10/31/200510/30/2005I didn't mean to spend my sunday like thatToday's a nice sunny Sunday. The sky's bright and clear; the birds are chirping melodiously outside; the dolphins are swimming happily in the deep blue ocean and the seagulls weave in and out the magnolia clouds. ... What a beautiful Sunday! And guess what was i doing the entire day? Read ahead please. I woke up at a freakin' 9 am today because the mad contractor in my neighbour's house decided to start work early and wake the whole block up. He started hammering, nailing,etc, creating ALL SORTS OF DISTURBANCES and woke everyone up. And after breakfast, i realised there's nothing to do except to plonk myself in front of the computer and start to blog surf, msn, disturb people, look at people's friendster pics, practise for kbox... blah blah and i did this until now. I CANT BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS. And now, i'm blogging again. So when all of you come back from your family outings, party, gatherings, you wont see the same ol' hiaow entry there. And talking about friendster pics, i got quite grossed out when i saw a profile of a 40 year-old-enough-to-my-mother woman. The worst thing is she types like a premature teen and below her picture was a caption saying : mi...after taking a bath. EEE! Can you imagine your mother doing that?! MY GAWDDDD. I also found out several tricks which people used to make them look good in a photo if they're, fugly. And you can use them too, Number 1, take a photo with a big cap such that only the mouth is shown. Number 2, make the photo black and white to minimize blemishes. Number 3, take a picture such that only half ur face is shown. Number 4, take photo with a big group of people such that your face becomes shockingly tiny. Number 5, take photo with a few good looking friends and not identifying yourself. Personally, i think the best way is of course, photoshop. Let me give you an example, look at this lady over here,  (if this is you, i'm really sorry, i have no ill-intentions. ) Very photogenic but there's still lots of room for improvement. Firstly, i have to say that size does matter. Secondly, where's the eyebrowns? hello? Thirdly, the colour is horrendous. She looks like a sickly pale thing over here. With just a few clicks on the mouse,  Now, for better comparison,  I think she looks much better, dont you think so? So, i got sick of surfing friendster profiles and i switched back to blogs-surfing. Then i was reading my cousin's blog and i always see this photo of her good friend which i find pretty scary-looking and i thought i shall do a good deed today and help her do a makeover. Why not right? Please dont ever point your finger at me and say i'm mean , evil ,etc etc. I hate it. HELLO, I AM DOING A GOOD DEED.  So with again, some magical touches....  A brand new, sweet-looking friend for you fairli!  This one doesnt require much effort lah, just some minor adjustments. So that's all for blog surfing and my attention suddenly switched back to the superstar show again. hahah, i know it has been long over and outdated but can i just talk about it for one last time. And there i was, trying to look for ugly pictures so i can practise my skills and one caught my eye almost immediately.  the first thought that came to my mind was zombies. Mr sugianto looks like a zombie, dont you agree? A pale looking, revengeful, lerthagic zombie! And look at the eyes, one big one small. Plus, his pouty mouth makes him look constipated. The face's too fat too!! Let me do some magic... TA DA!  Side by side comparison,  And that's how i spent my sunday.
posted by BenJ at Sunday, October 30, 2005
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10/28/2005The Manual: How Hiaow Are You?
Stop pretending as if you dont care about how you look.
According to my acute sense of observation and detailed analysis, i deduce that there are essentially 5 level of hiaowness. Which level are you? " Hiaow vb a term used to describe a vainpod Mally is so hiaow, everytime must spend at least 1hr in front of the mirror then can go out one. " Level 1  People with level 1 hiaowness are easily recognisable because looks are really last on their appearance. Personal grooming? Proper etiquette? What's that man? They live in their own world and the world revolves around them so there's really no need to care about appearance. Usually they are very very busy people and that's another reason for their low level of hiaowness- they have no time to care! People in this category are too caught up with their hectic schedule and paper chase. They set high expectations for themselves and expect to accomplish everything. Naturally, appearance gets pushed down right to the last position in their list. I find it quite sad though. Sometimes you see they just wear their pokadot pyjamas out of the house. General Characteristics:
Examples Albert Einstein, thomas edison. Level 2 Level 2 is a slight improvement from level 1. Level 2 people are usually associated to level people for they once share the same habits. Level 2 are usually level 1 people who have just experienced a failed relationship and begin to realise their inadequacies. General Characteristics
Examples Mary, Sally. (aiyah, i cant think of any specific ones here) Level 3 Level 3 refers to most people and is a vast improvement from level 1. *applause One out of 7 people on the street (excluding orchard road) belongs to this category. Secondary school students always fall into this sector of the society and it isnt a bad thing. i mean why spend so much time dressing up when your main priority is to study for O levels! hahaha! Feng liang hua. No need to be so hiaow one. Usually at this level, people will proceed to level 4 hiaowness very very quickly once they have the time and money. General Characteristics
Examples Students. Level 4 Population of level 4 category will spurt up after major exams are over and people got lots of free time to pay more attention to their presentation. They will go out more often, look at how other people dress, learn from them, buy their own clothes and establish their personal style. People in this level visit the restrooms regularly to make sure hair is in shape. People in this level continuously seek for self improvement and are always in for the latest trend. Girls start to buy makeup, nail polish and do manicure during lectures (discreetly). They go shopping to search for latest fashion, making sure they dont become a laughing stock. But sometimes, they are not really sure of their taste and end up buying ugly things. General Characteristics:
LEVEL 5
WAHAHAH! The ultimate group of people, level 5s. No one can ever beat them in their level of hiaowness anymore. they are hiaow until cannot hiaow. They turn whenever they see a reflective surface. Whether is it a display shelf or just a plane of glass, they never fail to take a glance. No, they're not looking at the items on display, they're checking on their appearance. In some cases, u see them fiddling with calulators, they're actually trying to see themselves inside. Sometimes they might just carry a mirror with them. Super hiaow. They get irritated by small gushes of wind cause it disturbs their hair. People at this level spend almost 80% of their allowance on appearance and they rather starve to death than look ugly. They are those that would wear small pieces of clothing in a freezing cold weather to look good. Even they die, they must look good. Girls will have all sorts of makeup, and colours from the entire rainbow spectrum.
