This year, the opposition in Singapore sure do have a really good line up! um not THAT good, but at least heaploads better than 4years ago. This year, we have also seen 2 really young candidates take on the fire from the media, Nicole Seah and Tin Pei Ling. posted a short post on TPL already..but i wont post one about nicole because i seriously cant be bothered to.

My view on her? She is sure is a down-to-mars candidate. Sure sounds really firm in whatever she says! but all that appears in front me, is fluff. In her rally speech, she keeps asking the people, "whose money are they using?! your money!" (like duhhhh) and like sriously.. politicians get their salary from the taxation of the people.. Name me a government who doesnt do that. The fact is that the people are given the avenue to voice their opinions-in a "constructive" manner in today's society. And the voting of her in would gurantee a larger voice of the people..? i see no logic in that. Moreover, when she is voted in, there are surely agendas that the opposition would want to push, henceforth raising the possibility of the neglecting of the people. Ultimately, does the opposition really ahev the resources to effectively sustain the policies that they want to introduce? such as minimum wage and the provision of housing at base cost? In my opinion, the opposition just seems to be shooting down the government's policies, just for the sake of doing so, instead of seriously considering and targeting the logic that is behind those policies. All they have done is come up with some reasons on why the policies are ineffective, give lame examples of individuals who suffer from those policies then introduce their counter policy. on the brighter side, they do have the PEEL structure! :D

Anyway, in this highly competitive world we live in today, and given that Singapore is an export driven economy, i will not take any chances in giving the opposition a chance to lead the country, knowing that they do not have the resources to sustain those haphazard policies of theirs. The creation of minimum wage would definitely lead to high unemployment and even possibly a drop in productivity as complacency arises within the workforce. If they change housing prices to be sold at base cost price, then what you will end up with is everyone flocking over and settling down in Singapore, which includes foreign workers and talents. Housing development blocks will be built at the towering heights of those above 50 storeys...? clearly there would be overcrowding. Doesnt this just go to show how illogical the opposition can be? if you want to tear down other people's policies and gain the support of the people, then explain it in a logical manner. not in some shit manner like "i represent the people's voice!"

With the strengthening of the lefts in todays society, schizocracy may seem detrimental to the country as a whole, but at least their fight against the government sends the normative signal of the increasing importance of the government's accountability to the people. This in turn puts constant pressure on the government to continue to fufill its role to the people as well as to be the moral compass. As the leaders of the country, they are the ones with the hindsight all thanks to the amount of "advisors" that they have.

In any case, politics sure has become an entertainment spectacle, with an increasing number of people voting for the politicians whom they think are the most entertaining and those who can "click" with the people best. Instead of the politicians who can create real policies that can bring about real benefits to real people, what people might be voting for are politicians who bring in policies that sounds good, looks good but are neither feasible nor sustainable. People out there, im not trying to convince you to vote for the government or the opposition, but rather, know the rationale of the general elections and vote for those whom you think can deliver their promises.

Vote for the politicians who can maintain or improve singapore's competitiveness :)

if i can vote, im for PAP.

In the defence against income inequality that the opposition keeps banking on, doesnt that also mean that it is better to revert back to the old days, say two decades ago? assuming that technology remains the same. or ceteris paribus. only income changes. during that time, our income gap is reeeeealy teeeny weeeny, but i would rather not revert back. let me tell ya why. Every policy has its downsides and upsides, nothing is perfect, give and take. Yes there is a widening income gap, no doubt, its bound to happen as the more capable are usually the richer ones and they are able to remain competitive in the barbaric world economy. However, have you ever considered the LEVEL of income that our country is able to enjoy? We may have a widening income gap however, we are able to enjoy higher incomes as well as a stronger currency. We are now able to afford more items, increase consumption so much more than ever. Within the first two quarters of 2010, Singapore's real GDP rose to an approximate of 20%. 1990, real GDP=66,778million
2010, real GDP=309,400million
Our income increased, in fact the number increased fivefold. Then now you may question that i am not comparing by the rates of growth. Singapore is one of the fastest growing economies. case in point, world economic forum: global competitiveness index 2009, Singapore ranked 3 out of 133 countries. The opposition prefers the old times of smaller income gap? i dont know. but i what i know, is that i prefer our current situation that we live in today, having effectively six times the amount of salary we once had.

i just dont buy the entertaintment tactics by the opposition, i believe in the implementation of good and sound policies, thats why i am going with PAP.

