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26 October 2010:

It's been a long time since I posted anything; I suppose any of my regular readers would already have been gone.

If not, well, thank you! LOL.
School is ending soon. Today was the 3rd last day of Sec2. I spent the day at a primary school for marketing talk.
Maybe, I should have rejected S, because I acually sort of regret now. I had not been very close with the people in my class, yet I am not really doing much to 補救. Even when people take the initiative to approach and all that, my bad attitude spoils everything.
Thinking back, what a jerk I have been. I used to think why people would only pick on me; why others won't. Well, yeah, now I know it. Actually, I think it was quite obvious from the start, people aren't that boliao. If they pick on you, it can only mean something.
Tomorrow is the second last day. It will be interclass. I am only as soccer reserve. Which means I would only stand by the side watching other boys play. Frankly speaking, I am okay with it, since I am not as good with soccer, so I won't want to pull the team down. Our 2EP boys are awesome.
I don't know if anyone remembers the first day of school, where the boys first got to know each other. Now when I think of it, it is quite 心酸 de. We all have developed and changed throughout this two years, so much so that there was conflict.
Conflict is unavoidable; it's just how it's solved. I suppose I wasn't that good in handling it, so that is why things are like that now.
Someone used to ask me: Why do you hate the boys? I don't. I might have a slight dislike, but I definitely do not hate them. It is all 緣, all that happened. So I won't hate anyone, unless the person deserves it. I really hope I have been a good classmate, at least to the boys.
If not, I would have wasted 2 years with them. I'm not saying that I want to influence everyone everywhere, just maybe at least they can just remember that they used to know me.
I have never written such a sad post before. Well, I suppose it's because I have really felt all these things.
Two years. I hope we will still keep in contact with each other next time. I will definitely with some, since we are either in wushu or SC, but what about others? Those that are in different classes? I hope 2 years at least warrants a smile or a wave; I'll try not to ignore people. In fact, I should not.
To you reading: So sorry I spoiled your mood; it shouldn't be the case. I shall try to blog about more happy stuff next time.

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19 October 2010:

I try not to post unmeaningful stuff, but today I'm real bored.

This shall be an update post; I suppose?
I finally finished reading Catcher in the Rye. It really is a good book, and I think everyone should be reading it. The themes are very meaningful and close to us, it will really make us ponder about what we have done. Now, I am still thinking about it: I really see it everywhere I go. No wonder this book was such a hit. Sadly, it is still banned in some countries. I thought Singapore would ban this too, but surprisingly they did not.
Next thing that I did was I am starting to relearn JavaScript. I know a lot of people would say that they do not and would not relearn something, because it would be more difficult. I don't know how that came about, but it isn't the case for me. I learned JavaScript a few years ago (I'm not trying to boast here), and pretty much forgot almost everything. Basically, I would be able to tell you what was going on in a script, but I would not be able to write out a similar thing. Let's hope my JavaScript journey (LOL) would be successful.
The third would be that I received some results today. It was pretty much of a surprise. A lot of people said my Chinese would always get A1, since I was so fond of it and all that. Fact is, I have been dropping in standard. I did quite badly for CA2, but fortunately somehow something pulled it up a little. 這次在考試中,我選了報章讀後感。大多數的人也選了這個題目;24.6%不及格。我真的好怕我會在那24.6%里。我一做完試卷,就有一種強烈的「會不及格」的感覺。畢竟,我在年中時,就因為偏題(或離題)而沒能及格。幸好,那只不過是一個試卷;不過,那對我的影響還是蠻大的。我知道說我信心受挫聽起來像是藉口,可是那時真的是如此。我開始覺得自己的華文其實很差,似乎實現了我之前的補習老師的語言:我總會有一日會明顯退步的。剛才拿回了試卷,我真的是非常的感激。我竟然沒有不及格,雖然分數也沒有很高。不過,我也知道我自己沒做的很好,所以「懂得知足」。
Fourth would be that [it's not easy to please everyone]. No, this is not where I lament. I've realised that everything you do, there will always be critics. If I were to change Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely critics," I think a better excuse for it would be that we all have this second nature. Once in a while, we will certainly offer our opinions—the bad ones to others. Some people offer more, some people offer less. Sometimes, the people that offer less are actually the ones that hurt us more. I hope no one does that intentionally; but that would be an extravagant hope.

