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whoa whoa whoa who would have thought that the school's reply would be this speedy, considering it was a complain mail. o.O



"Dear Hao Ran

Being an alumnus myself, I understand the attachment that you have for Hwa Chong and how you have felt when you couldn’t make use of the facilities in Hwa Chong. The school management values the connection with every alumnus, and we will do our best to foster the strong Hwa Chong spirit. (For example, alumni can take part in major events such as MAF and alumni dinners organised by the school, and be connected with each other via Hwa Chong Connect.)

However, we face constraint in providing resources/facilities for alumni use. The school has a large student population (over 4000 students) and there are many events and activities organised every year. As such, we will need to reserve the limited resources to cater to the needs of the existing student population.

In any case, you can write in to request for approval to use school facilities.

I hope that you can understand the constraint faced by the school.


Warm regards
Chow CW (Mr)
Principal Consultant/Education Technology"



...which doesnt say anything except that mr chow can reply emails fast and he's sorta nice. -shrugs-

hwachong sent a standard email to the alumni today, which provided a perfect excuse for me to use as fodder to send THIS. =D



"Dear Mr Chow,

It is very heartening to see the school's efforts in trying to help keep the alumni inter-connected, as well as go to great lengths to provide services to its ex-students. Yet it is extremely ironic that we are intentionally being kept out of the school grounds when it is in this spirit of retaining our roots that we return to Hwa Chong. It becomes ridiculous when we are regarded as trespassers and security guards turn hostile.

Passion for street soccer has bonded a group of us since Secondary 1. Our favourite hangout after lessons, we spent countless hours there playing, talking, relaxing. It is these four concrete walls that have forged our friendship and our common love for this sport that has kept us closely-knit up till today. Despite the busy and different lives that each of us lead now, we all try to re-arrange our schedules such that our Saturday mornings remain available for a dose of weekly street soccer. All was well until recently, when security guards chased us out of school on the basis that the court needs booking before usage, something unheard of in our six years of studies. We compromised - after all a bit of inconvenience on our part to adhere to the school's policy was nothing much. Yet, when we contacted the school administration, we were told that there was no system in place to book the court for usage. This not only affects us, but also batches of seniors and juniors who drop by regularly to engage in a game of soccer and, more importantly, catch up with old friends and relive old memories.

To us, this situation is a deliberate attempt to keep us out. We resent that, because the school has chosen such a distasteful method to convey its message. All of us have contributed to the school in some way or another; some of us are still doing so. To receive such treatment from our alma mater is undeserving, especially when the guiding principle of Hwa Chong is 饮水思源.


Regards
Tay Hao Ran
06A11"



hopefully this works. =/

It is indeed, my final throw. One year ago, I won Austin, and this year, he got me back. But we're far from even; he has C div gold and B div 2005 gold to add to his collection. Far from being bitter, I'm actually happy that he won. True, I was disappointed, but sitting in front of my computer 9 hours after my competition, i realised that i wouldn't have been able to face him if i beat him again. For all his efforts & sweat, Austin Loke deserved every inch of his gold medal. (: To the asshole who commented "oh man...u are so arrogant.." to my post one year ago, would you like to retract your words?

Convincing overwhelming victory. No more 20 cm wins, no more out-of-the-blue inconsistent one-throw wins, no more excuses. (Except maybe today the track was wet HAHA no la I'm kidding xP) Today, Austin beat me with 2 53+m throws while I only have a 51.81m throw to show.

I will learn to love the street court, especially after today. Thank you, for all the joys that you've provided me. even though you're just a concrete floor with 4 walls. I <3 YOU! (:

Today after my competition, after lagging with the juniors, I went back to school to see whether anyone was playing. Even though there wasn't a single soul, I put down my bag on the steps and juz laid down with my (ok FINE it's my sis's) ipod's music in my eyes.

I sat there til the sun went down, til the stars appeared. Then I walked out to the slope and looked out at the track, the field. The attachment that I always thought to be non-existent between me and my javelin suddenly materalised. An upwelling of emotions; it finally struck me that today was really truly my final throw, the last time i would ever touch a javelin. As i looked across the expense of HwaChong's track and field, it dawned upon me how much i'd miss training, miss the juniors, miss the presence of my comrades Austin, Depin, Poon, Shuonan, Yong. As I'm typing this, tears are falling, tears that i never imagine would fall for this reason. Thank you for guys for everything, for being my brothers for 6 years.

