Pee is Powerful

vball

2010-04-29T15:12:00.002+08:00

volleyball as my cca is about to come to an end, and it is just beginning to sink in how much im going to miss it. no matter how inefficient the training, how screwed up the politics, or how lousy we are, i've come to love volleyball over the past year. before last year, vball is a sport pretty much alien to me, except for the fact that i like the china national team and thinks that brazil is damn pro lol. anw season is coming to an end and we've lost all our games so far. first game was a major screw up - it was obvious some of us were nervous and even bordering on scared, and ppl like me were just not very focused. this was a match that we knew we did not try our best. the next match, however, was a different story altogether, and it so happens the pivotal moment in our whole season happened in this match. the first set we fought hard, the hardest i have seen from this team. i could literally feel that we were thinking of nothing but winning each and every point, and thats the way it should be all along. sadly it was to no avail and we lost the set by the smallest of margins - 24-26. it proved to be the turning point of our season - emotionally. the second we lost that set was the moment we realised that trying our best is simply not enough to win - even against a seemingly inferior opponent, we'll fall just short. our faces betrayed our emotions, and it all went downhill from there. the next set was a disaster, and then came our third match, a match we were destined to lose even before the first serve was hit. next tuesday is our last match, and i really hope we can draw on our last reserves of energy, motivation and hope to win it not only for our coach and teammates, but more importantly to prove to ourselves that we are indeed capable of winning.

After season end, it'll be mugging, mugging and more mugging. it certainly wont be pretty. what i want most is just to continue playing vball, because it has already subconsciously become a part of my life

stewpid blogger

2009-12-28T00:33:00.003+08:00

arghhh blogger deleted one whole paragraph from my previous post.pissed off ttm now.anw that para was basically saying that the most lasting lesson i learnt from taiwan trip is to make the best out of the situation, when things dun go my way (which was most of the time in tw?) like my buddy was MIA most of the time, the friggin unpredictable weather, forced to make new friends, sleeping at unearthly hours and waking up at equally unearthly hours in the freezing cold etc etc. it really made me step out of my comfort zone. for the first time im forced to face problems head on and overcome them, or maybe i've been doing that subconsciously my whole life but it has just become obvious to me now.cos like for the first 2 weeks i really had no one to depend on..okay this is turning sensitive i shall continue this in my head haha.but im pretty proud of myself for figuring things out and then having the time of my life =P

anw i dun get why ppl like to call their parents so much when they go overseas.for me the whole point of calling is to let them know im alive and safe, and that only takes a few seconds to say? i mean like..if you tell them that you have not enough money left or you're sick or not enough luggage or you lost something..they cant help you right???so i feel that theres no point in telling them such things (although they may seem like severe problems)..so instead of worrying them, why not just try to overcome them yourself?saves phone bill too :D

taiwan

2009-12-24T01:55:00.004+08:00

haha this blog is like dead.

anw,my official reflection of the tw trip:

Most importantly, this immersion trip to Taiwan has made me a more independent person. Before this trip, my perception of independence had been just taking care of myself when I am alone at home, and therefore I always thought I was independent enough. But after this trip, which is the first time I am away from my parents for so long (3 weeks), I learnt that true independence is taking care of myself when I have no family to turn to; that calling my parents will not only be of no help, but also make matters worse by worrying them. The many difficulties and problems I faced in this trip has changed my perceptions of certain things, and undoubtedly made me a stronger person.

In Taiwan, I learnt to step out of my comfort zone and learnt to make do without the things that I take for granted back in Singapore, and also by being forced to interact with strangers and people whom I am not close to. New and stronger friendships have been forged, and it has certainly been an eye-opening and meaningful experience that I’ll treasure in the years to come.

hahahha.my teacher apparently thinks that this reflection seems to suggest that i was v unhappy in taiwan and so she sent me this sms asking me what happened and why was i unhappy.

anw, i think taiwan is much more fun than china, after having experienced both countries..its hard to say exactly why, but i guess taiwan is just more vibrant?? it shows in a lot of things..its quite hard to describe.and they're more creative too.hmm..china should stop hating taiwan and learn from them man.