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17 October 2010:

I really don't understand why people must do such a thing.

我承認自己在諸多方面的確不是很好。
我的態度不好、性格又不能稱上等。
可是,我真的不明白。
小時候,有一個說法:「He do me so I do him lorh.」
我雖然不認同「so I do him lorh」的「報復」心態,但是更不能接受人家無緣無故的挑釁。
如果說我之前有做過什麽得罪到某人的事情,我願意為我的過錯道歉。
可是,這回,我根本沒有做出什麽。
但,人們還是不忘調侃我、把我說的一無是處。
這些人自很久以前就對我忽冷忽熱。
如果你認為我的態度不好,那你乾脆不要偶爾性的對我好。
不然,你要我怎麼想?
你在利用我嗎?
需要我的時候就對我非常有禮,不需要我時就跟往常一樣繼續諷刺我。
到時,我做什麽都是不利於我的。
如果我不理你了,你/別人會說我太小氣;這又變成我的錯。
如果我繼續理你,我只能繼續忍受。
我多么希望你能讀到我的這篇文章。
至少,你可以做出決定。
不要再讓我為難下去。
星期五:最後一個試卷。
我的情緒也沉入穀底。
偏偏,你就選擇在這個時候用無聊的話語來刺激我。
有人說過,我根本不應該管。
但是,我就是在乎你才會有感覺啊。
如果你是個陌生人,我才不管呢。
難道,你要我把你當陌生人看待?
難道你要到這麼一個地步才會開心嗎?
我不懂;我很希望今天就能有一個鑰匙,開通我所有的煩惱。
時間剩下不多了,我不希望我們是以這樣的方式當結局。

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15 October 2010:

Here's a post for a new look.

I'm actually quite happy with myself. Although I have been lamenting that my HTML and JavaScript skills have deteriorated over the years since I have not been coding actively, I still was able to finish up this blog skin in 2 days!
To me, that's actually quite a feat! My previous ones (especially the one about 醒江の世界) took me about a week. Hmm, or could it be because I had to study and code at the same time? Maybe it really is, since I have been spending at least 5 hours on this present skin.
Now, the skin is mainly set in white, with green here and there. I chose to change the background colour to white so that it would be less difficult since I had to check if pictures or text were interferring with the black background previously.
I hope this skin will last longer than the other one. That way, I would not have to create another one from scratch. I will be adding new features if I come across any, but for the time being, this is 醒江の世界. LOL

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14 October 2010:

A bear was spotted yersterday somewhere in Singapore.

Then, today, it was revealed to be a hoax. Or rather, it was just part of a publicity campaign.
What the hell is going on in that electronics company's creative consultant's mind? Why on earth would a message about shaving be converyed by using a bear? What, you mean the bear is still too hairy, so Ph****s shavers should be used to shave the bear till it's clean?
I seriously don't understand. I know advertisments and media publicity are a bit old, but it's still better than wssting so much resources! There were people from the Zoo, and some other environmental organisations. Can you imagine the panic they must have had? Turns out, it was just a stupid crappy campaign.
If you compare this campaign to the one when a postal company decided to hire people and vandalise their postboxes, I'm sure you'll agree with me that this one is really the stupidest of them all (well, 2, haha).
At least that did not cause any alarm to the public, just maybe disgust that youths today would vandalise postboxes. At least that did not put people living there into constant fear of having a bear pouncing out at any time.
I really think companies out there should really think carefully about their publicity means. Stop showing how stupid your Advertising Department is.

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13 October 2010:

Tomorrow is the last exam paper and here I am blogging.

