl games, Togetic is granted an evolution, Togekiss, using the Shiny Stone.

yayness.

2008-10-03T21:58:00.003+08:00

Its still not the end yet....still have one more week...

aniwaes, i "celebrated" the end of the Chinese paper by eating out for lunch(I rarely eat lunch unless i feel a lil rich...)

so, with Elton, Jermaine, Xiao Hui, Zheng Rui and Chin Boon, we wandered around Lot 1 deciding where to eat. I thought we agreed where to go while on the bus- we meant to eat at Popular for lunch=] Zheng Rui didn't want to eat at Mac, so 3rd choice KFC...but a lot of ppl... so we ended up infront of Siam Kitchen. Since we all very poor, and Elton only had his (fake) $100 note, we made our way up to Popular to eat. den change of plans. Lunch at Pizza Hut. Everyone order student meal. ok, everyone but Elton. I couldn't resist taking pictures. Zheng Rui calls me a camwhore. No i am not! ok, maybe i am...just enjoy the following pics=]

Chin Boon's baked rice. at least i think it is... should be curry baked rice...
The man in action!
say cheese, xiao hui! that's zheng rui at the side. the woman in the background looks plain shocked. i wonder why...
my food! costed me $9.90( i told you i felt rich...)

and i just can't do without a random pic, can i?

Nelson Lim.

yo.

2008-09-29T22:27:00.002+08:00

Awesome Song, practically fell in love with it... Amazing Grace( My Chains Are Gone), Chris Tomlin....

"Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)"

Amazing grace

How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now I'm found

Was blind, but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear

And grace my fears relieved

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed

My chains are gone

I've been set free

My God, my Savior has ransomed me

And like a flood His mercy rains

Unending love, Amazing grace

The Lord has promised good to me

His word my hope secures

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow

The sun forbear to shine

But God, Who called me here below

Will be forever mine

(Will be forever mine)

(You are forever mine)

2008-09-23T20:22:00.002+08:00

Wont be blogging much- EOYs have started.

English P1,P2 and Music P2 today. Horrible.

Promotion Test: CPL(NPCC) Lam Yu An Lovell has been promoted to SGT(NPCC).

Bad news, no drill badge.

Break trust again....they promised me the badge last yr.

on a happier note:

ok, i can't think of anything happy. Take it that this post is a happy post! =]

roareded.

2008-09-19T21:07:00.005+08:00

Sergeant Promotion test 2008.

or as bb(zhen yuan) calls it, sangent. ( pronounced saan-ger-nt)

following ranks would be your tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant.

Still catch no fish? are my jokes that chim? roar.

so phase one was theory and attendance.

marks are still the same. I just learnt that bonus score max mark is 10. 10!!! if i took it i'd have 45/40. but i too lazy to sing song, so well...
attendance was saboed by my tuesday trainings. I already tell the NCOs last yr that tuesdays i cannot turn up for trainings, and always there are extra trainings on tues. I WAN PERFECT SCORE!!!.

PhAsE TwO

Campcraft and Uniform. Campcraft was easy. too easy. I spent more time writing the definitions than tying the knots. And since i tot must complete definitions first, i wasted a lot of precious time. Lashings were even easier. Actually today is my first time tying shear lash. See? I have a lot of theory, but practical not much practice.
Uniform killed me. Just last nite i broke my safety first badge. die. panic. so lucky KC so so kind to lend me his badge. THANK YOU KC! *ahem*. so, cause i wear extra long pants, my uniform is "just passable". I polished my boots liao hor. I blame the sun for melting my kiwi. should have used banana instead. Phase 2 passed.

phase 3

3rd phase, MOI+WOC. I went first, hoping i'd get an easy MOI. I got pacing. dang. I teach one pacing took me 5 mins. den i squeeze as many drills in 2 mins. not much la, i just do a lot of fancy stuff. YEE KHANG GOT THE DRILLS I WANTED!!! Sedia and Senang Diri. Dun worry, yee khang, you did quite well. Many Junior Cadet Leaders still dun know MOI...not every drill needs a semi-circle. be more creative/practical. e.g belok can form a straight line or inclined. also never ever ever make your cadets face the sun while you are speaking. lastly, DO NOT get volunteers from the squad to assist you. Regardless if they know how to execute it. haix. WOC must give confidently... but was quite tiring. ok, it was very tiring. I downed 3 drinks after training. I was practically dying of thirst. sorry, i downed 4. i forget.

