may your life be filled with love
may your heart be filled with harmony
may your days be filled with joy
go forth with a song
may your stars forever shine
may the wind be alwas at your back
may your skies be clear and bright
go forth with a song
may peace and joy surround you
and may sunshine light your way
may music sound around you
may laughter fill your day
may your life be filled with love
may your heart be filled with harmony
may your days be filled with joy
go forth with a song
may your life be filled with love
go forth with a song
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
was in the library watching the syf audition video today when a pleasant little thought just popped up in my head and i just coundn't stop myself from grinning. 30 girls from diverse backgrounds all clad in uniform khaki blouses and skirts, all so different yet the same. each group clammouring to watch their own secondary school's dance performance, each group equally engrossed in the other school's item. item over, we smile and laugh and tease each other. 30 girls from various schools coming together to form the hwa chong chinese dance society, bound by an unspoken yet conspicuously evident common passion. words can't describe the pride i feel being part of this wonderful team.
dance is the hidden language of the soul; it is the poetry of the foot; the communication between body and soul, to express what is too deep to find for words.
hwa chong chinese dance... dance on....
dance is the hidden language of the soul; it is the poetry of the foot; the communication between body and soul, to express what is too deep to find for words.
hwa chong chinese dance... dance on....
Friday, July 18, 2003
when the world is looming dark
and things seem not so clear
when shadows seem to hover around
Lord, may i persevere
when it seems everything's been tried
and there's no way to go
just let me keep remembering
sometimes the journey's slow
i may just need to stop and rest
along the path i trod
a time to try to understand
and have my talk with God
as i gain new strength to carry on
without a doubt or fear
somehow i know things will be right
and so i persevere.
and things seem not so clear
when shadows seem to hover around
Lord, may i persevere
when it seems everything's been tried
and there's no way to go
just let me keep remembering
sometimes the journey's slow
i may just need to stop and rest
along the path i trod
a time to try to understand
and have my talk with God
as i gain new strength to carry on
without a doubt or fear
somehow i know things will be right
and so i persevere.
the sn rhythmic gymnastic team is, for the second consecutive year, is champion and 1st runner up for c division and b division respectively.
am i supposed to be happy? i dunno. i feel sedated. numbed. perhaps it just hasn't sunk in yet. perhaps its cos this year i'm at the arena as a spectator instead of sweating my skin out in a sexy glittering leotard. perhaps i'm just utterly disgusted with the gross injustice of the judging panal, the very basis of the organising committee. but then again, this happens year in year out. life never is fair, is it? perhaps.
i sound like a sore loser and perhaps i am. don't take it against me though. i have nothing against the schools that bettered sn. i just feel that there is much room for improvement in the judging sector. it positively stinks!
my thoughts are getting erratic. a riot of emotions is bursting forth from my gut. my mind has been nullified. i only have this left to say, congratulations to all gymnasts. you are all winners in your own light. the battle is done. it is time to count your losses and prepare for the next competition.
am i supposed to be happy? i dunno. i feel sedated. numbed. perhaps it just hasn't sunk in yet. perhaps its cos this year i'm at the arena as a spectator instead of sweating my skin out in a sexy glittering leotard. perhaps i'm just utterly disgusted with the gross injustice of the judging panal, the very basis of the organising committee. but then again, this happens year in year out. life never is fair, is it? perhaps.
i sound like a sore loser and perhaps i am. don't take it against me though. i have nothing against the schools that bettered sn. i just feel that there is much room for improvement in the judging sector. it positively stinks!
my thoughts are getting erratic. a riot of emotions is bursting forth from my gut. my mind has been nullified. i only have this left to say, congratulations to all gymnasts. you are all winners in your own light. the battle is done. it is time to count your losses and prepare for the next competition.