life is NOT good

2009-09-19T14:05:00.002+08:00

some random person just sent me an emial with subject as "life is good". the irony. -.-

arrival

2009-07-25T22:02:00.000+08:00

heh my taiwanese buddy is finally here..shes damn high but her friends are even more high o.o quite easy to get along with i guess..hehe tmr going ecp to cycle with the other rj ppl and their buddies.gonna be fun!:D

failure

2009-07-09T21:35:00.002+08:00

words fail to describe just how screwed i am..but a U for chem is expected, and so is failing math and econs, the question being by how much. now im just pinning all my hopes on geog and gp.haiz. perhaps, finally, im actually being forced to buck up, because at this rate, i will 200% get retained.

i did not shed a single tear, i did not emo. firstly, because im not the least bit surprised, and secondly, im just not that kind of person who does such things, as ppl who know me well can attest to.

frankly, im not afraid of teachers nagging me, nor am i even scared of my parents' inevitable scolding and all sorts of punishment. what i fear most, is the possibility that i'll never find that motivation to buck up. then, i wont be only disappointing my teachers, parents and friends; i'll be disappointing myself, and im afraid i'll regret it for life.

on a side note, i've seemed to become quite noticeably less sociable in jc.hmmm.

&im addicted to tennis, table tennis and badminton! haha perhaps changing cca is too exaggerated, but seriously i've been playing these sports a lot more these few months than volleyball. i've (almost) forgotten how to play vball o.o NOT good.

;failure is not the falling down, but the staying down

fever, fever, come my way

2009-06-28T21:03:00.001+08:00

i desperately want to get a fever like, NOW.

;the irony indeed

whew

2009-06-27T23:22:00.002+08:00

the newspaper, in its tribute to MJ, said this about him: "a lost and tortured soul which touched many lives but could not find peace in his own" and whose "music genius was often overshadowed by his increasingly bizarre private life when he was alive but in death, it is his music legacy that will live on". Fitting words, indeed, for the man who claims he is the "king of pop".

anyway, the england U21s has beaten sweden to advance to the U21s european championships final, where they will face germany. haha its been REEEEALLY long since england has won a penalty shootout at the knockout phase of such a big tournament, and lets hope its a good sign for the World Cup next year hehe. germany will be a tougher opponent than the hosts in the final though, so good luck to england xD

& last minute mugging is definitely NOT working for me

omg just now internet explorer suddenly auto shut down, luckily blogger has auto-save.whew.

death

2009-06-26T19:02:00.003+08:00

michael jackson died..death of a generation?at least, its the death of a pop icon..

plastic surgery may have made him look younger, but it doesnt mask his biological aging at all..perhaps, a lesson for all plastic surgery-wannabes?

and brazil won the hosts 1-0

but i was anticipating a spain-brazil final.clash of the titans y'know?

so i guess i wont be watching the final..GO BRAZIL!! exact revenge for the spanish (:

0-2

2009-06-25T04:27:00.002+08:00

&so the great and mighty spain lost to minnows USA..

unexpected, yes.shocking, nope.

throghout football history (or soccer as the now famous Americans like to call it), the flair teams have always had a knack of losing to supposedly minnows whose world ranking is like a thousand places below them or a club playing a million places below.thats an exaggeration of course, but you get the picture. their strategy is simple: defend, defend and defend, then counterattack, then back to throwing 10 men in the penalty box -.-

this is not the first time USA has done it, and even if its the last (not possible), there will be other less fancied teams taking over. a good chance would be tmr, when south africa take on brazil. will history repeat itself and the hosts pull off the second major upset in 2 days?

so spain has failed to break the brazilians forgot-how-many consecutive unbeaten games record and extend their already record-breaking consecutive games won. but all these is secondary; their priority should be on learning from this match, and show up again in africa next year and leaner and meaner machine; playing with flair and style has proved to be not enough. beware spain, the Americans will appear next year too. same country, same city, maybe same pitch. lets hope history will not repeat itself then.