Kah Eng, dun always worry so much. Improve yourself to improve others. must work hard. that is all that matters.

Result: unknown.

maybe i can get promoted, maybe not. tough days ahead..

2008-09-19T21:07:00.002+08:00

My posts are in fits and starts. Really. My prestidigitation is uncoordinated. I may seem to be grandiloquous, but in reality, I'm a very normal guy. I do not have much pulchritude. I just feel logorrhic.

If I write like this in my Eng test, i wonder how much i'd get.

ok, the first sentence is true. I'm posting about my birthday, or more accurately my birthday gifts.

Thank you Faith and Ther, I haven't had a water bottle for ages..i'm so toucheded.

Thanks to 4.3 for the birthday card. but of all pictures....haix.

I'm oso touched by the posts in Acts 4 and .3 blogs. I feel quite encouraged=]

and to Jiahui, ok...a hamster is quite a unique gift...but i dun take animals. lucky sherman wants it.

oso to the few ppl hu wished me happy birthday. you know who you are. yes you. thank you. roar.

randomness.

2008-09-17T21:26:00.005+08:00

I'm nat camp sick...really...this is wad we did....

Cadets, next time you eat ur food must do this hor....oso remember to make them "fall in"...like so...

And just to prove that Jun Gang really did "appear" at Nat Camp,
Cardboard Kerk. This was the best pic I could find of him.

and of course, a (random) pic!
yo.

2008-09-16T20:59:00.002+08:00

Lit Analysis.

Warning: The below information is not true. Seriously. If you ignore this warning you will get a big " HAHA " on your lit paper, written by ur teacher. Really. Haha.

Case Study 1( by wei qin): his name appears for the first time on my blog. his analysis is not very long, but caused even further analysis by *ahem* professionals.

Mrs Loh: Name a main character in F451...
Wei Qin: Dawan!!

catch no fish? go read Sing to the Dawn and F451 den come back..

Case Study 2 ( Samuel, Adeline, Me): Samuel is CCA councillor for SJAB, oso the unit commander. stylo leh... Adeline is CCA councillor Military Band. I'm CCA councillor NPCC, Acting Assistant IC Admin & Finance, Sec 2 Admin. roar. lengthy introduction, but the truth is we were just toking while walking to Riverside Sec for Music when I brought up case study 1. refer to top.

Me: eh, you noe my fren sae....( refer to CS1)
Adeline: oh...name one animal that appears in Sing to the Dawn...Mechanical Hound!
Samuel: haha...
Adeline: name the protagonist of Sing to the Dawn
All: Montag!

Samuel just did the haha. Qianni did not tok in this convo. weird actually, this convo started cause we were toking bout adeline's chines name (yan rong), den progress on to nian rong( lotus paste) den nian rong bao(lotus paste bun).
So i just randomly saided: Adeline is Bao, Samuel is Dawan, I am Kwai....

carrying on...

Case Study 3: still by adeline, who just said one simple statement.

Adeline: In Sing to the Dawn, Montag occupation is to burn scholarships.

simply fun.

2008-09-14T22:22:00.002+08:00

SGT promotion test round one.

CPL(NPCC) Lam Yu An Lovell eligible for round two.

Attendance: 16.5/20. (tsk. all the tuesday trainings sabo my 100% score.)

Theory: 35/40 ( i got the pledge person wrong, i put Toh Chin Chye. No. of girls in sec 3 squad oso wrong, i included elyssa in. the home team cadet corp oso wrong..then the proposal thing..1 more mystery question i got wrong as well. haix.)

If i did the bonus, i'd get 40/40. That'll be weird. anyways, for future reference, feet position in sedia is 30 degrees, not 45. this is basic.

Sec 3 squad, WAKE UP!