General Characteristics:
posted by BenJ at Friday, October 28, 2005
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The Manual Series Launch!
I decided to create a new series called The Manual Series.
Basically it's a series for the young, the old, the problematic, the delinquent... blah blah. The first entry has already been out actually, How to ask for Marks, and today marks the official launch of The Manual Series. 
posted by BenJ at Friday, October 28, 2005
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10/27/2005Hong Kong- Mai dong xi, chi dong xi 2
Hulllloo buddy bear! Welcome to part 2 of my tour around Hong Kong!
Of course this time, i wont be typing the same ol' thing as yesterday. Did i mention that i am going to write about the things i bought previously? Hm, yes. Essentially in Hong kong, you get to eat and buy. There's really nothing much to see, just like Singapore. I'm back with 2 luggauges (remember i only brought half a bag there?). I'm pretty satisfied with my harvest, at least i got everything i wanted to buy in singapore. The fashion industry is thriving over there and things are really much better than those in Singapore. It's not just giordano, U2, hang ten you know. There're lots of other brands, even the imitation goods are very trendy! I bought lots of funny stuffs. Even Bradd( my ipod ) has something. I bought a rubber case and a ipod charger for only 10 bucks each! That's freakin cheap ok! The rubber casing costs 50 dollars in Sing. But i mean, so what if the rubber casing is fake? As long as it serves it purpose of protecting my pod, it's still a good buy! I bought a dustbin too. I actually carried this thing all the waY from temple street to Singapore Changi Airport. Actually they do sell this in minitoons outlets but they sell twice the price of what i bought. So it's actually worth the trouble lah.  In disneyland itself, i think we spent quite a bomb. What to do, disney items are expensive and i cannot bargain. Haha! The nicest thing i bought there is a cup with mickey and my name BEN engraved on it. Cooooooool ! (I lazy take photo. )  This watch's from Disney too. OH YAH! SHOESSS! You really mustnt miss out on buying cheapo imitation shoes there, really. It's the best thing on earth. I bought a total of 4 pairs of sneakers, 3 fake 1 real. Out of which, 2 are from Shenzhen.  The nike sign is everywhere although they're fake. Guess which one is real! And before you step into shenzhen, you better be equipped with good bargaining skills i advise. Those cunning chinese dealers ! They like to mark up prices sky high and you have to bargain to at least a 60% off! Serious. Now now, let me give you a few tips on bargaining ok. Dont say lao da here never teach hor. HOW TO BARGAIN 1. Choose whatever you want to buy 2. Approach dealer and quote a price 70% off the original price. You need to have quick mental sums and dont EVER feel paiseh or anything cause most people do since in singapore we dont do such thing. 3. Now, the dealer will give a super shock look, shake head and say it's impossible and that he wont earn anything. This will be followed by a pathetic expression on the face, asking you to give him/her more. 4. So now, you increase the price and give up to 40% the price. 5. If the dealer agrees, good for you. If not, put down the items and walk away. REMEMBER: There will surely be more stalls with similar items. Dont worry you wont get it! [ In 60% of the cases, the dealer will chase after you and agree with your price. ] I have a few bags too.  This is a backpack from musou. I think the design is pretty unique.   OK MY CROPPING SKILLS SUCK. The Vans bag is given to me free together with my vans shoe. Actually they wanted to give me the VIP card but what for? It's not like i'm going there everyday, so i chose the bag instead. I didnt really buy much clothing. Only 2 shirts from temple street.  Before i went to HK, i was looking out for jackets here. But i always didnt buy cause it's too expensive. And guuuess what! I bought 2 super cheap jackets in HK and shenzhen. The one i bought in shenzhen is very cheap. 20 bucks only! that's one third the price of one in Singapore. The other one was bought in HK samuel and kevin outlet. I know singapore also have, but it's half the price over in HK so how can i ever miss out on such a good deal!! What's more! IT's a REVERSIBLE JACKET! HOW COOOL IS THAT! This means that, i can wear the jacket both sides, depending on my mood. SEE!  Ok, that's the end of my HK-Mai dong xi, chi dong xi series. Next time if you go overseas, please do blog about it too! Signing off at 11.30pm.
posted by BenJ at Thursday, October 27, 2005
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10/26/2005Hong Kong- Mai dong xi, chi dong xi
I arrived back home early this morning from my Hong Kong trip.