drama addiction

2009-06-22T15:07:00.002+08:00

wow.holidays has really been full time slacking for me so far.i've been meaning to start mugging, with almost everyone i know chionging like shit now, but i just simply cannot bring myself to do so -.-

finished watching 突围行动，人间蒸发，舞动全城，心花放 in 3 weeks! omg.haha now im half way through 和味浓情 and 律政新人王1. hehe after CTs im hoping to catch 败犬女王，律政新人王2 and 金石良缘 :DDD

&mugging is such a chore :(((

first step

2009-06-15T19:29:00.001+08:00

the hardest thing is to walk that first step.

i know once i get started i can actually mug.

zzzz~

thoughts

2009-06-09T16:04:00.002+08:00

hmm yesterday after the taiwan discussion, the teacher in charge smsed me at night. she posed me a question that really struck me, deep down. she asked me if i was left out during the discussion or is it that im just quiet by nature, because i hadnt spoken a single word throughout the discussion. i think she, like everyone else, knows that it was not due to a lack of ideas, but a lack of courage to speak up on my part. im the kind that generally keeps silent around strangers and people that i dont know well, but will open up as i get to know them. i guess this is the real me, and i shouldnt force myself to change..but sometimes i wonder, must everyone be charismatic, outgoing and sociable to be popular, and ultimately, successful? i dont think so, but this episode has certainly got me thinking. and i hope i wont be proved wrong.

I will be my own person, and walk my own road in life.

sigh

2009-06-08T20:24:00.002+08:00

I SHOULD BE MUGGING NOW DAMNIT.

but im not, instead im addicted to some HK drama.haiz.

heh realised this is only my 7th post on this blog o.o

i really should blog more...

...and mug more.

Life's a climb, but the view is great.

screwed

2008-07-19T11:13:00.003+08:00

ah.guess what.i have not started at all on geog pt (which is due the day after tmr), ss pt (due nxt fri), revising math (ummm i think its nxt wed lol) and my grp's chempt a bit cmi (its due like in a week's time)..we didnt even book lab or do anything during hols!o.O ah well im majorly screwed and it would be a miracle if i pass all my PTs AND math -.-

teachers...

2008-07-09T19:47:00.002+08:00

whats wrong with teachers nowadays ah..first its my favourite teacher getting lamer and lamer by the day. i tell you, someone disgusting like her does not possess the neccessary amount of humour to crack such lame jokes. seriously, instead of making cynical ppl like me laugh, you have just further destroyed my image of you both as a person and a teacher. as if your reputation is not bad enough alr -.- seriously you should just learn to NOT DIGRESS during lessons, SHUT UP when neccessary and not make totally UNNECCESSARY remarks and comments about everything and everyone..esp towards those you particularly dislike. oh, and not to mention those manage-your-impulsivities put-in-more-efforts basically how-to-live-your-lives lectures. Its irritating the hell outta me when you cannot seem to exemplify the values you preach to us.please, if you want ppl to respect you, you have to respect them first. if you want ppl to manage their impulsivity, manage yours first. if you so dearly crave the liking of your students, please stop picking on them just because they do not share your fiery passion for the subject you teach. you dont have the neccessary means to motivate your students, so please just accept your failings and not force people to go for your useless extra lessons and pick on them regularly during class. because, as a teacher with years of experience, you should know that when a student doesnt want to learn, whatever you say will just fall on deaf ears, and whatever you do will just ultimately go down the drain. if you would just take all my advice (which is highly unlikely), we as a class will like you that much more.(fat hope that we will totally change our perception of you tho)

there, i've ranted it all out, without mentioning a single name (:
those who dunnoe who im talking abt, its better to keep it that way.