=]

2008-09-14T21:38:00.002+08:00

The long overdue post of DVI movie outing@vivo.singapore! For those who went to Nat camp you'll understand the joke. Or perhaps not.

outing was on 6 sept, sat. at night. at vivo. at 8. for those who noe me quite well, or those in the first category of my links, you would noe that service ended 1930 hrs that day. so i rushed straight to vivo.

it was not until i reached bukit batok mrt that i noticed i lost my twine..haix..that two metres cost me 3.60...nvm, i go buy 3 metres another day.

i finally reached vivo, then apparently they haven't started eating yet. wows. cynthia they all at Long John. A familiar restaurant, but being the suaku i am, i got "losted". cynthia had to find me. lol.

makan time, over there have Ming Tat, Qi Ying, Cynthia, and a whole host of ppl, check DVI blog/cynth's blog for names..then i took out my cube collection! woots. they see my 5x5 kena stunneded...heh heh...lucky they have buy my ticket. 10 dollars. pocket burn.

Wall.E...so cute...our dear boys were propping their legs up on the chairs in front of them. (we at 2nd row) so embarrasing...

movie ended 11++, and i do mean ++. last train gone. last bus gone. and i only knew when i walked aaalll the way to bus interchange. die. in the end, take taxi lor. lucky cynthia live in bukit panjang, can share price. we-ell, not strictly true, she live at senja there. I think. the price read 10 bucks plus. until uncle"magically" added some numbers, and wala! $20+++++. i not enough money, so get off same stop as cynth lor. try to walk home. time was 0030 hrs. veri dangerous time to stay outside..

30 mins l8r, made my way home. finally. I cant remember what happened after that.. my bro was still awake. I'm sure i bathed before i slept. quite sure.

till today, i still miss my 2m twine... if anyone saw it can return to me? =]

roar.

Tags!

2008-09-05T21:52:00.002+08:00

Due to the number of tags, i'll just post replies here so as to not spam my own tagboard xD

Lvll™-andrew: aw... thank you!

Lvll™-hazel!: okaay....

Lvll™-ツYULING: Amen! eek!

Lvll™-JoNe: its ok=] thanks!

Lvll™-stick: nono, i told you, i'm not kian...

Lvll™-Pamela; thanks=]

So there.
no need to sign off liaox, my name appear so many times..
roar.

2008-09-04T21:26:00.003+08:00

Just spent the last two daes at HQ.. PK Course! btw, PK stands for Police Knowledge. So it's just sit down and lecture non-stop. haix, the cadets all so sub-standard, can't keep silent for even just a minute. Seriously. 1st day nothing much, 2nd dae then fun... why?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Yup! Today's my 15th Birth Anniversary! Home Front Security was seriously funny. The instructor gave so many hints during the exam that it was impossible not to pass! In fact, for the more observant cadets, you would have noticed that when he raises his hand, it's not just for fun, he shows the number! Might as well give the badge free...
PK test not that easy, I not even confident of doing it...

aniwaes, met some old frens there, so did Kah Eng...*clears throat*.

After course went for dinner with PJW, Yee Khang and marcus. I stupid stupid go order "fermented tofu"... urghs. Lucky YeeKhang eats it, or else wasted liao...

Looking forward to....

DVI Movie Outing@Vivo!

Will be watching Wall.E. I think. Interested Div I campers to meet at harbourfront mrt 2000hrs, for dinner, followed by the movie at 2140 hrs.

I just can't wait...

really miss Nat camp...

Trust Walk with Patrol 3&4...
DVI combined pic. Hey! Get out of the way!

Ah, thats better.... cheese!

So there.

Lvll™

2008-08-26T21:27:00.003+08:00

There are many fake Christians, and I never knew how many, until I joined their ranks. Not for long though. You may call yourself a Christian, you may go to church, but you may not be acknowledged by the Lord as one. For example, Matt 7:21 states,

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."

If one is only a Christian by name, superficially, not acting it out, you are not a true Christian. No wonder others stereotype Christians as plainly religious. Are we not the Pharisees of today?

Here's a quote, food for thought...

" Preach the Gospel, and, if necessary, use words."

If Christ-likeness is not in you, you would be no more than a Gentile. Christians are distinct individuals, they are "not of the world".

For Christians with the "holier than thou" mentality, read this(Matt 7:3,5).