Thank you Austin for being my inspiration, driving me on to achieve what lazy me wouldn't otherwise have achieved, for being modest even though you're obviously the better thrower, always letting me feel as though I'm your equal, never boasting about your abilities and achievements. I will miss us walking onto the field to retrieve our javelins hand-in-hand, with you sometimes desperately trying to wrench my hand off, but me holding you in a death grip and refusing to let you go. These are worthwhile tears; now i finally understand why the seniors cry after nationals - they don't miss the javelins; they miss each other. I'm not wiping away these tears; I'm proud that I can feel so strongly about this. YOU ARE MY BROTHER. Every year we bring back 16 points without fail for Hwa Chong, who else can boast of this feat? I used to complain that for what we've done for Hwa Chong, there was nothing given back to us, but now i realise the 6 years of companionship and brotherhood is the reward Hwa Chong is offering us. HAHA it has been so long since I've cried. Everytime I watch a movie and tears well up, i would force them back down with a self-reminder that it is mere fiction, and therefore not worth my tears. But this, what I had for 6 six years with you fighting alongside me, is reality. I allow my tears to fall.

Thank you Depin for being my buddy, niaoing me whenever I pon training, taking bus back with me for the 4 years during high school, and most importantly being my sunshine. Your lameshit comments and jokes never fail to crack me up. Thanks for being there for me. YOU WILL BEAT ROY. I know you will. These tears are for you.

Poon, Shuonan, Yong. I have no individual tributes for you because regretfully, I never got to know you guys that well. BUT you all will forever be remembered as my comrades, my brothers, the cream of the crop who stayed on after high school graduation. Getting a medal was never one of our aims, it's WHICH one of that we aim for that we worry about. We. Own. I'm sorry if saying this undermines the importance of the sprinters and jumpers, but it is US that carry the team on our shoulders with the average 60 points we casually haul back each year. Haven't done this for a long time, but here goes - SAN1 TIE3 WHOOSH!

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

And with this entry, I realise something.

I love track.

2007 HCI A Div Javeliner
Hwa Chong Tracker

hello people. TODAY is a gd day for blogging. coz im happy. and why am i happy? coz...

I am the B div 2006 Javelin Champion. =D

before i continue, i need to acknowledge someone. austin loke. he's still the best thrower in hc and the most hardworking one. his pb totally trashes mine and he deserved this gold more than me. but HEYYY lets share, last year was yrs and this year's mine. xD anyway i still love u austin so pls love me back. =P

ok, now that everyone knows that i won with a considerable amount of luck, allow me to reiterate the fact that I AM HAPPY. =D i dunno, it still seems kinda surreal that ive won, sorta like the feeling after i lost in sec2 (to austin), this hazy am-i-in-a-dream feeling. (juz that last time i WANTED to wake up.) oddly i dun feel as happy that ive won as the sadness i experienced when i lost. when kian wei came up to me and told me that he REALLY wished that he could experience my feelings, in actual fact i dun feel the upwelling of euphoria that i thought i would.

well well maybe im laggy and the i-am-champ feeling will set in soon.

i truly understand the importance of competition performance now. although austin owns me during training anytime anyday, the 6 throws in the runway in the stadium are the true judges of ability. im not talking abt physical ability here, its the mental strength to banish the bursting nervousness and the ignoring of pre-formed judgements of oneself that matters.

austin, we must jiayou k! to new pbs and new records! to ownage of the javelin arena! we RULE. =D

2006 HCI B Div Javeliner

FINALLY the week of tests are over so im like using the com for the first time in the week.




Your sense of humor is Banter



Like a king of pinball, you've made an art of playing off of people because your sense of humor is all about banter. Like many great comedians before you, a roundtable of friends, or a roomful of targets, is the catalyst for what makes you laugh. It brings out the wit — and sometimes the nitwit — in everyone.

It's quantity, not quality that matters as you and your friends alternate outbursts like the riffs of a hit single. Here's the bottom line: You're a social creature. Other people's inside jokes even strike you as funny. You manage to gravitate toward people who can appreciate a tall tale and you've probably never hesitated to fire off a zinger — even in a roomful of strangers. So keep it up with your bantering methods. Laughter, after all, keeps the world going 'round.

What's Your Sense of Humor?

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hmmm mich told me to update again sooo...

anyway i really have NOTHING to do at the moment, its weekend and i dont have hw. =D this is why i love arts. =) actually i have math hw la, but i have NO CLUE how to do them sooo its not really considered as hw. =P

i shall blog about yesterday. me hee and ryan went to watch free movie after soccer at the new cathay cineplex! the new building was kinda cool and ryan didnt know about its existence until like yesterday. -_- anyway i only knew there was free movies coz my sis called me and told me. =) thanks sis! haha so we watched the ONLY movie that wasnt french, M18, or sold out: Inside Man.

it was DAMN COOL. its like the Italian Job, only better. PURELY because the "bank robbers" didnt commit a single crime. anyway i shant reveal to much. GO WATCH! =D

i like free movies. =)

under the pester power of mich *glares* (haha no la actually she just told me to blog), i have decided to semi-revive my lj by posting.