Let's see what I have to say in this post.
Oh! Firstly, please remember to spread the link of Freerice.com to others. I'm sure that you'll agree it's always good to do good stuff, and gain from it. Not in monetary terms, but sometimes money won't but you everything. 錢不是萬能的。
Today marks the day that I return to Facebook, after being on a hiatus for about 3+ months. Bascially, it still looks the same. I think Facebook has really succeeded. Although I did struggle when I forgot places that I could go, generally, it was very user-friendly, as usual. Gosh, I am like doing a review for them ...
Anyway, that's not all. In my previous previous post, I talked about nowaday teenagers being very bo-chap about Chinese. Well, yesterday, I met (on Twitter, haha) a girl that was quite good in Chinese, especially Trad Chi. It was like finding a needle in the vast ocean (haha 海底撈針). I was really shocked when she said that she was from Singapore. I half-expected her to say something like Taiwan or HK, since it was the most possible scenario.
Then, today, someone which I really though was 紅毛派 actually likes Chinese songs! Too bad she likes songs by 吳克群, which I personally hate. But never mind, it's already very rare that I meet people that do like to listen to Chinese songs. Now, the trend would be something like Super Junior or SNSD. I'm just randomly naming these two bands taken from my knowledge of Korean bands, which is about <10. Well, the number of Korean bands is not my point. Haha. My point is, finding others that are still a bit interested in Chinese makes me happy. Okay, I know you people out there will think I crazy, but never mind. Freerice.com


12 October 2010:

Freerice (World Food Programme)

In today's post, I am going to talk about a website.
I was not (and will not be) paid for this.
There is a website out there in the internet known as Freerice; well, now it's Freerice 2.0. I first found out about this website by reading Reader's Digest quite a long time ago. Which also means, this website has been around for a long time.
The main aim of the website is to help the World Food Programme. And, you don't have to donate or do anything diificult.
All you have to do is answer questions that range from a variety of subjects, Art to Itlian. For every question that you answer correctly, 10 grains of rice will be donated to WFP. It's a win-win situation. You get to improve whatever the subject you chose, and you also help to do good!
Hence, I am persuading you out there to visit this website and get involved. What have we done for the people in need? Pretty much nothing, I suppose. How many of you donate regularly? Do I even get a hand here?
It's never too late to start. Like what I said above, it's a win-win situation. Hence, there should not be any excuses anymore, besides lame ones like "I've no time". But if you find that this is not what you want, it's fine. Nothing will happen to you in the middle of the night; this is not a chain post or anything.
It's just that when you do it you will get satisfaction that at least you have helped someone without even leaving the house, if comfort is what you want too. To fellow Bloggers out there, please spread the message.
At the bottom of the Freerice page, there is a link known as 'banners'. However, the pictures are unavailable, so you won't be able to link it. Perhaps, if you want, you could do something like mine?
Hopefully the banner issue can be solved fast enough. Once again, I hope that you can go and visit Freerice.com.


9 October 2010:

I hear a sudden cry of pain!

And that goes my Literature exam yesterday. As compared to the previous three Literature examinations, I felt that this time I did better. I was better prepared for the texts and poem; maybe it was because the poems were somehow related to history and the text was much shorter and in the form I liked. :) Anyway, so I felt I did okay for Section A and C. Section B was the "killer" this time (well, actually every time for me). I was torn between the theme of self-image and dreams.
In the end, I picked dreams, since I was more confident of that, and because self-image needed me to talk about "importance of parental role in teenagers". So, I scribbled down some desperate points that I could think of about the theme of dreams and how it affected people in Marigolds. I could have done better, though. Just the night before, I was reading lecture notes, and there were points prepared by the Lecturer that week about dreams. So that was an oppurtunity missed, but never mind. It's over now.
The second paper I had was Mathematics, my second favourite subject! Overall, I felt good about it. (And I hope people stop saying that I am boasting about how good my Math is.) I can't believe it (still), but I solved a 3-mark question using an answer from Discovery Magazine! (as in, I remembered it. duh.) The article was talking about seashells (yes, seashells), and showed the link to triangles. Since it had Pythagoras' Theorem in it, I decided to read it. As it turns out, I'd earn 3 marks!
(Nerds win)
Okay, enough of exams. 接下來,我想講講關於新加坡孩子的華文程度。
昨天,我看了《前線追蹤》。當中,就有提到現在的孩子不補習不行。我本人同意,不過不是想講這些。
我想講的是,當中受訪的孩子們(有些比我大,所以其實應該叫青年),講不到幾句華文就需要用英語接著。一兩個還因為一時想不到適合的詞彙,臉上還露出驚惶的神色。
這是在很可悲。昨天下午在考試之後與X老師吃飯,她跟我說,我們一定要打下牢固的雙語基礎(內容稍微修改)。這樣,我們以後才可以跟中國人一比高低。
英語方面,我們新加坡的孩子應該沒什麼大問題。不過,說道華文呢?又誰能自信的與不識英語的中國人(舉例)溝通呢?
我不是想貶低與我年齡差不多的人,不過沒有很多人能夠順利的溝通。想必,在五句華語中,可能就有一句英語。
新加坡一向實行雙語教育(為此還禁止方言內容):),但這究竟有多成功呢?也許我只是管中窺豹,所以不知道這個政策到底有多功效。
可是,就說說中正的環境吧。雖然是有老師(非華文的啦)教到一半可以突然用華文(蠻有趣的),不過除此之外,我一旦用華語來講話,還是會被人說成中國派。由於這涉及我的個人心態,所以我不想多說。
我真的希望日後的孩子不會像現在那樣如此的討厭華文。我不是要求他們個個講話字正腔圓、或下筆如有神,不過至少要有本事能進行溝通。
華語畢竟是我們的母語;我們不能就這樣忘卻它。