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

it goes on to say

"You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. "
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To my fellow Christians, I will call you by name, that you would know to whom I am referring to. I am in no way condemning you. No, I am also a child of God, and I have no authority over you. I feel charged to mention this to you, that you would improve. I would also want to say a few things to you. I, too, need guidance, are we not to edify each other? Therefore take the plank out of my eye, and I would yours.

Andrew, even as you go around the class asking others to sit properly, to change their habits, would you not change yours? Please note that if you want to be heard, hear. People do also want to be heard. Conversation is not a monologue. Do not overdo anything, do it in moderation. Even when you feel ostracised, continue to reflect, continue to improve yourself, listen to advice. I confess that I have been stubborn too, but here is a verse for you. It had helped me, and I believe it would help you too.

"The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice." -Pv 12:15

But continue to be radical for Jesus! But wait for His involvement. Always acknowledge the importance of processes. It is good that you learn from sermons and from more mature Christians, and I believe that you can begin to teach and practice what you have learnt.

Hazel, do not grumble to another about a fellow Sister. I confess that I also tend to complain to others about people around me. But do you not acknowledge that God has put her with you? To quote from Charles Shultz, author of Peanuts

" There is a lesson here, I just do not know what."

There is always a lesson to everything. Continue to learn. Have faith in God, that what He does always has a reason. He always caters for what we need above what we want. He knows what we need more than we do.

To Ryan Cher, if you are reading this post, I bid you to beware! You learn fast, and you continue learning, but I just want to warn you that there are some things that do not agree with God's Word. I am very, very proud of you, speaking as your ex-discipler. I ask that you forgive me, for I have not been responsible for you. In fact, I fear that you would take the same path as I had. Manage your responsibilities well. Do not easily believe what you read or hear, even from me. For in 1 John 4:1, it says that.

"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world."

I have many things to say, but the time is not ripe yet. I pray that the Holy Spirit would continue to light our way.

Father ,

I thank you Lord, for you have been faithful.

Even in our transgressions, you still trusted in us.

You see our faults, and you see what we lack.

I pray that you even help us change.

Lord, forgive us, for we have not lived to your standards.

I confess that even as your Children, we have not yet taken the plank out of our eyes.

I pray that you would open up our eyes, that we may see the world with yours.

Father, let us have a heart of compassion for the world,

and a heart of learning that we would seek to improve.

Lord, be our wise counsel.

Thank you Lord,

Amen.

2008-08-22T22:29:00.006+08:00

since i have nothing much to post, i shall post more pics on NAT CAMP!!! WOOTS!!!! WOOHOO!!!

POSE! With Izzuan Sir and his famous poster!

Patrol 3!

Master Rabbit Activate! ding ding ding....

Lastly, a pic of me taking the Nat camp Pledge. heh heh... i so big shot.... roarx.

lalala.

Lvll™

Nat Camp '08

2008-08-15T21:00:00.008+08:00

I'm baack!!! Just in case that u were not aware, I was away on a 4 day 3 nite leisure camp at Ubin- NPCC Camp Resilience. And I do mean leisure. I'm from Division I!!(India) First day did not go with my dv, but stood rite by the stage. no, i'm not lost, i've been there twice already. I was selected to do the camp pledge( yes, it was me up there doing the pledge, so stop asking). Placed into Patrol 3 of DVI, with wonderful ppl..
P3: Hannah [GB], Cynthia [GG] , Sibyl [GB] , Afifah[NPCC], Christopher [Malaysian Guest], Anthony [BB], Kia Seng [BB], and someone from Brunei Cadet Force( okok i forgot his name, I'm really sorry!), of course, there's me as well. I'm from NPCC by the way... Now, let the pics do the talking....

DVI P3! one rambutan clap! not used since YI CAMP '06...

Double OK!

Chestnut Tree, Izzuan Sir with his poster!

Sibyl, Esther and I. Thumbs up!

Sibyl and Afifah! Sibyl and Hannah
Hannah and I! ( Hannah is from Acts 3 btw...)
Me and Squirrel Sir( tat's his scout name, dun ask why.)

Kia Seng and Anthony, BB boys, diff schs, but look alike.
Me and Cynthia. Cheese!
Christopher and BCF guy...

and here is random pic for the day:

Ryan acting cute.