My trip was pretty much enjoyable. It's really a good break after my exams and dump all my worries and problems behind. This is a super long entry to make up for the days i left. The weather's very pleasant, everywhere's around 25 degrees which feels like it is air-conditioned everywhere, a far cry from the fervid weather in singapore. Why why why! Why doesnt Singapore have such nice cooling weather! Why dont we have winter and we can all wear nice winter clothing! We're stucked with t-shirt and pants everyday and anything more, people will call you siao. I bought truckloads of things there and prolly helped them boost the economy abit. There's just so many things to buy and eat, not so much about sight-seeing though. I took 250 photos can you imagine! But as much as i want to put all of them here, i cannot cause i dont have the patience and time to do that. But still, it's a lot ! And let me take you tour around Xiang Gang, a place for you to mai dong xi, chi dong xi.  DAY 1 I took all modes of transport to arrive in my hotel. Fortunately my bag was only half-filled so it was easy moving around. Taking a taxi would be much more convenient but of course it would be expensive. So we bought an Octopus Card (similar to EZ link) and then took a free shuttle bus to the hotel. Save a lot of money wor! If dont save how to have money buy things right? Felt quite hungry so i went in seach for foooood. And i spotted this desert stall which sells superb mango deserts. They're famous for this mango drink which has a layer of jelly at the bottom. There's mango cubes on the top too. Shiok arh! Must try. Anyway i think there's a branch in singapore too lah, somewhere along scotts road, so not to worry yeah?  Soon, it became dark and it's time for night-market shopping. Favourite tourist spot, the ladies street and temple street.  Actually i felt that the things there are really normal. There's a lot of repetition among the stall too. It's like once every few stalls, you see the same thing yah. But it's for the experience. Walk walk walk. Dinner was super horrid. The most expensiveand yucky meal we had in our entire stay. The only meal saver was the shark's fin. I must say this is the best shark's fin i have ever eaten. Typing this makes me feel hungry...  Looks like beehoon right! Day 1 ended pretty quickly and we're all deadbeat. After the flight and all, it can get very exhausting... Day 2 - Shenzhen Fully charged and refreshed! Ready to gO!  Grabbing Orlando with me, we went to eat dim sum! How can one ever miss out dim sum in hong kong man... So here here... 12 different types of dim sum dished out!  We couldnt finish out dim sum and had to tabao. Afterwhich, we took a train to shenzhen! Shen zhen is one of the 3 major cities in China. Bustling with activities every single second. Good place to go for good imitation goods. I went there purely for the imitation and i bought 2 pairs of shoes over there for 30 dollars each only! That's very very cheap. The clothes and stuff are super cheap and you really cannot miss shen zhen out if you're looking for cheap, good, imitation goods!  I BANGED A FEMALE CYCLIST. yah, you know how cocked up the traffic is there lah. I swinged the taxi door open and i banged a cyclist down. Fortunately, she was a nice person or else i would have been given a bad lecture. Moral of story: Look out before opening your taxi door. And i realise shen zhen is quite a corrupted place. There are people soliciting fake invoices on the street for people to make fake claims and even people to help you design signature! What the.. so essentially, you have to learn how to sign your own signature from a stranger. Lunch i had peking duck and Da Zha Xie (freshwater crabs) !  Shiokalogy. By the way, da zhe xie is only available in certain seasons like NOW and the special thing about it is the eggy egg egg. It's filled with eggs inside. High in cholestrol i know, but it's only once in a blue moon i get to eat such things what. I spent a day there and we took a ferry back to hongkong. Great experience. Day 3 - Disney land! My most enjoyable day of all. It's comparatively small to Tokyo's disneyland but the atmosphere is great. Everything's nicely furnished. I took lots of photos there. Even the train to disneyland is specially designed. impressive.  The entrance is also very spectacular.   The rides are mostly slow, kiddy rides, so not much of a kick. But very cute! And you know in one of the rides i actually saw my primary school discipline mistress. Call it coincidental or what. Oh yah, i also saw mediacorp artistes xu zheng rong and xie yunyi there filming a programme. I refuse to take photos with C grade artisite though. If it's andy lau or sammi cheng i dont mind lah. The good thing about that day was that there wasnt many people so we need not queue long. You know last time i went to tokyo's, the popcorn queue itself already can reach half a km.     Aiyah, sorry lah. My spectacles keep turning black and it makes me look so act sey. I like the 3D show the best. It's so cool you know. You can really smell the cakes they show on the screen! An occassionaly there were sprinkles of water splashing on your face. After completing the rides, we went to the disney merchandise and wah, we really spend quite a lot in there. If my mum was there, she would have stopped us. I think we spent almost 500 sing dollars in disneyland itself. Shocking asians!  I almost bought the wizard hat but it costs a whooping 50 dollars so i decided to forgo it. But i bought the mickey ears though. 7pm strikes and it's time for fireworks! It was simply fantabulously spectacular! You must witness it for yourself. Beauuu-teee-foooo!  The day ended after that and it's time to leave disneyland, remove my mickey mouse ears and return back to reality. The atmosphere in disneyland really makes me feel as though i'm living in a dream sometimes. We went back to Mongkok for a shellfishy dinner. Delicious.  This time it isnt only cholestrol, it's hep B too. But who cares! I am on a holiday! Day 4- Last Day While everyone's having their Pw dry run in school, i'm touring hongkong again. Did some last minute shopping and i bought another shoe. This time it's a real shoe. No more imitation! Tired tired tired. ********* Wah, this the most tedious entry i have ever created since i started out. So may photos to resize and photoshop. I started blogging at 6 and now it's already 1230! And i havent completed my story! This is only Part I of Hong Kong-mai dong zi, chi dong xi. Watch out for part II where i will feature great buys in Hong kong. For now, ciao!