To the sensetive ones reading my blog: Please do not take this as me boasting about my Chinese. If you were to note, never have I once mentioned about my Chinese results. So if you could link it to me boasting, you must have added your own assumptions, and started accusing me of it. Please stop. I merely wantesd to express how I felt about the diminishing trend of Chinese-speaking (willingly) Singaporean teens. That's all.

對那些喜歡咬文嚼字的朋友:我的文章未必是最好的。我也沒有承擔裡頭根本沒有一個別字。不過,還是謝謝你,能夠對我的文章那麼有興趣。至少,你不想以上那類人這麼討人厭。


3 October 2010:

here's a very short and rushed post.

Kwa Geok Choo, otherwise known as Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, died on 1740 hrs on 2 Oct 2010.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_585910.html
RIP Mrs Lee.
I don't really have the mood to write anything now, considering how distraught I am. (Well, okay maybe not really that bad but I feel quite sad about it.)
Like what the newspapers said, she helped her husband silently while he ruled Singapore. She was a very low-profile person, and never included her name on any of the letters that she had helped her husband write.
Her daughter, Ms. Lee Wei Ling, had been by her side. Her son, Mr. Lee Hsien Yang, was by her side too before that.
But it was a pity that her other son, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, and her husband, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, was not by her side. Of course, they had valid reasons.
On Twitter yesterday, it became a trending topic a few hours later. People from Singapore and other countries were posting RIPs. Then, they were the bastards.
They tagged her just to promote "iTunes codes". Of course, it's quite common to see tweets tagging Trending Topics then, but could they have been more sensetitive?
I personally find it very disrespectful to her. She has just passed, then people are tagging her to such things. One even talked about Justin Bieber being a "50yo pedophile (sic) in disguise". WTH?!
The worse, I suppose, had to be the one linking to a porn site. It was really disrepect. It's even worse than ignorance as to who she was.
I wanted to visit her funeral, but due to superstitions, I was not able to. Still, I hope that she is able to rest in peace.
This must be one of the most solemn post I have ever done.

One thing, though. I think this year is really a bad year for political people. First, it was one of the Founding Fathers of Singapore (by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's side), Mr. Goh Keng Swee. Then, recently, it was Dr. Balaji Sadasivan, who was Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Now, it is Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew. Although she is not really a "political person", yet there is still the connection.


2 October 2010:

this is an urgent post to clarify some things.

Okay, so I've made a mistake in my last post. It was the first time I made this mistake, and so I feel very shocked at how I could have been so careless. I had not intended to post today, but clearly I must, before people get the wrong impression. By the end of this post, you probably would have thought that I was severely over-reacting to such a mild matter. Well, to me, it is still my fault, so it doesn't quite matter actually whether it's a small matter or big one. Anyway, let's get to what I had to clarify:

In yesterday's post:
……不過這次的廣播劇倒是讓我些許失望。

……不過我覺得後面的就略顯遜色。

我覺得,周公其實是可以寫出更好的作品的。

I was very wrong. Last night at 2230, I listened to the last episode of 《青青校樹》 again. It turns out that I had missed about 3 minutes of the episode. And in that 3 minutes, there was actually a very major twist.
This also meant that what I said was totally untrue. 周崇慶 really did write out something good. My opinion of yesterday's episode is therefore not correct anymore.
Like what I said at the start of the post, you reading this post would probably think I really am over-reacting. There is no way Dennis Chew could have read this post, so he wouldn't know about what I said. Still, I feel bad about posting the wrong things on my blog.
I should have listened to the full thing first. (Wow, now I sound so emo.)