Thursday, July 17, 2003
ST NICKS ROX!!! haha... so proud of being part of the sn family. double champs for track and field, champs for swimming, champs for gym... haha. okie... actually, i'm quite sore about the fact that i could not be part of the excitement at kallang yesterday. had to go for cca. can't pon even if i wanted to. oh well. hiez. really wish i could have been there though. seems likes the whole world was at kallang yesterday, except lil ol me. sigh.
something really really freaky happened today. was minding my own business when all of a sudden, this thought just flashed in my head. it was more like a certain scenario being played in my mind. then lo and behold, what i saw in my head actually happened right in front of my very own eyes less than 15 minutes later! was still contemplating whether i should warn the people involved about this premonition, but decided against. they'd probably think i was just being paranoid.
i'm getting freaked out with me!!
something really really freaky happened today. was minding my own business when all of a sudden, this thought just flashed in my head. it was more like a certain scenario being played in my mind. then lo and behold, what i saw in my head actually happened right in front of my very own eyes less than 15 minutes later! was still contemplating whether i should warn the people involved about this premonition, but decided against. they'd probably think i was just being paranoid.
i'm getting freaked out with me!!
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
received this email quite some time back...
The nice men are ugly.
The handsome men are not nice.
The handsome and nice men are gay.
The handsome, nice and heterosexual men are married.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with money think we are only after their money.
The handsome men without money are after our money.
The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think we are beautiful enough.
The men who think we are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have money, are cowards.
The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have some money and thank God are heterosexual, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE !!!!
The men who never make the first move, automatically lose interest in us when we take the initiative.
NOW ....WHO IN THE HELL UNDERSTANDS MEN?
beats me.
The nice men are ugly.
The handsome men are not nice.
The handsome and nice men are gay.
The handsome, nice and heterosexual men are married.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money.
The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with money think we are only after their money.
The handsome men without money are after our money.
The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think we are beautiful enough.
The men who think we are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have money, are cowards.
The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have some money and thank God are heterosexual, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE !!!!
The men who never make the first move, automatically lose interest in us when we take the initiative.
NOW ....WHO IN THE HELL UNDERSTANDS MEN?
beats me.
Monday, July 07, 2003
met cel and aimei for full throttle today. we rock man!! haha. the show wasn't as good as its predessesor though. storyline needed alot more body. the stunts were no doubt super unrealistic and blatantly plagarised from the matrix, but they were damn cool nonetheless... :)
think i'm getting addicted to coffee... had an ice blended mocha from coffee bean today and have been craving for more ever since. haha. hmm... been eating too much junk food today, yesterday and the past 2 weeks... feel so sinful. lol.
you know... the one thing i love about going to orchard is the people i get to bump into. its just really nice to know how people you haven't seen in ages are doing. its even more heartening to know that they still remember you. like today, i bumped into mrs elaine toh (aka ms elaine chong) and her son and she actually recognised me!! haha. stunned. somehow she didn't look as tall as i remembered (which means i have grown quite a bit even tho the measuring tape seems to disagrees with my hyposthesis). somehow the lyrics of a particular song by the beegees keeps resounding in my head, "when i was small and christmas trees were tall... now we are tall and christmas trees are small..." haha... so many things have changed. hiez. all of a sudden i have this urge to pay a visit to my alma mata. haha. maybe i'll email one of my teachers tonight.
when i was small
and christmas trees were tall
we used to love while others used to play
don't ask me why the time has passed us by
someone else moved in from far away
now we are tall
and christmas trees are small
and you don't ask the time of day
but you and i
our love will never die
guess who'll cry come first of may
the apple tree that grew for you and me
i watched the apples falling one by one
and i recall the moment of them all
the day i kissed your cheek and you were gone
think i'm getting addicted to coffee... had an ice blended mocha from coffee bean today and have been craving for more ever since. haha. hmm... been eating too much junk food today, yesterday and the past 2 weeks... feel so sinful. lol.
