The bet...

So it was said, recorded, put on youtube, and facebook. And with that, a jolt of life spread through the polytechnic circuit like wildfire. A simple bet, led to a nation-wide push to shave the heads of 3 TP debaters...





Cheers,
Don

Easy part's over...

'The easy part's over, now the real shit begins', the exact words i said when the tabs were released yesterday evening. I got into interpolys Team 2. A month of grueling work to get there, and yet, sad to say, its the easiest part of the journey. For the next 2 months, till interpolys, the 6 of us in the interpolys teams are in for the time of our lives. A great amount of hell awaits and only by surviving and thriving can we succeed at interpolys. Team 2 made a bet with Aji, if we do not make it to the interpolys finals, the 3 of us will shave our heads.

Thats all i got for you guys now, I'm gonna be damn busy for the next 2 months. Goodbye world, I'll see you when i return from hell :)

Don't miss me too much

Cheers,
Don

National Pride...

I'm making this post today because today, i felt more Singaporean than i ever have. Lets see how this day started. I left the house in my Team Aikido shirt and Aikido pants. It wasnt until i got into the cab and the uncle told me that i reaslied, the shirt is red + the pants r white = I looked so patriotic... haha. Well that was merely the beginning of my day filled with national pride. Following the kia-su nature of locally bred Singaporeans, i arrived at the meeting venue early, 15 mins early. (yes, I was early... FOR ONCE).

Following which i did the super singaporean thing, I complained about Hamzah being late, half an hour late at that. Then when the bus finally came, instead of being my usual lazy self and letting people get on first, i walked to the entrance ahead of afew people. The kan-chiong nature taking its effect. Upon getting onto the bus, i proceeded to take the first seat i found, instead of offering it to others. A classic sign of self-centeredness we Singaporeans know all too well. And through the entire ride, kept to myself. Only bothering the rest of the guys to refresh my memory of certain moves.

Skipping ahead an hour or two. We got to Pek kio CC (i think thats how its spelt). Layed the mats, did a lil warm up, and waited for grading to start. One and a half hours later, i was back to my complaining self. Shifting around as i sat there bored outta my mind. Repeating over and over again: This is taking so long, why cant they faster finish, i wanna grade n go home... Such Singaporean lines that i never expected from myself.

Again skipping ahead afew hours, grading is over, training started, and im going home. Whats the first thing i do? Msg her, so proud of myself for passing grading. Even the Singaporean Ego was showing in me today. The bus ride back, the train ride back, and the slacking around at tampines also filled with the complaining of time and boredom I've been doin all day. Then came the best part, this part of the day made me so driven to make this post.

I was going to the bus stop, then i heard car horning like mad-men. I looked over and saw this tiny ass, 2-lane road was being blocked by a bus which could not make the turn because some idiot left his car parked just at the corner of the turn. Cars began to line up, one after the other, stretching for almost 20 cars long. What did i do? What could have been the most singaporean thing to do? Yes, i walked over, crossed the grass field between me n that car, and sat down on a short stone ledge while i watched the angry drivers horn and the pissed off bus driver violently shake the car in a desperate attempt to move it. Sitting there, amused by this sight, and laughing at both the bus driver (for trying to shake a car off the road), and the idiot who parked his car there. Then the idiot came back to drive off, and sure enough he was Malay, to make it better, he was a Mat. Walking over to his car with an arrogant look on his face and a drink in his hand, acting all macho, when everyone in the area practically wanted to kill him for making them wait over 20 mins (yes i sat there for that long just to see who the idiot was). Then i started to joke to myself about how he could just park a couple of meters ahead and let everyone go. Once again the Singaporean in me shone, expressing the well known habit of acting like we know better than everyone else.

Sigh, today HAS been my most Singaporean moment. I am filled with a mixed emotion of pride, inspiration, and embarrasment. Pride for finally being a representitive of what our little country portrays, inspiration for i finally know what a true locally bred Singaporean is like on a normal day, and embarrasment for actually stooping down to this level unintentionally...