So there.
Lvll™

2008-08-05T22:10:00.002+08:00

Just for fun, a questionnaire I found on Zheng Rui's blog.

1)At what age do u wish to marry?
Preferably 24….preferably…

2)What you want the most now?
Well deserved rest.

3)Who is the person you trust the most?
Why, myself of course. But if this include Divine Persons, God would come first.

4)Do you think you have enough confidence?
Overconfidence is more likely…

5)If you have a dream to come true, what would it be?
Revival to occur in the World

6)Ever crushed on anyone?
Of course…

7)What is your goal for this year?
Get 7As and 1 B (Chi). Meanwhile, I want to achieve rank of Sergeant, and post of TC…heh heh…

8) Do you believe in eternity love?
I believe the term is Eternal Love. And yes, I do.

9)Have you broke someone heart that he/she tried to commit suicide?
Break heart, maybe. To such a degree? I surely hope not….

10)What feeling do you love the most?
To be constantly at peace. To have joy. To be loved.

11)What feeling do you hate the most?
Rage.

12)Do you cherish every single friendship of yours?
Naturally. Sadly, the same cannot be said for some….

13)Do you believe in God?
Believe? I know God personally.

14)What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
Salvation.

15)Who do you hope to be always there for you?
My friends…..

16)Whose your best friend?
Bryan. Bestest best friends….

17)Who cares for you the most?
God.

18)Which day you like the most?
Saturday…. After that comes Fri….

19)Do you believe there is fate and its destined or it is the path u chose.
There is a paradox in this….. our life is already written out, but we have free choice.

20)Do you believe in love at first sight?
Yep. This is a very popular question… I wonder why…
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Starting time:
Lost track of time…

Name:
Lam Yu An Lovell

Brother:
Lam Yu An Lopez

Shoe size:
8-9

Height:
163cm

Where you live:
Singapore; My House™

Favorite drinks:
Flavoured drinks esp. Milo, Fruit Juice, Tea, Coffee, Bubble Tea, Carbonated Drinks

Favorite breakfast:
Grandma Biscuits with Milo…

Have you ever been on a plane:
Yep. Didn’t like it…

Swam in the ocean?:
I can’t swiiiiiim

Broken someone's heart?:
Perhaps

Fell off your chair?:
Twice the previous week. Must be losing my sense of balance…

Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call?
I think I did….yep…. definitely

Save e-mails?:
MSN automatically saves them for me, unless I choose to delete an email.

What is your room like?:
Bliss after a long day’s work.

What’s right beside you?
Electric fan.

What is the last thing you ate?:
Rice.

Ever had chicken pox?:
Just the once, couldn’t remember already..

Sore throat?:
After P&W, quite a few times.

Stitches?: .Mostly when running not so short distances.

Broken nose?:
No. But it hurt bad once.

Do you believe in love at first sight?:
familiar question… didn’t I already answer it?

Like picnics?:
No. Barbeques are better.

Who was the last person you danced with?:
Eh…. Alicia ba….Sec 1 Orientation Performance, sabo-ed by councilor. .slow waltz…. Dear Frosty would kill me…

Last made you smile?:
I can’t remember. I seriously can’t

Did you talk to someone you like?:
Naturally. What, did you expect me to stutter?

Best feeling in the world?:
Whatever I typed just now..

Do you sleep with stuffed animals?:
Fluffy!!!

What's under your bed?:
Eh…. It’s a mini cupboard, so it stores clothes, books, bags, etc…

Who do you really hate?:
nono, hate is a very strong word. I dislike corrupted characters, not the people.

What time is it now?:
2154 hrs

Randoms :

Q: Is there a person who is on your mind right now?
A: Yep.

Q: Do you have any siblings?
A: Older bro

Q: Do you want children?
A: Yes..

Q: Do you smile often?
A: I think so, but maybe not genuinely…

Q: Do you like your handwriting?
A: Quite. I manipulate my handwriting to my preference

Q: Are your toenails painted?
A: Nope, definitely not.

Q: Who's bed other than yours would you rather sleep in?
A: Airbed in YI camp… simply shiok…

Q: What color shirt are you wearing?
A: Grey. And it’s a singlet.