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Like FINALLY we are actually done with NAPFA! As in the guys are done with the one-shot-all-stations test. So now we can finally retest each station individually. It's funny how almost every single guy prayed that it would rain yesterday, but prayed for the opposite just before NAPFA! Lemme tell ya about it ;)

We wanted it to rain so badly, because it really sucks to do all the 5 stations first before running that dreaded 2.4km run. so...if it rains, we would probably have to do 5 stations on the day itself and the 2.4km run on ANOTHER DAY! but..just before we started NAPFA, MR Kwok said that once we start it, we gotta finish it all the way till the end. if not, we gotta retake the ENTIRE test all over again! NOT GOOD. so in the end, everyone was like hoping it wouldnt rain! :P even i was like OH GOD. DONT RAINNN. ended up it poured pretty heavily..T.T we started around 5? finished all the components by 5.30. waited for the rain to subside from for about a good 30 mins, before we actually started the run. the weather after that was so good for running! the rain clouds didnt clear right away, and it wasnt THAT windy till you felt as though you are not running forward.

zzz sadly i blew my chance in 2.4 T.T phailed it! never like to run! argh! i totally suck at long distance running.

I expected today to be just like any other saturday but i was wrong. :) wrong for a good reason! went for piano lesson early in the morning and guess what! my teacher told me that there was this bird that was stuck in the airwell for 3 days and the other birds cant seem to find a way to rescue it. uh by the way an airwell is like an enclosed area..with concrete walls all the way.. it was about 4 storey high.

then i thought if i could help :) but another feeling struck me right away at that instance. it was a "why should i care?" feeling. haha anywayyy later on i decided to save the small bird, it was a mynah. :) a baby one so it was like so terrified when it saw me -.- so i ran in circles round the darn airwell trying to catch it..FINALLY, i caught the bird! =D climbing out of the airwell was another tough feat -.- especially with the bird in my hands.

it was a fun experience anyway. :) hits me off this mundane life of mine!

anyway i chanced upon this really fun game in facebook! :D its called battle stations. best game i ever played so far! totally beats castle age.. this one has animations too! i just started it.. so im quite a noob :P its a lil sort of tactics game~here's the link anyway!

Google Battle Stations.

Today is good friday! but man it definitely feels just like saturday! just less hectic. I usually spend saturdays rushing around..today was the contrary :) and...

i FREAKING WOKE UP AT 9AM!!!

thats a privilege. During the school hols, i used to sleep till 11am. im such a pig! but anyway all thanks to the big A levels looming over this pathetic life of mine, i am faced with insufficient sleep whilst being overworked. not to mention, im not even paid! still, school is great :) seriously! its fun!

lemme tell you how i spent my good friday :)
1. morning breakfast at Chinatown! had the awesome porridge as usual :D still best i've ever had!
2. erm do some unproductive work x.x
3. sleeeeeeeep
4. hehe slacking on the com :P

teachers gave quite a bit of homework..looks like good friday isnt that good afterall! anyway, come to think of it, we have like 3 long weekends in a row. next monday is labour day, so no school! then the following monday is elections so..another day off!

anywayyyy i found this awesome video! its base jumping with wingsuits. i must so try this once i have the opportunity to do so! its sooo awesome to fly over the alps! =D



Happy Easter in advance peeps!!


happy easter. by ~julkusiowa on deviantART

time to relax off the night! erm just 28mins left of it.