Cheers,
Don

First half of my day off from school...

Hmmm, so its been half a day, no school, no projs, no presentations, no assignments.... Complete absolute freedom for a day. Wow! ..... Ok I'm bored already.....

I think i finally realised why i love going to school, spending time in class or stoning off in some part of school. As much as i may complain about my school work, debates work and all the other crap that i have to do, i kinda need it to live. I've become so used to the lifestyle of being constantly packed with work that one day of nothingness is more than enough to drive me to the brink of insanity. I need to do smth, and fast. Cuz these weapons in my room are starting to look alittle too friendly. GAHHHH...... I'm resorting to blogging to try and relieve my boredom....

Since i owe my readers a proper post, may as well make one today. So its a month away from my exams, and studying has been the last thing on my mind. It's an old east viewian habbit of doing just enough work to get by and only studying enough to move on the next year. hahahaha... old habbits die hard they say. I'm probably gonna fail Htech though, its a pure memorise + regurgitate subject and as most of you should know by now, i cant memorise for nuts... hahaha im so screwed.... *how can i be so calm and happy when im so dead*

Hmm... CCA-wise... I've had 2 debates quizzes in the past month. No not current affairs quizes, principle quizzes. Those are so much more messed up. Basically we spend 2 weeks learning theories and application of those theories, and we have to answer a quiz with about 10-15 essay qns which we are required to apply those principles to answer case studies.... yea, fucked up... wanna hear the best part, its a 3 hour quiz... Whoopte-fucking-doo... Add that to the fact that the coaches have been taking every opportunity to tell me how much i suck, scolding me for every fucking speech i make and telling everyone else how much they are improving, not much of a shocker why I seem to have lost some interest in going for trng.

Aikido... well im going for my next rank at the end of the month. 22 August to be exact. Yes my attentive friends, thats one fucking day after my first fucking paper. (excuse the language, im not in the best of moods right now, wonder why....) No only do i have to learn all the moves in 3 trainings, i also have to fork out more cash for the test itself. Coupled with the fact that trng for it might screw up my first paper, I am SO FUCKING PISSED WITH CCAS..........

Sighs... im not even happy enough to make a section about my love life..... Its days that you spend at home, completely dismembered from the rest of society, that you realise, how much better everyone does without you. How much easier it is for them to do work, finish projects and make plans. Somehow, everyone seems happier when you're not around. No no, im not being emo here, nor am i spiralling into depression. Its just something i noticed from talking to some of my friends over msn. Their having the funnest day of their poly lives today, most laughing their fucking asses off... What am i doing? Sitting here, infront of my fucking computer, making a fucking blogpost listening to fucking old songs on Itunes, thinking how fucking annoying this is. This is one of those times where my swords, my window, my little tools of torture in my room appear all too friendly. Maybe if i left, everyone would be happier? They sure seem happy enough without me for a day.

I know what some of u are thinking now, 'what the hell is Don talking about, he seemed like he was on cloud 9 for the past few weeks? where did all this frustration come from?' simple answer, i hide it well. And with a full day to sit here and do nothing, everything surfaced making me in the worst state of rage n frustration ive been in for months....

I will however, try to leave a msg for you here. Though i seriously don't think you're free enough to read my blog anw. I know you've noticed me being very off lately, and as much as i say im fine, from this blog post u can pretty much guess that I've been keeping alot to myself. Its not that i want to keep secrets from you, your just too busy, i dont wanna add an extra load to you. I promise I'll spill when we're both free, maybe after the exams. Theres also stuff that i rlly wanna talk to u about but i cant do it over a blog post, its kinda private (sorry readers).

I gotta stop spending days at home alone doing nothing, it brings me too close to insanity and i got nothing to distract myself from all this self -loathing.

Cheers, Don

*cant wait to see how the second half of the day goes...

