So...everyone's concern about my feelings after Ding's dismiss. Let's just say i'm glad for him, God will bless him and his family and they'll have a great time there - autumn, winter, school hols till august, great stuff and great fun there, bring back many fond memories for us ding! Of course Mr Azmi was like 'don't cry tim', ok fine so i've cried b4, and mr azmi (or azmi :P) has seen me cry b4 in class (when i was scolded in sec3).

Last night's farewell was a solemn one, we stood waiting for ding to come over, and he sure looked uncomfortable between his family and friends. Ding's mum was really friendly, really amiable person, surprised that she looked for me among all frens, must be those 1 hour long phone calls, yes she'll get me back for those phone bills. It was sad, yet joyous, we prayed, we sobbed, we waved, we huggled, we laughed, we stood at attention, we shook hands BB style, we presented Ding with a muffin and letter (phil with a cube and pencils) i gave the rough paper :D

Daniel was in dismay when he was confused with Patrick :)

He looked so sad when he left, no matter ding, your frens will always be with you in spirit! God will always be a common link between all of us. Of course there's also MSN :)

so we left for home really late, we gave Adriel a lift and found out that he lived near changi prison, not inside, though that would be really cool. My parents found Adriel a really pleasant boy and they were like 'you should learn from him' and stuff like that. Head prefects.

So long Ding, be back soon :)

IBA, we finally finished all 200 PCBs, just to find out they were for stock only. Not that important, in fact there were probably millions more stashed somewhere. What the. We felt quite silly afterward. But 2 more days! stay faithful! two more days of biscuits, coffee, toilet breaks (to secretly get biscuits), lunch breaks, cold aircon, power 98, and more IBA. Almost down :) yay

I really must start tagging again or i'll nvr be alive. This blog is unofficially dead. IBA has really sapped my strength, mentally, physically, wadever, everywhere. Soldering Electronic parts onto circuit boards may seem like a simple job, but the fumes, the concentration, and the plain monotony is probably enough to kill you. Sudoku might be another reason i getting so many headaches but that's beside the point. Kenny was sick today so me and fab did our best as a pair---turns out that kenny was kinda like a liability, coz we did more!

More and more IBA. It gets tiring after some time. Especially since its located in Sembawang.

Yesterday, wow was really fun (sorry we didn't invite ya ian!!), should have invited the whole class though and not just the soccer khakis, but seriously, it wasn't anybody's fault in particular. X3: Last Stand was pretty enjoyable a movie, quick, fast and wow, they uprooted the Golden Gate Bridge for the show (lucky i visited it b4 it was destroyed :P). Juggernaut was an Ex-leeds player, go figure, and well i reminded us sooooo much of Jiun Hsiung (I'm the Juggernaut you *****). So many people died though. And of course Jin missed the movie only to sigh when he heard of the mystique scene (leave ya to find out which one).

First time in Seoul garden, was REALLYYY EXPENSIVE, at least that's something to be glad about ian. Char Siew Chicken and Teriyaki for the win! And Ding ate his ice kachang in ding style again. Mrs Sim was there with her really smart kid Seth Ian (why do you keep appearing to bug our consciences..?) Sim. Mr Azmi was there and ate his heart out as well. Ding had a new haircut, gelled!!! courtesy of Mr Azmi, of course he was the last to arrive for the movie, and we were late as a result. Yes Ding, your fault :P

So 6 months down, we're finally here, Ding has to go, we have to say farewell, we'll all be down at the airport later, whether Ding realises or not, but hopefully we'll give him a meaningful farewell. I won't go sobbing online or anything, wrote everything down on a rough paper letter for Ding already. Just wanna say that we'll all miss you soooooooooo much ><.

I'll try to revive this blog, i promise, it's my fault it's dead anyway. Now it's just whether everyone will come back :)

Oh well...heard Ding's gonna be blogging while he's in America...awaiting your posts ding!! finally internet-savinness catches on.

IBA today: Pan Delta Controls Pte Ltd, under my dad's church fren Mr Tan Guan Seng...really friendly people, and we were glad to meet the employees there who we found to be one big happy family who took us under their wing. sadly, kenny (kelly), fab and I missed phil and bong...i dunnno why still...apparently there is too little space to accomadate 5 people...but if we worked on the floor (which is very clean as we don't wear shoes in the room) then there would be lots of space.

So what did we do? We made Printer Circuit Boards!! yea!!! Jason Chan would be so delighted to know that we've started learning electronics...yes diodes, resistors, even the resistor's color code. Yep, color code, and kenny got the honor of being the first ever color-blind employee...most interesting. I was almost convinced he was acting when he saw a green color strip as red in color....only to find out that he wasn't faking it :P

So we inserted resistors into the PCB...200times over, multiply that by the number of resistors per board...we must have inserted a few thousand resistors today, and it's been deeply ingrained in our memory...yea...2K2, 3K3, 10K, 15K. Monotonous, should have been but it was really fun due to many many factors:

1) Music!! the radio offered good comic relief as we hear songs from Gwen Stefani (nananananananana..joash and justin rendition) and Madonna (patrick!! blue boy). we also relished with laughter the nong nong ago singapore idol auditions.