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well...i watch youtube videos all the time..which probably explains my fluctuating grades x.x even though i come across lots and lots of videos, i seldom subscribe to any youtuber :) cuz like seriously i do not see the point in doing so! unless he/she really posts up some really funny and entertaining videos, then yes imma click that yellow SUBSCRIBE button! so since 2 days ago, i have been watching videos from this user, communitychannel. and she uploads GOOD videos! xD yayyyyy! better still she uploads like once every 3-4 days. awesomeness~ the minute i clicked on her videos, i got hooked onto them, one by one.

At first, i used to just click the "related videos" :P lazy much but now, i just go to her profile and watch directly! she's really good, in my opinion i prefer her soooo much more than nigahiga. He used to be like my top favourite~! now, its communitychannel. you gotta watch it :) I dont know, but for me, im lovin' it!

here is one of her videos! i wanted to link her youtube profile from here..but i got too lazy. watch the vid! :D i just love her videos~



Have a fun week ahead! (mine sucks.)
looking forward to easter and training time for NAPFA. thats ALL. oh wait lessons are getting really fun..oh so maybe my life doesnt really suck THAT bad. but still..hectic life much. :)

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today, is a saturday. and i went to school. about 45minute car ride to school for a 15minute talk with my Civics tutor (form teacher), Mrs Tan and the HOD of General Paper, Mr Ivan Lim. I'll just use Mr Lim for this post :) well....viewed from different angles, this doesnt look worth it at all. im telling ya it was :) well sort of..

I got 2 U grades for my H2 subjects, which wasnt that good. or rather just bad. but anyway! i passed the rest, with GP always hitting 86 percentile. super proud of that! but the rest are just normal~ thats the reason why i saw my HOD.

LUCKILY IT WAS MR LIM and not Mr Chu, the HOD of econs department xD he would have just shot me down all the way or something. anyway anyhow its bound to have negative annotation, which many of us students hate :) Mr Lim was AWESOME. the comments that he gave subjectively by looking at my teachers' comments were impressive! Frankly speaking i wasnt even looking forward to seeing Mrs Tan cuz she kinda shows favouritism, something that i hate. (since she only likes 3 students in the class.) im..."the rest". plus i didnt do well in chemistry..so she would surely shoot me down with sharp comments x.x *dislike!*

I dont really like chemistry for now because i seriously hate all the memorising! T.T i believe in the understanding and application of concepts. yes we do have em for H2 chem but not for the current J2 topics..so that sucks. for me. plus the idea of favouritism, i sure do not like chem lectures! lessons are fun though :) because Mrs Tan really does have the passion for teaching us chemistry.

Economics..the tutor, in my opinion is too stern in teaching..what happened to learning the fun way? o.o so...i do feel a little "uncomfortable" during her lessons.. it used to be fun in J1 :) but now, she has changed.

Yeah! you might have guessed :) chemistry and economics are the two subjects i failed :) i passed H2 math, H1 physics and H1 general paper. Mr Lim said i had a personal bias against chemistry and economics. such a strong biasness that even though i love these two subjects, i am totally not doing well in them. so he says its a really serious case. and i do agree with him. ;)

Since the class doesnt really like Mrs Tan, plus now given that she has given negative comments for nearly every single student in our class, i seriously do wonder how monday is gonna be like. o.o it seems that the resentment against this good but blunt chemistry tutor, Mrs Tan by our class is worsening. In my case, Mrs Tan got the wrong idea that i think that her teachings sucks. Oh great. GG!

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It felt like ages since i last blogged! well i have been, unfortunately, SUPER BUSY with my life! like seriously so busy, i have no time to even practice piano daily.. Last year was seriously too slack. they should like cover more stuff in JC1 rather than leave all the shit for JC2! Slogging through JC2 now~ you know what i feel like doing? i feel like 1.play nerf! 2.play archery! 3. play paintball! SHOOT SOMETHINGGG.