posted by BenJ at Wednesday, October 26, 2005
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10/21/2005Since i will be gone
Since i will be gone for the next few days, i decided to blog again! Hi, i'm back after about 6 hours since the previous post.
I just deposited Pepsi in my neighbour's house and he doesnt seem to know anything. But looks like they like him a lot. Who can resist such a cute dog like pepsi? Hahah, but that ungrateful brat dont even know anything and never even show any sign of discomfort. He arrive at people's house then just lie flat on the floor can. The worse thing is when i leave he never even say bye or greet me at least. Wa lao, i am your owner can! This pepsi, super blur , let people sell away he also dont know. Now my house is really empty now, absolutely NO ONE. I just finished packing my bag and i always get this weird feeling that i forgot something. It happens everytime i pack a bag. And the worse thing is , it's always true. I still can remember last time my sec 3 camp, they reminded us umpteem times to bring long pants, long pants and i actually FORGOT TO BRING! And you know long pants is very important since most activities require it especially those with the support one ( i forgot call what ) In the end my friend had to lend me his and it was very troublesome lah. I hope this time i packed everything properly. Hahah, you should see how big my bag is. I delibrately chose a super humongous bag and half fill it so that i can fill it up when i reach hong kong. My mum adopted a similar method but she more tok gong, she bring a few more empty foldable bags in her luggage. She go there with half a bag and i can foresee she'll be back with 3. Oh, you know i realise i'm a very dependent person and if i join survivor, i will kill not only myself but the entire tribe. I was trying to prepare dinner myself you see. Guess what i ate? Nope, not maggie mee lah but quite close. Maggie Porridge. Sounds easy peasy sub sub sui right. But ben3 shao4 ye actually failed my first attempt and result in a rather sooty porridge. Everything became chao tar. Oh yah, when cooking porridge hor, cannot use high fire like me, must use small small fire and let it simmer. So i had to pour away my chao tar porridge, clean the pot and retry. I think my mother foresee such thing will happen, that's why she bought 2 packets. And of course, the second time is successful if not i really can bang against the wall. I think i shall apply for Fear Factor instead. Ok, now it's 12.20am i better zhao.
posted by BenJ at Friday, October 21, 2005
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Where did everyone go?
It's getting harder and harder to blog. And i wonder why sometimes i spend so much time on blogging at all, does anyone actually appreciate it? I spend close to hours completing an entry when it only takes a few minutes to read it.
I'm thinking of shutting this entire thing down. This is not a publicity stunt hor. I dont resort to such means! I just find it increasingly difficult to maintain this blog. I like my blog a lot but what's the point of keeping a blog when i feel restricted everytime i blog. When i started out initially, i was blogging so freely and happily cause everything seems rather innocent simply because i know nobody is reading it except for myself. But as time progresses, i realised that it is a really naive thought cause blogging is public, anyone and everyone can read. Till then, i was still blogging the usual way, complaining, insulting anyone whom i see not shuang (what a blog bitch!), but that was because i know people who read my blog limits to my friends only. The first smack across my face for my naiveness was when Mrs Muffin said : Benj, i know you have a blog. I was rather stunned i have to admit that, cause i really did write unpleasant things about mrs muffin and it's not exactly a good thing to rejoice and skip around. That was when i realised, there are some things, you can think but you cannot write (and teachers do read blogs). By the way, mrs muffin is not her real name, it's just a random thing that came across my mind. Subsequently, my entries became like shit cause i find it very restraining. Come on, blogging is really a sole avenue for us to complain and vent our frustrations, especially applicable for me. And tell me where's the freedom of speech thing! I censored my entries, type and delete, delete and type so what comes out is a random, skimpy, weird piece of entry. So, I changed my style and blogged more about my personal life so that i wont offend anyone or commit defamation, libel, etc etc. I cant flame myself, can i? So blogging has been fine fine fine until now when i realised mr dunkin donuts also read blogs! When i finally convinced myself that mrs muffin didnt really read my blog, i realised dunkin donuts read blogs too. So cool. The entire school is so into blogs man. I realise they have similar methods of blog searching, maybe they have this seminar on How to Know if your students defame you. I highly suspect so. As a result, some of my poor friends locked up their blogs. But i dont want to lock mine cause it really defeats the purpose of blogging! As i have said, blogging is for people to read and when you lock it up, you stop people from visiting and it's quite sad to know that you and only yourself read your own entry. Pathetic right? Not locking up my blog indirectly means that now, i have to be super duper ultra careful with what i say now. Everytime i create an entry i have to think of it's consequences or else later suay suay kena sued become jailbird. Not funny can. Blogging isnt as fun as it suppose to be when i started out! It's becoming more and more pointless and meaningless. It has even reached to a stage when the idea of deleting this blog has crossed my mind. Ya ya, i know you dont care lah. But can let me just say my word. All my efforts, my photoshopped products and lastly, my memories. (this is getting abit cheesy) My