2) Sudoku and my hilarious pile of unfinished PCBs because i was unable to solve a sudoku puzzle (sounds familiar??)

3) Coffee and biscuits. and a few elusive card games during lunch break.

4) basically....nonsense talking, really nonsense talking.

but it was fun

but we didn't tell AT, so he was probably furious with us today...:( got to go to school then :)

i lost i lost, this blog is dead!!!!!

then again..for some strange reason there are still ppl who read it. Face it, i'm just boring, so what for read a boring guy's boring blog, it's a silly thing to do. I'll nvr be interesting. Trying to fit in yet having no similar interests is a painful experience that i have to undergo everyday, it's tough to fit in when you're not funny (albeit trying to make useless lame jokes), when you have no interest in EPL, or wadever. So i'm different, can't fit in, it's saddening.

IBA...wad to do...wad to do, cannot liao. Be towel boys at california fitness??? hehe :P

It's wonderful having Derek for POD project. The spontaneous project presentation today was almost as good as our spontaniety (argh i can't spell!) in OM two years back. Wow...i think we totally nailed it on the head...thanks God! Poor tien though, i thought his presentation was actually quite cool. The five minute hypothesis by Betrand Russell is something worth reading up on.

Imagine that the world was created only five minutes ago, and everything was created with your current memories and experiences implanted in your head. That would mean that you never played soccer during recess, you never ate that bowl of laksa, it was just a memory that was implanted in your head from the started. The whole childhood you 'experienced' was but an implanted memory

Scary thought, but i thought it would be interesting to share :)

Jazz Music, Da Vinci Code and D soccer made today again. And my F2L is finally improving. The countdown to May 30 begins. And that day that Ding is leaving gets ever so close. Oh i haven't even made a prezzie for him >< and we haven't even prepared a farewell party for him of somesort..like the final soccer match or something. Now when should we have it? Fab!!! well i'll really miss him *sobs*, no more person to be doggish around :(

kk gtg.

for the most part of it, A mecks was quite simple today...:) thanks to God!

well ding's testimonial match today. i won't say much but it was a day of muddy shoes, muddy feet, prickling mimosas and splutzness among other things...daniel had a great goalkeeping run today and i captalized on a defensive error to score my first goal in like a gazillion games. Playing barefoot on the 'D' wasn't a very good idea either. Neither was slamming right into J.Low (or K.Low :D) - it still hurts so bad now...i can't even walk properly.

So that's that, patrick came an hour late, and everyone was confused and unsure of who's side he was on (since he was always dribbling in circles). Soccer is a great way to bridge the express-GEP gap...and i think we all made some new frens today! I ate lunch alone again :( and got scolded for muddy shorts and shoes :(

Hope Ding enjoyed on of his last games...we sure did. 3 hrs of soccer is no easy feat :)

so we're rushing POD now. expected right?

so the exams are over. and for better or for worse. I'm back :) that means, more run on lines, more nonsense, more 12345678910 rip off ian posts and more short one-liners. But that's me. Of course, occasionally there are those long essay like posts that last forever.

recently, i've probably grown more aware of myself, and God has allowed me to learn more about myself. So many little foxes gnawing on the vines of my heart (wow brilliant metaphor). well all of us have our little foxes that cause us to stumble, sin, that steal time away from God....it's just that sometimes we're just not aware of such things. And of course there are the mega sins that are steal pestering me now and then, lingering within just waiting to capitalize on a moment of weakness, it's scary. Fear comes from the devil, condemnation from the devil. We're all sinners, but we are also free, and in that way no longer sinners. I guess it'll take a lifetime to find out why certain things just have to happen.

Ding has to leave S'pore soon...that's another one of my friends who have been taken from me. Edric in P6, Ken in Sec2, and now Ding...but at least he'll be back, albeit with an American accent :P. Perhaps i'm being taught how to be less doggish, it annoys the stuffing out of people..such doggish and ridiculour behavior. Different people do have different modes of expressing affection, some more open and more obvious than others, and we can't always expect friends to behave in a way that would exemplify our idea of a perfect fren. Friends...sigh what would i do without you guys...yet how much less pain i would feel without you guys...

exams are done. life goes on. looking forward to june hols church camp and trip to malacca. And did i mention the possibility of going somewhere overseas at the end of the year? possible..and i'm excited.

To all who see this post. Thanks that something in you mind told you and kept you reading this blog :) but i expect no one to read it. And pretty soon this will become as good as a private blog. Then perhaps i can blog more private stuff as well