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I'm blogging through Zamiq's Apad! (zamiq edited this part) its just a CHINA IPAD. It actually has an external keyboard and the best part? It works! :D i okay I'm taking a really long time blogging through this but it so beats blogging through my xperia. I just spilled vanilla ice cream on my phone -.- how retarded is that?! Waiting for debates to start, plus JJC would be coming over to have a friendly against us :)

Got back all my Common test results and they were disappointing! I kinda expected worse? But oh well its bad enough -.- even for GP, I wasn't satisfied with my results. Teacher said I had no problem with content, essay is perfectly fine, but because I tried doing like the "thesis,anti-thesis,counter-thesis" method, I kinda got the paragraphs pretty convulated. :P i wrote only three body paragraphs, my norm is usually five.. but in the end it still ended up just the same length!content wise he said it was gooooooood. so imma improve on the new structure im trying out and i shall keep the style of my conclusion! he said he totally lurves it :P but seriously, i think i can STILL DO BETTER...

ZAMIQ IS COMPLAINING THAT I HAVE NO LIFE JUST BECAUSE IM BLOGGING. HE'S JEALOUS.

aww i just saw this :) so nice! lol i always see that breed of dog in Japan :)

I have yet to blog for this weekend, cuz I have been really busy with debates! Weekends was taken up by *takes a deep breath* National Technological University-Dorothy Cheung debates competition. Super long name! But anyway, high schools, JCs and universities were there to debate. Frankly speaking, I so much prefer to debate in SCWO held in SMU. No idea why. Bah at least this gives us great exposure! Now there is only the SMU Hammers debate competition and the MOE invitationals. After that, we would be stepping down for the sake of darn A levels!

My team was PJC B, which consisted of Zamiq, Li-jen and I! Ita a hybrid team, li-jen is a j1.The competition was more of a warm up for us, to prepare for SMU Hammers :) even though li-jen on my team will change to one of my friends :) We had like three rounds on saturday, one on Sunday so it was a pretty nice pace as compared to SCWO-SMU which had like five rounds in day one. Yesterday was really nice! Here is the list of match ups that we got.

Round1: Oxbridge (they are the coaches of VJC)
Round2: PJC D (thats another team from my school)
Round3: TJC B (a team of J1s I think. Sent by temasek JC)
Round4: SP B (from Singapore polytechnic)

Round 1 was really fun, even though it was tough! We lost though but we were up against the VJC coaches! lol last time we fought against VJC was in the International Humanitarian Debates and we lost xD

Round 2 was...more of a fun debate than a serious one? :P

round 3 was erm. we most likely won on a big margin since the TJC team was fighting for our case..so we were opposition, and so were they. they are J1s, totally new to debates. but i think they really did a good job! seriously the motion was about law and the election of justices, so it was pretty tough for them. funny thing was they chose the motion o.o

round 4 was crap. we clearly won the case, but still we lost. Primarily because the adjudicator entered the debate. If thats the case, there wasnt a point in debating for this round, we would have gladly skipped today's session! today was just purely round 4 for us since we knew there was no way we could break into the semi quarters. at the end of the debate when we rationalised with her ideas and cleared the misconceptions that she had over our case, there was a BIG load of misconceptions and she started bringing in things that we never mentioned in the first place. She reported us to the judges for verbally harassing her. I dont know, maybe it could be our tone during the heat of the debate. Funny thing is we always do the same thing after every motion to ask exactly what went wrong in the same manner as well as give full respect to the adjudicator. Frankly speaking, in every competition we went to and every match we participate in, this is the first time we actually got such a feedback. the past is the past, its over. lets move on!

We had our fun too! here are some pics of us taking lotsa red bull and pizzas! after the 4th round, we just went off. didnt stay to watch the rest!





today we saw our previous coach who is totally AWESOMEEE! :D i got this quote from him today!
"just for the sake of making noise, even though it wont help in changing the scores"
EXACTLY what we did in the photos above :)

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