logs of my life, i cant bear to delete everything with a single click on the mouse (like what i did for the band blog, haha!) . Maybe i shall print out everything, then delete so in future when i read them myself,i can amuse myself with all the rubbish and crazy things i did when i was a stupid pimply teenager. By the way, where did all of you go! Am i boring all of you to death or what. ******* On a slightly lighter note, i'm departing for hongkong tmr morning! My mother's there already and now i'm home alone. But my home alone not exciting at all cause other than the Vitagen Aunty, no one knocked on my door. Pepsi's very restless nowadays cause his mother is missing. He cant live without my mum, he sticks to her like superglue you know that! And worse still, i'm leaving tmr and he'l be spending his weekend over at sue-faye's house. I'm going to bring lots of empty bags there and fill them up when i go there ok? I will buy all the best imitations there. Dont worry for me. Tata! Have a good weekend everybody! To those taking O levels, good luck and may you Ace every single thing and may lots of errors appear on your paper! To those whose exams have passed, go out and have some fun! Get some vitamin D too! Arh, i realise i'm very long winded. Type until so long already still refuse to stop. Ok, this shall replenish for the drought. sayonara!
posted by BenJ at Friday, October 21, 2005
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10/19/2005This is ridiculous!
Pepsi is leading a much better life than me! How can.
You know for dinner, pepsi has chicken drum stick while i eat the other parts! This is ridiculous. Drumsticks are the best part of the chicken and they go to Pepsi while i have to eat the dry, not-so-tasty parts.
posted by BenJ at Wednesday, October 19, 2005
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10/18/2005The Manual: How to ask for marks
Oh man oh man! You know what just happened in my house...
A crab bit the finger of my part time maid( Yen) ! I really dont know how it happened cause i was taking a nap and out of the blue i heard a shrill in the toilet. Yen's from indonesia and i reckon indonesians dont eat crabs often so she was rather clumsy in handling such unearthly creatures. She didnt know crabs have PINCERS! And as she was trying to pack the crabs into a plastic bag, her finger got caught in the pincer. In a frenzy, she yanked the crab up and swinged it about to get her finger out but i think it actually made the crab bite her even harder. Finally when she got her finger out, half her nail came out and was bleeding quite badly. Arh, poor thing. I found it quite funny actually but i am controlling my laughter. Once bitten twice shy, i think she has learnt a lesson now and all of you arh, remember, crabs have pincers ok. Dont pray pray! I just realised someone actually flagged my blog for dont know what reason. Flagging is a new function in blogger for readers to report explicit materials in blogs to blogger. I dont remember writing anything violent or racist or even erotic. Haha, i think the person is prolly trying out the new function on my blog. Who got roller coaster tycoon! Lend me! I like to play that game cause i get to drown people, make people lost, make them vomit and dump them in some ulu corners of the theme park. haha! Really very very fun. but i lost my disc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Promos are over and we're getting back results. Actually we already got back our results so the following might not be very useful. You know, everytime when we get back our results, the worst nightmare is to see that you miss a mark to another grade. It feels really horrid inside cause it seems sooo soo near yet soo soo far. But actually my grades are very clear cut so i dont experience such trauma. For the benefit of those who feels super duper ultra suay and always miss a mark or two, i came up with this manual to help you ask for marks. (and also for those super kiasu, got A still not happy want high high A one. You think primary sch is it?! ) Generally, there are 2 approaches to ask for marks. Oh yah, of course before that, you need to search for a few questions which you think the teacher had missed out on some points. Then this is where the acting all begins.  This is approach 1, that is to act pitiful and sympathetic. This is the most effective method because most teachers are very kind and their hearts melt when you give them a very pitiful look and plead them.I mean even insistent teachers will be kind enough to give you a helping hand. It would help greatly if you can tell them why you need the mark. Most common excuse: I really need to take S papers. Pros: High success rate. Cons: Requires high level of acting skills. If not properly done or not tou2 ru4 enough, the method will fail. On the other hand, if overdone, you might sound like whining and irritate the teacher and he/she might just deduct some marks off. If so, you have no one to blame but yourself. Cant act? Try approach 2!  This is approach 2. You need to look super sincere and eager for this method. But might not be as effective as approach 1 cause sometimes teachers can be very insistent you know. Pros: Good for people with poor acting skills. Cons: Low success rate. Final word, for both approaches, please remember to sound very sincere and truthful. Actually personally, i dont really like to ask for marks. I mean, even if i managed to jump a grade after much haggling, i dont think i will really be proud of my mark afterall, will i? Furthermore it doesnt really reflect my true ability. But then again, who will reject a chance to jump a grade right?
posted by BenJ at Tuesday, October 18, 2005
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10/17/2005dsmkdmkfndfjkn
Sorry for the drought. I wonder what i have been doing these few days that i dont even have the time and mood to blog. I understand it's annoying t see the same entry everytme so i'm back wih tis post filler.