Q: What were you doing at 7pm yesterday?
A: Queueing up to buy movie tickets.

Q: I can't wait till?
A: I can wait. I’m very patient. Erm… very very patient.

Q: When did you cry last?
A: I can’t exactly remember, but I noe it was at night. Late at night.

Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: Usually. My friendliness is proportionate to the atmosphere.

Q: Do you have any pets?
A: I had goldfishes… but they are no more…

Q: Do you sleep with the TV on?
A: I don't like watching TV

Q: What are you doing right now?
A: This stupid questionnaire?

Q: Have you ever crawled through a window?
A: no. but I had wanted to do so in the past. (dun worry, the window led to a corridor…)

Q: Can you handle the truth?
A: I want the truth.

Q: Are you too forgiving?
A: Perhaps, sometimes I’m too kind for my own good.

Q: Are you closer to your mother or father?
A: More or less the same, but I’ll go with dad.

Q: Who was the last person you cried in front of?
A: I can’t say it was in front of, cause it was on the phone. It was Ther aniwaes.

Q: How many people can you say you've really love?
A: I’m trying to love everybody. So far so good…

Q: Do you eat healthy?
A:I eat *ahem* quite moderately, and exercise regularly. So, yeah.

Q: Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you?
A: No. I just teared.

Q: How often do you go to church?
A: Weekly, maybe twice a week. Sometimes overnight.

Q: If you're having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to?
A: No one. Loner.

Q: Are you loud or quiet most of the time?
A: Loud and quiet, depending on the situation

Q: Are you confident?
A: another repeat?

Done. Finally. Whew. Reason for a few religious answers is that that is my belief. So there.

Lvll™

2008-08-04T22:06:00.003+08:00

Festival of Praise was from 1 August to 3 August... I can't believe I missed all three days... but....

ANDREW HELPED ME GET A FOP BOOKLET!!! WOOHOO!!!!

roarx.

Thanks much man, I'm so toucheded ( Aylward-ese for touched)

"The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. "
- Exodus 15:2

So there.

2008-07-27T20:59:00.001+08:00

heh heh... I just bought a new book. - Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox. The 6th book in the Artemis Fowl Series.... =]]]

2008-07-27T20:25:00.002+08:00

I was blog-hopping, as we all do, when I read Andrew's post on King David's famous slaying of Goliath. So I thought that I might as well do something like it...

David vs Goliath. A shepherd's youngest child versus a warrior of warriors. What chance did David stand against Goliath.

Goliath stood there, challenging the Israelites, taunting them. No one dared to battle Goliath.

Except one.

The shepherd's youngest son was willing to challenge the giant. King Saul dressed David in his armour, but David was not used to such equipment. As such David selected 5 stones, and prepared his sling. Only one was needed, and Goliath was struck dead, by a pebble thrown by a boy.

What qualities did David have that Goliath did not? How in the name of all things did David defeat Goliath. Let's have a little background info shall we...

Goliath was a Nephilim. He was no ordinary human. Goliath came from Gath, where the Nephilim were not yet slayed. Nephilim are the result of fallen angels having mated with men. They are, in other words, demon children. They are massive, and unnatural.

David was the youngest son of Jesse of Bethlehem. In those days, "youngest son" is not just a label. It denoted rank. David was the lowest in rank in a family of shepherds. He was a nothing. Yet there was one thing, that made him everything.

Upon meeting Goliath, David exclaimed " Who is this uncircumsised Philistine that he should defile the ranks of the Living God?"

If you have not yet spotted David's exceptional quality, I'll give you another hint...

David stated, "The Lord delivered me from the lion and the bear. He will deliver me from this Philistine."

here's another...

David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands."

The only reason that David triumphed over Goliath is that he was not giant-centered, but God-centered.

Nowadays, people see the problems before them, and worry. They are unable to bring down the "giants" in their lives. Yet all we need to do is to be God-centered. If God is with us, who can be against us? When you trust God, just do your best, and He'll do the rest.

What are the giants in your lives? Will you take the step of faith to not focus on the giants, but on God?

For the full story of David vs Goliath, refer to 1 Samuel 17.