so moving on, another oneof my teachers is starting to go bonkers too. like using apples and oranges and her kindergarten experience as analogies to teach us...ummmm.i have no idea what. but im sure theres a purpose behind her weird analogies, even tho ppl like me may not get it..(i was falling asleep.yeah right i had a headache -.-) shes another teacher who cant face up to the reality that her lesson is way too boring and useless to keep awake...at least a certain chem teacher and english teacher accept this and let us sleep and talk respectively. that may be the only good thing about them =.=" leniency (:

anw eyas is in like..5 or 6 weeks time? i have no idea. i have my eyes firmly set on the beijing olympics which starts in exactly 30 days (: yes go china!!! anw, the eyas must be making the teachers more nervous and jittery than the students themselves, and thus have started acting weird to release their "stress"...thats apparently the only theory i can come up with..its our prelims after all, the last eyas we have to endure as students of this sch :D

change of skinnn

2008-07-09T00:19:00.003+08:00

like my new skin?? haha dun like also must say yes..:D hehe zidane! hes not my all-time favourite player but one of my fav lah...hes a legend okay if u hvn'y heard of him you've been living on saturn or sth and u shld slap yourself so that you can come back to earth...oh but too bad too late alr hes like..retired..hohoho..keke~

bio spa :/

2008-07-07T23:30:00.000+08:00

ARGHHHHHH BIO SPA TMR! its now 11:31pm and I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT A SINGLE PRACTICAL WS! (actually, i doubt i can find any...i threw a lot of ws away..how smart of me right) tmr evryone can just witness my death in lab 7...not a pretty sight i can tell you..haha just a footnote, imagine doing the spa in lolita (tmr is wear-ur-home-clothes day!) THAT will be truly an eye sore.hahahha XD

quiz

2008-07-07T12:30:00.000+08:00

The Umpteenth Random Personality Quiz Which Is Still Very Enjoyable:

1. Last Person/People you hung out with?
Fl, shuyan, lydtiong, goldfish, meijia, ash, xinyuan, nadia, charmbuuu.

Where's question 2? O.o

3. Last Person/People you went to the movies with?
schoolies! yay wanted rocks ~!

4. Last Person/People you went to the mall with?
goldfish, lyd and sheryl...all lyfers lol..we went tampines mall..my first time there haha

5. Last person that made you laughed?
no idea..i laugh all the time x)

6. Last Person you cried about?
i dont cry coz of someone..and i havent cried in a reallyy long time.

7. Last Person you texted?
shuyan i think..last person who texted me is someone else tho.haha.

8. Last Person you commented?
uh.some cosplayer probably.

9. Last Person you hugged?
i dont hug people.

A N S W E R. T R U T H F U L L Y

1. Do you like anyone?
not at the moment.

2. Sun or moon?
neither.

3. Winter or fall?
fall..its hotter than winter and colder than summer..the weather's just right (:

4. Left or right?
Right.

5.10 acquaintances or 2 best friends?
2 best friends duh.

6. Sunny or rainy?
Depends on whether I can sleep.

7. Vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream?
depends on my mood..i like a mixture of both usually.haha.

A B O U T. Y O U

1. What time is it now?
12.45pm. What part of this question is about me...? o.O

2. What is your first name?
Zhenjia

3. Where do you want to live?
Anywhere as long as its not sg.

4. How many kids do you want?
never thought abt it.maybe 2?

5. What will you name them?
never thought abt it.

6. When do you want to get married?
at some point in my life.

7. Have you ever eaten spam?
yep.

8. Favourite ice cream?
too many.

9. How many kinds of cereal are in your cabinet?
0.

10. Do you cook?
The question doesn't say anything about cooking well so I do! XD

11. Current mood?
okay mood.

I N. T H E. L A S T. 4 8. H O U R S. H A V E. Y O U

1. Kissed someone?
No.

2. Prayed?
No I'm a proud atheist.

3. Been hugged?
nope.

4. Felt stupid?
Yeah. going to cosfest w/o knowing a single thing abt jap anime and manga aint the smartest thing.

5. Missed someone?
nah.

6. Danced crazy?
nope

7. Cried?
nah.

8. Lied?
Duh..

RA N D O M. Q U E S T I O N S

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
yeah..in the airport.

2. Have a dog?
Nope.

3. When was the last time you went sleding?
Never.

4. Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
Depends who that someone is xD normally i prefer to sleep alone.

5. Do you believe in ghosts?
nope x)

first post!

2008-07-07T12:24:00.000+08:00

i have a blog..lol.the url is shuyan's idea,not mine..AND PEE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN SHIT! haha...