Anyway i havent been going out so life's pretty ok. Yesterday was tennis lesson 1. The weather wasnt good so we played in the indoor tennis court. Mastering tennis is really not easy. I'm not used to holding the racket yet cause it's so much bigger than a badminton racket. And i tend to hit the ball so high that it flies out of the court totally. I need to practice more lah. My instructor is once again, a senior citizen. Sometimes i really cannot understand why my sister always get aquainted with old people. Recall : The Piano Teacher. Of thousands of tennis instructors in Singapore, she must engage an old man. I'm not saying he's bad cause he is good. Oh, you should see what i wore yesterday. Look totally like a nut. And i look super unpro and uncool when i play. I hope it gets better with time or i really should just give up. Come to think of it, i dont find tennis particularly fun. Arh, but i'm always like that. My interest only lasts a few days and it fades off. I like to try out new things everytime, new experiences! My thoughts are very scattered now. So i'm blogging very incoherently. I hate creating entries like this. Scattered and skimpy. It's 12am now, i should be sleeeeeeeeping. My brain cells are resting. But oh wells, i shall blog a good one tomorrow! And my computer system is falling apart! HELP! First my keyboard is failing. I dont know if it's the reception or what, cause my keyboard is wireless. I just changed the batteries but sometimes i type the letters dont come out. So if you see missing letters anywhere, you know why. And my title of the entry is actually me trying to test my keyboard. Then my printer is driving me crazy. It refuses to print no matter what i do and every time it just sucks in paper, crushes the paper and then print a few lines of #%#%^&&%^&%^#. I wonder if it is actually trying to scold me or what. I complained abot this before and the problem is getting worse. Every time i want to print something i feel like i'm making sugar cane juice. I insert the paper in and it comes out crushed and i put in again and it gets crushed.... ARH.
posted by BenJ at Monday, October 17, 2005
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10/14/2005Cut the Crap.
Sometimes i wonder why humans like to find fault with things, no matter how good things already are.
Even when everything's fine, we will definitely find something wrong to comment on. I have to admit i am always like that. I'm always finding fault with things and am trying not to do that anymore. Appreciate every single little things in life and i believe you will feel much richer in the inside. But but but, there are some people whom as much as i try to tolerate, i can't. I hope to wrap them up and send them off in a spaceship. 1) to those who cant take jokes All of us enjoy a dose of laughter everyday but there are just some people who cant take a teeny bit of humour. To them, jokes are insulting and rude. Why? They have a screw loose in the head. Jokes are just jokes afterall and there's seriously no need to treat them so seriously. Why get so agitated over trivia matters. I just dont get them. Laugh it off and that's it! If you are ever such a person, please dont ever talk to me or i will vomit blood on the spot. I hate it when you know, we hang out as a group, chilling out, having fun and in the midst of us there is this idiot who cringes at every joke then make a big fuss out of it, spoiling everyone's mood. Sick isnt it? Please arh, i dont owe you a living. I dont mind if a person have a poor sense of humour. It doesnt really matter because little humour is still better than no humour. I cant imagine people who gets angry over every single joke. Petty people. But then again, sometimes even jokes have boundaries. We laugh at jokes but i do have to admit that jokes can get over board. I equate that to poor sense of humour. Actually i also feel bad when i make jokes out of others and laugh at them. Wahah! Stop calling me mean in that squeeky voice. 2) to those who likes to act busy "cannot, i may have something on" "cannot! I got training" "cannot! I got .... " I understand we all lead busy lives and it's perfectly ok to reject an invitation if you really have something on. Nobody will blame you for nuts. But those who continuously reject can get on my nerves sometimes. The thing is, they reject without a proper reason. I anaylsed the situation and thought of 2 reasons why people like to do that. It's either a) they like to play hard-to-get or b) they want to act popular. I wonder if that makes them feel good at all. Those who like to play hard-to-get are super annoying cause they simply want people to beg them, plead them and that gives them a certain sense of well-being which i cant really comphrehend. So after much pleading and persuasion, they will give an indefinite answer like, " ok i will try to make it if i'm free". And in the end, they are the first ones to turn up. haha, losers! Then those who like to act popular will pretend as if they have a very hectic schedule and will delibrately boasts that there are really a lot of people asking them out which i seriously doubt so. You know, it feels good to be popular. So if they are really not popular then they have to act popular right or not? Personally, i can tolerate such nonsense since afterall i am such a benevolent person, just that when it comes to organising activity and inviting people, i tend to exclude them. 3) to those whom everyone hates : hypocites, backstabbers, betrayers and what not... Familiar terms hor? Ever since i was like sec 1 and whenever i browse through people's blogs under the HATES list, i never fail to see such things being listed down. Dont everyone just detest such people. We all know enough about them since at some point in life we have met or will meet them. ***** We can be really happy people if we just dont think about anything. Just look at the wonderful things around us. Be glad you have a computer to use, be glad you have a nice comfy bed. Let's all wrap those people up and let typhoon bala swirl them away.
posted by BenJ at Friday, October 14, 2005
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10/12/2005vitamin D is good for you!