you know... the one thing i love about going to orchard is the people i get to bump into. its just really nice to know how people you haven't seen in ages are doing. its even more heartening to know that they still remember you. like today, i bumped into mrs elaine toh (aka ms elaine chong) and her son and she actually recognised me!! haha. stunned. somehow she didn't look as tall as i remembered (which means i have grown quite a bit even tho the measuring tape seems to disagrees with my hyposthesis). somehow the lyrics of a particular song by the beegees keeps resounding in my head, "when i was small and christmas trees were tall... now we are tall and christmas trees are small..." haha... so many things have changed. hiez. all of a sudden i have this urge to pay a visit to my alma mata. haha. maybe i'll email one of my teachers tonight.
when i was small
and christmas trees were tall
we used to love while others used to play
don't ask me why the time has passed us by
someone else moved in from far away
now we are tall
and christmas trees are small
and you don't ask the time of day
but you and i
our love will never die
guess who'll cry come first of may
the apple tree that grew for you and me
i watched the apples falling one by one
and i recall the moment of them all
the day i kissed your cheek and you were gone
Friday, July 04, 2003
life is so transient. so fleeting. like fine grains of sand in the palm of your hand, the tighter you try to grasp it, the more it slips through your fingers. it comes and goes like the wind and nobody, no one at all, can control it. but man wants to control. control over things that are well beyond our boudaries. that's just how we are. but at the end of the day, does any of it matter?
Psychologist B.R. Forer found that people tend to accept vague and general personality descriptions as uniquely applicable to themselves without realizing that the same description could be applied to just about anyone. Consider the following as if it were given to you as an evaluation of your personality.
You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.
Forer gave a personality test to his students, ignored their answers, and gave each student the above evaluation. He asked them to evaluate the evaluation from 0 to 5, with "5" meaning the recipient felt the evaluation was an "excellent" assessment and "4" meaning the assessment was "good." The class average evaluation was 4.26. That was in 1948. The test has been repeated hundreds of time with psychology students and the average is still around 4.2.
The most common explanations given to account for the Forer effect are in terms of hope, wishful thinking, vanity and the tendency to try to make sense out of experience, though Forer's own explanation was in terms of human gullibility. People tend to accept claims about themselves in proportion to their desire that the claims be true rather than in proportion to the empirical accuracy of the claims as measured by some non-subjective standard. We tend to accept questionable, even false statements about ourselves, if we deem them positive or flattering enough. We will often give very liberal interpretations to vague or inconsistent claims about ourselves in order to make sense out of the claims. Subjects who seek counseling from psychics, mediums, fortune tellers, mind readers, graphologists, etc., will often ignore false or questionable claims and, in many cases, by their own words or actions, will provide most of the information they erroneously attribute to a pseudoscientific counselor. Many such subjects often feel their counselors have provided them with profound and personal information. Such subjective validation, however, is of little scientific value.
source: http://skepdic.com
You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.
Forer gave a personality test to his students, ignored their answers, and gave each student the above evaluation. He asked them to evaluate the evaluation from 0 to 5, with "5" meaning the recipient felt the evaluation was an "excellent" assessment and "4" meaning the assessment was "good." The class average evaluation was 4.26. That was in 1948. The test has been repeated hundreds of time with psychology students and the average is still around 4.2.
The most common explanations given to account for the Forer effect are in terms of hope, wishful thinking, vanity and the tendency to try to make sense out of experience, though Forer's own explanation was in terms of human gullibility. People tend to accept claims about themselves in proportion to their desire that the claims be true rather than in proportion to the empirical accuracy of the claims as measured by some non-subjective standard. We tend to accept questionable, even false statements about ourselves, if we deem them positive or flattering enough. We will often give very liberal interpretations to vague or inconsistent claims about ourselves in order to make sense out of the claims. Subjects who seek counseling from psychics, mediums, fortune tellers, mind readers, graphologists, etc., will often ignore false or questionable claims and, in many cases, by their own words or actions, will provide most of the information they erroneously attribute to a pseudoscientific counselor. Many such subjects often feel their counselors have provided them with profound and personal information. Such subjective validation, however, is of little scientific value.
source: http://skepdic.com
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yeah rite.