Soups and concerts, courtesy of Ash

Hey everyone, i got really bored tonight + Ash has been bugging me to make a post. So yea.... hmm.....*blank*

Right... so a couple of weeks ago when i was hanging out with Ash Syu and Anita, Ash started going on and on about Mr Big. At the time i was unsure about who they were so i asked and had my ears treated to an array of awesome songs. Then Ash told me that they were having a concert later this year. Having not been to a concert for a long time, i thought 'What the heck, i have some extra cash anyways' so i went off to call Navin and made him buy tickets for me. It was only after getting the tickets the next day did i sit and think 'I just bought tickets to a concert of a band which I've only heard 3 songs from. WOW, this is impulse buying at its best.'

For those of you who dont know who Mr Big is, this is them. Known mostly for their song To be with you. By Ash's request, I have to insist that you all listen to Green-tinted Sixties Mind.

This evening Ash took the time to rant off to me about her views toward PETA. That girl can go rlly nuts. The soup topic came up cuz i went for soup instead of panicking over her not adding me on msn. Clearly chicken soup was not an adequate soup. According to her, The only soup adequate enough to replace her is fish soup. With chilli. While listening to Mr Big. Lets have a look.Chicken soup here looks pretty good.


But clearly outmatched by the awesomeness of fish soup. The winner is : FISH SOUP!!!. *cheers* Yes i am this bored tonight. Hope your happy Ash, and thanks for the inspiration.

Those of you who know me or are close enough to me would know this, but for the rest of you idiots too curious and speculative about my lovely blog-lady. IT IS NOT ASH!!!! boohoo, cry me a river. You're just gonna have to wait till i can admit the truth.

Cheers,
Don

*Yea i know i owe you all a proper post. It's comming soon, I just need abit more inspiration. Soon soon, there have been ALOT going on, but like before, most of it is private. New proper post will be up soon

Feeling alittle weird...

This post is for you and only you, the rest of the wankers reading my blog right now wont understand anyways. So please get the hell out. :)

Wow... stuff u said last night... what a shocker! funny thing is I'm still feeling a little weird about it even now. I told you i was fine with it and all, but the thought kept lingering in my head. I dunno how to react, or what to say to it. I guess its understandable in this era but its still a little uncomfortable thinking about it. The phrase 'You cant handle the truth!' is all too fitting right now. Yes i cant handle the truth, but I'd rather know the truth than live in ignorance. I cant believe how much discomfort I'm feeling from all this, its just strange. But like i said last night, it doesn't change anything. I'll just need some time to get over the idea. It is giving me some feelings of inadequacy though, for obvious reasons. Parts of my mind are telling me that I'm not good enough and stuff, its like a major blow to the ego (i don't even have much to start with). hahaha... Theres a little more i wanna talk to u about, but not in the next few days. We're both busy with work and with that 'situation' i had to deal with last night, I'm not sure if I shud be dealing with this too. Anyways, I'll see you later, maybe we might be able to squeeze in the time to deal with this before i have to go off. Till then, XOXOXO.

Love,
Don

PS: To the rest of you itching for the next chapter in my life, u just gotta keep waiting. There has been stuff happening in the past month but most, if not all, of it require me to maintain a high level of confidentiality. Something less secret might come up in the next few weeks though. Still i cant make any promises. Till i get a new chapter.... Cheers!

Well well....I have fans...

So...it seems my blog is not as secret as i thought. The past few days many people have been asking me to update my blog as the romantic struggle that Don is facing is so captivating and exciting that ur all begging for more. I personally never thought I'd be much of a romance novel writer, but after some nicer comments, I'm considering the idea. Hahaha... For the sake of my adoring fans, i will try to clarify some of the questions u asked, but I am obligated not to divulge any names at this point in time...

Side note: There has been no debates the past 2 weeks, so that section will be much shorter on this post.

So lets get started, debates. Some of the exco members, along with myself, have been facing withdrawal symptoms from lack of debating. Some to the lighter of extent of arguing with classmates *cough* Anita *cough* and others to the extent of making speeches to themselves *cough* me *cough*. Some just aren't feeling the pain :p.

