CNY

greetings fellow faithful readers!!!

haha.. its been a long time since i last blogged... have been busy, and also lazy... =] but absence makes the heart grow fonder... although it sometimes makes the heart forget...

nevertherless... today's the first day of CNY... hope every had a good time with family... as usual i went to my grandma's house today... and as our tradition to catch a movie together every year, we cousins went to watch i not stupid 2... again, it talks about many issues in singapore like blogging, generation gap, school coporal punishment, grades(yet again), gangs, busy parents and some bits about stealing... but again wat struck me most was the issue on parents... how kids today dun understand what their parents mean and how parents dun give their kids a chance to talk... hence the slogan of the show "can we talk?"... to me... bringing up a kid is the hardest thing in the world... but of course the love of a parent will carry them thru...

driving test in 2 weeks time... i have to pass this time man... too much money spent on it liao... hope im lucky on that day... did i ever mentioned that this driving test is the first ever test in my life that i believe luck will help me pass??... if i didn't... it IS... driving test is 1% skill, 99% luck... trust me... if it was the other way around, there won't be so many stupid lousy drivers around...

band concert coming up!!! 24th march... who wants to come???... its gonna be good!... cos im practising real damn hard for it... and im going to wear a suit too... first time mah... abit cheap thrill but nvm... i got 10 tickets to sell...

anybody needs tution?? chemistry/piano/trumpet tuition available...

dong dong dong chiang...
dong dong dong chiang...
dong dong dong chiang dong chiang chiang chiang...!!

schooltime

okay... hols are over... its back to school time... well.. kinda missed school a little... miss the cheap food in the canteen... miss my friends... miss using my brain...

modules for next semester:
Biochemistry (LSM 1101)
Molecular Genetics (LSM 1102)
Biodiversity (LSM 1103)
Intro to Computing (IT 1001)
Changing Landscapes of Singapore (SSA 2202)

not too bad on the workload... just lots of bio stuff to do... and lots of lab work...

concerts coming up:

ACJC alumni band concert - 11th feb 2006 - ACS barker hall
NUS wind symphony concert - 24th march 2006 - UCC

other important events:
driving test(3rd/last time already) - 10th feb 2006

back to school!!!!!

parents

2006 is here... leaving 2005 behind us... but besides preparing and making new resolutions for the new year, we should also give thanks for the past year...

today i woke up late for church... so i took a cab down... as i was chatting with the cab driver about daily things like school and work, he mentioned something to me which left me in deep thoughts...

he said "your mom must be a housewife correct?"
"erm... no ah... she is not..."
"cannot be lah!! you are so polite and well mannered... im sure your mom must have been a very good mother"
"yah... maybe cos she is a teacher?"
"oh teacher ah... maybe lah... haiz nowadays kids getting from bad to worse ah... you dun have to go university and study and compete... you compare your character with them you win already loh..."


during sermon today, my pastor spoke about giving thanks for the year that has past... and as i sat there i thought of my parents and how well they have done bringing me up... for the past 21 years they have never stopped loving me... cos its not some cheapo love like some teenagers profess to each other nowadays... but instead true and unconditional love... and i realised that all these years i had never once thanked them for making me who i am today... i started to tear uncontrollably... i imagined my parent's face when i was born, the wide smiles that they had, my dad thinking to himself "that's my boy!", my mom saying to herself it was all worth the pain... i imagined their joy when i took my first tiny step and said my first word... their heart wrenching moments when i took my first falls... and the heart breaking time the first time i shouted back at them... every parent is the same... we always think our parents don't love us enuff... but when we become parents one day, our child will be our world... we will love him/her with all our heart, our mind, our soul and our strength... won't our parents do the same for us now??... love breaks all barriers...

how could i have been who i am today without my parents? people say when we grow up we will look like our parents... i dun want to just Look like them, i want to Be like them... say a little thank you to your parents today and tell them how much you love them too...



who do you want to thank today?? show that someone you are thankful...















"don't only study for exams... study for the sake of knowledge..."
-my dad