Tomorrow we will get back some of our results. And i really dont want to think about it. If i were to spend every single minute of my life worrying about results, i will die of heart attack, high blood pressure and become a psycho one day. My life will be meaningless. I shall just leave everything to my Father in heaven, the almighty.
Can we all just not care about our results? Typhoon Bala WHERE ARE YOU?! Come tomorrow (before i go to school) and swirl the school away! Today was my outdoor activity day. I need vitamin D desperately before i become transparent. The day started off with me trying to mouth-inflate the long float that i bought. I trust my mouth and lungs more than the silly manual pump. The pump hor, i step so many zillion times the float like never even inflate 1 cm. So i used my super duper muscular lungs to blow and before i even get out of the house, i'm perspiring like mad. Then i packed my bag and walked towards the swimming pool. the sun was still shining brightly at me. BUT WHO KNOWS. It rained when i arrive at the pool. How pathetic i was. Wei she me lao tian ye yao shua wo?! Am i destined to be pale and placid?! Why is it that everytime the sun is shining so brightly and when i arrive at the pool the sun will disppear? Can somebody tell me why? In the end, i felt like i was pai-ing MTV. I sat under the big umbrella beside the pool and waited. I went to have lunch instead and guess what. The rain stopped and the sun came out again. But nevermind, i'm very determined one. I go back to the pool. I mean, i already spent so much energy inflating my float so how can i not swim right or not? So i swam. Although sun not very bright cannot get tan but swimming is a good exercise what. Can build muscles i also happy. Then after swimming i went blading. See, i'm quite an outdoor person you dont know meh? I was blading at West Coast park and the sun was much better there. Wah, i tell you, lucky west coast park not many people or else i would have maluated myself a gazillion times. I dont know why on earth they must build rocky surfaces at certain segments of the path. Everytime reach those rocky segments i cant control myself and i had to swing my arms like crazy in order to maintain my balance. And i almost rolled over a toad. The worst part is when i approach a slope down cause my blades will zoom so fast that i dont know how to jam break can. Everything just goes out of control. People blade look so cool i blade like siao gin-nah. Oh yah, i've signed up for tennis lessons alray! I hope the coach dont vomit blood. He dare vomit blood i stuff the tennis ball in his mouth and hang pig's head on his door. $40 dollars an hour ok, he better teach properly.
posted by BenJ at Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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10/11/2005i am a chou ba guai
I've been rather busy (playing) nowadays which is a good thing after one month of confinement. First and foremost, i must thank the school for giving us a three day holiday after our exams. (envy me quick) This is really a much needed holiday to unwind cause when we return to school we'll be bogged down by pw again and demoralised by results(not applicable to some). You know i try to occupy myself all day to avoid thinking about my results and have been rather successful until i actually dreamt about it.
Ok, let's put all these mundane things aside. POOF! I think i'm really maximising my short break. I've been playing almost every single minute until i dont even have the time to blog. By the way hor, blogging takes quite a lot of effort one ok. I take 2 hours plus to churn out one entry but it only takes you 5 minutes to read it. I need to photoshop the pics, upload them blah blah blah. That's why i'm always taking so long. But i'm enjoying it and i have all the time in the world anyway. I enjoy rotting by the way. SUNDAY Sunday night was mich birthday, yah you know and i know. So of course i'm not going to repeat myself. What i need to tell you is, THERE'S A NEW TOYS'R US STORE IN SUNTEC CITY. You really have to go take a look, it's very nicely furnished with stripes of pastel coloured neon lights on top. And it's quite huge too. I went there after church (btw pastor prince is really funny) and i bought a bed-float for tanning session tomorrow and i box of jokets. And oh, i have terribly decaying tooth! They're bulging out now.  Number 1 looks the best. I think i have a megawatt smile. Number 2 is when a worm is stucked in my nose. Number 3 is when my neck chou jing. Number 4 is when i realise i cant floss my teeth. I did a nice collage for myself. I think i'm going to use that when i open a restaurant, maybe i should call it NYDK. Then i will give cranky names to my dishes like Irritated as an Oyster, Hot as a Barbeque Prawn and charge twice of NYDC. See who win.  YESTERDAY Yesterday was mahjong session and thank you for coming down all of you! Thanks for taking the trouble to move your butts from all over singapore to the west. It's really hard trying to organise an activity. First people cant give you a definite answer, second people back out last min. We played mahjong for awhile and switched to some outdoor activity. I mean, out- the -door activity. We played Dance dance reVolUtion. My mat like how many years never take out but then i'm still quite good although i got absolutely no style. As i said, i'm a chou ba guai. Eunice was the worst, she stepped, i mean stomped on the mat like as if she's killing rats. Fortunately no one complained their lights drop off or what. Oh yah, we played biShy bAshy too! Using the ddr mats and the running game was really exciting. I almost plucked eunice's nose off cause she depleted1 whole boxful worth of tissue i.e she used up one tissue box. TODAY Today is suppose to be class outing 3. The turn out was better than i expected. Hahah! I expected 2 person, May and i but turned out to be 4! Louis the act-busy kia and bai came too! Louis arh, yesterday ask him to come give all kinds of excuses, tell me to be more understanding. But end up arh, first one to take cab down. Drama sia. Zi bian, zi yan, zi dao (aka, self-create, self act, self direct) I realise you min is actually quite good know, maybe she at home everyday practise. I am quite near to perfection for my rap already. Hahah! It's very very fun rappin'. yo! YO! yo! Gen wo yi qi chang! YO! yo! YO! And bai kept singing zhou jie lun songs which i dont listen at all! So i cant be background singer. I think jay chou's songs are super hard to sing cause i cant even decipher the words and the tune is always so weird. Today's spotlight should go to Louis.  I tell you, he is one funny singer. He sings very high pitched song and in order to get into the beat and rythm, he shakes his head like as if he has eaten ecstasy. The funniest song was the last one which has a MTV that involves a pale woman in hot red wig and alien suit hopping around. The title is Look at me and louis claims that the song is very famous is taiwan and that the fame hasnt spread to singapore. I believe you louis. Okok, after so much description, what beats listening to the REAL THING? I have kindly recorded a singles for Louis and for all of you to enjoy. Now, presenting Louis with yi shi de mei hao (chorus), CLICK!