I myself have even started arguing with my friends over the simplest of things cuz i just have that need to debate. Tuesday for example, i started arguing over FPath facts that I did not even need to know for the exams. It was a Tuesday, my mind was going 'I should be debating today... I need to debate today...' I am reaching a point of desperation at which the lack of debating for a mere week is driving me insane. Debating has become so much a part of my life i cant live without it. I even leave sections of my blog posts just to talk about debating. The best joke is, those are normally one of the longest sections, just like the one I'm writing now. Hahaha...

Now on to the studies section. My Term test is officially over today, the papers were relatively reasonable, some harder than others. Overall I expect all passes, but only about 2 As. I guess its due to a lack of effort mainly due to a feeling of contempt. I've been getting this weird feeling of boredom, the concepts are simple to understand. The only difficulty is names and terms, and that really bores me. I need to find a reason to put in effort despite the ease and boredom-inducement of the course and its modules. Hehehe...

And now...for the first time in months, I have pictures to post...


No no...don't worry, Don has not become a camwhore. If u look closely at the picture above, you would notice something very interesting....

For those still dumbfounded, and clueless about the point of these pictures.... I FINALLY GOT MY BRACES OFF!!! Remember the date ladies and gentlemen 5 June 2009, Don got his braces off. Mwahahahahhahaha....

The only sad part, is that with these clean, unbraced teeth, i cant bring myself to consume soft drinks. I just cant bear to see such beauty go to waste just for a meagre sugar rush. So from now on, i shall do my best to only consume milk, fruit juices and dairy products as a source of fluids. These supposedly have the least harm on teeth and thus can allow me to have this awesome cleanliness for years to come.

So.... I'm guessing most of you just skipped every other part of this article to get to this section. Shame on you! Doesn't any other part of my life matter? Are you all only interested in my suffering and heartache? Why do i even bother asking? LOL

Heres the background info for all u adoring fans of my love life. 2 friends, forced to spend time together by factors uncontrolled. A bond was formed, an emotional attachment that soon led to something more. But the two could not be together, for one was already attached. Thus the other waited in silence, hoping for a glimpse of heaven. As the weeks passed, the 2 fell for each other and mere friendship grew into love. A love so strong, that the fact they cant be together brought them to tears. But she had to stay silent, and not leak a word. For if her boyfriend knew, it would crush him so. But twas hard for the 2 friends, the feeling ran deep. The love was spawned that could not be achieved. A feeling so beautiful, comparable to a Disney's happily ever after. But alas, this is reality, and happily ever afters never happen. And so i waited, and waited, and waited... My heart grew heavy with each passing day. The pain was too overbearing, i needed a sedative, and thus turned to alcohol. Drank my pain away, for days on end. Till finally the thought occurred to me, maybe i was not meant to be. Perhaps, this was an illusion of the heart. She seemed to be getting along fine without me. So i made a decision that night, that i was to sacrifice my hopes of having a 'happily ever after' with her, so that i would not be a burden in her mind. Thus freeing us both from the illusion of an unattainable love. This calmed the storms in my mind for the following days, till that fateful day i met her again. The conversation strayed into our 'forbidden' love, with me admitting the desire to abandon that hope as she has already found happiness. Then, her few words hit me like a shotgun, she still has those feelings for me, and apparently i was still lingering in her mind. It brought me back to thinking and living on that one hope, the tiny minuscule hope that i may have my very own 'happily ever after' some day. But the pain is there, the fact that i have to wait. No definite or tangible evidence to lead me on, just the tiny hope, that one day, she will be mine. To have and to hold, to love and cherish, till death do us part...

Truly these past few months are sufficient to write the most heart-wrenching romance novel to date. But the pain of remembering those times, is just too much to bear right now. I need to remain a clear head, so that i may accomplish the tasks and goals i have before me.

If your still reading my blog, i only have these words left to say. 'We all need something to hope for, something to believe in, a reason to go on in life. To me you are that something, and I will always be here for you. Heaven can wait, cuz i have my very own Earth Angel right here'

*Today's post is proof to myself that I am capable of beautiful words, I just need a reason to use them. ;)

Finally Un-Braced,
Don