Okay ... now that I have settled this thing, it's time for an update of what I will be doing the next few days. This also means that I will not be blogging for the next few days, so I hope my blog viewership will not die down. ):
Anyway, school is back to normal from Mon to Thurs, and there is the exam on Fri. So, I don't think I will be posting on Monday. Maybe, if I am free, I shall post on Tuesday or Wednesday. I will still follow the rule of having at least 2 posts per week, and at most 1 per day.

Alright, I think that's about it for now. So, as I said, I shall post when I have time. In the meantime, please spread this blog to others! I am hoping to get 600 views by this weeek! That's actually not very far, but it's not near too. LOL


1 October 2010:

i tink today's chinese is quite good.

不是我要自誇,可是今天的華語真的不錯。當然,也有比較難的項目,比如作文。
昨天我去買筆時,販賣部的阿嫂就說「華文要學好……中正的華文程度一年比一年高……」
我雖然不完全認同,不過的確,中正的華文程度確實是很高。
所以,當我看到卷子時,頓時覺得還好呀…!
總的來說,卷子可以順利完成,M還能在做完後睡覺半小時!
只可惜,我沒那麼厲害。
不過,我也有偷懶的方法:做一題,睡幾秒。
哈哈,不懂實際上有沒有幫助,不過這樣做蠻舒服的。
另外一個我最滿意的就是自己的字跡!!
我覺得今天我的字跡總體來說是最好看!
雖然,在寫作文時,因為緊張/沒時間,所以匆忙可一點,就沒那麼留意字跡。
哎呀,我覺得其實我的字跡還有耶~
:)
從小學的「鬼畫符」到中學的「……」,我也不懂現在是怎樣。
我自己覺得,我的字跡有點像隸書,扁而寬。
哎呀!!我怎麼開始說起這個呢?!
哈哈,我有點跑題啦
好吧,那就說點別的吧。
說說《青青校樹》,933的廣播劇。
今天是大結局第十五集。
這次的廣播劇(出乎預料)的不是丁志勇寫,而是周崇慶哦!
我知道他平時是非常有文采的人,不過這次的廣播劇倒是讓我些許失望。
前面的故事其實發展的很好,不過我覺得後面的就略顯遜色。
在播第十三集之前,丁志勇問了:「既然殺手已經找到了,爲什麽要有第十四、第十五集呢?是不是有幕後殺手呢?」
我本來以為真的如此,結果令我大感失望。
原來,第十四集是林佩芬的角色在警局問話時的聲嘶力竭;第十五集就是交代大家終於皆大歡喜。
最討厭的是,他(周公)竟然用了旁述(林翠芳)來交代一些事情。
我覺得,周公其實是可以寫出更好的作品的。
而且,他爲什麽只做到15集呢?別的廣播劇能到20集;這讓我感到失望。
畢竟,周公應該是933當中最有文采的一個吧。
反正,《青青校樹》過了今天就沒有了。很高興陳天奇能和他的愛人在一起。
哈哈~

注:在以上文章里,我所表達的意見純屬自己的。我沒有意思抨擊周崇慶、933等。我只是在寫出自己對《青青校樹》的感覺。請不要為此而感到冒犯。謝謝。



aboutme.

From Singapore. 20 years of age. Blogs as and when inspiration comes, in British English (and Singlish), Traditional Chinese and (hopefully) Russian. Not a lifestyle blogger, expect posts to be serious, dull or even obscure. I enjoy comedy, in particular British humour.



interests.

[more or less in order] medicine | forensics | theatre | modern world history | typography (including style and grammar) | visual design | Taiji | Chinese language and literature | Mandarin pop (and singing) | Apple products.



typography.

PT Serif for main text and links. Ubuntu Condensed for dates, post titles and sidebar headings. Both fonts from Google Web Fonts.



credits.

singzeon. by Sing Zeon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence. Pictures used here either come from my Instagram (instagram.com/singzeon) or Google image search. For the latter, I do not own those pictures.



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