posted by BenJ at Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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10/10/2005Class outing and a birthday celebration
It's 2.15 in the morning and i'm not suppose to be here cause i have a mahjong session tomorrow! And the worst thing is that it's in my house and my house is super messy. I need to clear up a little tomorrow. *yawns
It's ultra quiet and cold now but being such an avid blogger, i still must blog. Because if i dont blog now then i wont ever blog about today cause new things are happening everyday! I shall skip the front part of the day although there's quite a bit to say. I think i'll leave it till tomorrow. I came back not long ago, at 12 plus and i edited pictures until now and am finally ready to blog! P.S I dont distort photos and i think my photoshopping skills are quite good, not that i want to emphasize and hao lian. Today's michelle's birthday cum class outing! Actually do you consider it as a class outing when less than half the class turn up? Arh, nevermind, we all had fun anyway. We went to NYDC for dinner. I ordered Happy as a clam, a crankily named pasta. Hey hey, it costs 13.95 ok, not including gst. I think they prolly earn like 10 dollars a plate. That's a lot!  For the following pictures please dont try to search for my face.  I tell you this pic is the worst. I couldnt even squeeze my head out. They were squeezing louis but i ended up the victim. The waiter did not take gail i realise. The waiter arh, you dont think i dont know your name. Roy right. Put the name tag put until so big. Next time take group photo for customer must take EVERYONE cannot pretend gei si then skip people.  Afterwhich, we strolled around the place. I was tempted to go kbox again, but it's expensive on weekends and as budget singers, i can only afford lunch time singing when you have to eat and sing simultaneously. So if the mic feels oily, you know why. (Might have rice stuck inside) We were super loser ok. We strolled the whole area until Louis brought us to Crazy Legs Bar can when we asked him to bring us play pool. It's a very dark, ulu and hideous place. By the way, the neon- lighted legs can move up and down one. No wonder louis always go and play there.  Louis has been scandalous these days. Got girlfriend already still flirt around like crazy. Feng liu.  Finally we ended up in Macs and LL treated us to ice cream cone. And we rotted there for awhile...  Everyone was trying to persuade louis to show us his 16 yr old xiao mei mei but he resisted like mad. Fortunately he came prepared with a lockable pocket that can actually 'fan suo'. Shocking asians. It was a nice day indeed.
posted by BenJ at Monday, October 10, 2005
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10/07/2005KBoxing!
Today was my first time to Kbox. Ok, call me suagu but who cares? Everyone has their first time just that mine is slightly later than others.
Actually i was quite afraid i might be too shy to sing initially since i have no prior experience despite practising at home. Do you face the same problem too? (i'm not talking to thick-skinned people). Ok, my suggestion to all thin-skinned people (like me) when going to kbox is, keep an open heart. Once you enter the place you will naturally get into the mood and have fun! The mic wont turn into a snake and no one's going to critisize your singing cause we all cant sing anyway! If we could all sing then there wouldnt be singers already, so dont worry. And once you overcome the barrier, you'll realise you keep hogging the mic. (i'm referring to myself actually) I had so much fun! I think i make a good background singer sometimes and i enjoy translating english and chinese songs to hokkien. And and i like to sing fast fast hip songs and open my own concert. I like to sing pan wei bo's wo de mai ke feng and kuai le chong bai but i cant get the rappin' part. HOW HE SING SO FAST ONE! Before i managed to even read the 2nd word, he rapped the first verse already! Never mind, i shall practise more. yo yo yo! I already printed the lyrics ok, cant you tell that i'm serious. We managed to sing almost 50 songs in 3 hours because we only sing the nice part of every song then we skip. i.e we sang every song until the chorus. That's called budget singing, maximum number of songs, minimum amount of time. After the whole session my throat was really sore.     
posted by BenJ at Friday, October 07, 2005
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