SAT
hmmm no apologies was actually rather interesting la. firstly coz it wasnt a boring LECTURE like the SL talk, and coz it actually made me think a bit. i used to think that everyone should have sex whenever they want to, as long as it was legal. i mean, in every (proper) relationship the ultimate aim is to get married and live happily ever after. but i was quite frustrated at how jerry ong and sharon portrayed premarital sex as a giant turning point in people's lives. i DO NOT believe that having sex before marriage can screw up people's live to such a large extent. but on the other hand, i wouldnt know until ive tried. =P

and i think the abstinence card is actually pretty lame la. if u ALREADY have the determination to stay a virgin until marriage, a tiny piece of cardboard wouldnt really have an effect. BUT one thing that caught my attention was the STDs statistics. really scary. =s

anyway all this is BORING. here's the interesting part.

I CUT MY HAIR AFTER LEAPS! =D haha me and ryan went to a place that lawrence recommended, just next to 7-11. VERY VERY UNFORTUNATELY, we were 5 seconds too slow and got called by the omnipresent CHIRSTINA. (cue: everybody say YAY!!!) so she followed us up. =( the place was owned by a couple Steve and Joyce and they were REALLY nice. haha during my haircutting session she was talking animately about soccer. and i got my hair SHAMPOOED AND WASHED for the first time in a saloon. haha i felt EXTREMELY like a girl at that point in time.

and now. i LOVE MY HAIR! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA its damn cool la! and this time i hope im not the only one who thinks so. =P

right, after that we met up with kaixuan and jas to eat dinner at milodino place, then played pool. omg lemme just say that we SUCK at 9 feet tables. i mean ITS JUST ONE FOOT?! but it makes all the diff. AND i cant use cues with plastic tips. =(


SUN
woke up at 530 today! hardworking me! STUIPD DIARRHEA was killing me la, i had to stumble to the toilet in a daze coz i couldnt sleep with that irritating pain. argh.

hmmm went to buy shoes with yarn and family. as usual, we walked around ALL THE stores in search of nice shoes. haha before we even started, we bumped into MY ANGEL ANNIE and her bro. =D haha and we subsequently continued to do so for two more times in diff shops. i feel so lame saying bye THRICE. anyway i realised ALL BUT ONE store in queensway had the prices aligned. as in EVERY STORE pace vapors was going at 70, but in the tiny shop it was at 66! hooray for tiny shop! =D haha so i bought a pair of white and gold PACE VAPORS II IC. =D hehehe they're pretty.

OH MAN THIS IS NOT A SHORT ENTRY.

TAGGGGG

1) Give a detailed description on how you usually go about demolishing your favourite bag of LAYS potato chips.

1.1) detailed i.e., with as many adjectives as possible. if you can pen the number of chews you took to finish your chips that'll be the best. if LAYS doesn't apply, doritos or any other brand will do.

2)write down 3 interesting stuff you do while eating the chips, especially when your fingers aren't clean from the food.

1)I take out one piece at a time, taking a substantial bite without it being too big, then crush it between my tongue and roof of mouth, sucking slightly before breaking it down into smaller pieces and swallowing. After a while my finger will get wet from accidental contact with my mouth and acquire stickiness, which is extremely useful for picking up tiny pieces at the bottom of the packet. *drools* OH SHIT THIS IS MAKING ME HUNGRY FOR CHIPS! (HELLO! *waves -- TimYap)(he wanted to write something -_-)

2)
I'll sit as far away as possible from everyone else so it'll deter them from sharing (hehehe =P).
I'll be periodically sucking on my finger to extract the jing1 sui2 of my chips remains.
Wipe my wet finger(s) on a random patch of something that doesnt belong to me to get it cleaner for a while, but eventually the above statement will occur again.

hehehe i tag lfree, yarn, mich, fish, greg, shaun, seng! muahahahaha thats practically like half of my friends list.

i realise that im only blogging when i get tagged. argh that is NOT GD. anyway.

Name five of life's simple pleasures that you like the most, then pick 5 people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not use things that someone else has already used.

1. Doing some funny trick during soccer and succeeding, which results in me owning in flair, making the other guy look like a loser =P, and everyone has a gd laugh abt it. (this should happen more often)

2. Seeing ppl i know getting up my bus to/from sch, then we can wave to each other, smile, sit together, and talk for the remaining bus journey.

3. Getting to know more ppl. its juz so interesting and meaningful to have new ppl coming in my life, more friends juz makes it so much more fun to walk around in sch. =)

4. Telling lame jokes, coz i get a kick outta the joke itself, and the expression of my victim! especially those kind of DAMN cold jokes, i juz LOVE them. hehehe. =D

5. Switching my handphone alarm off, coz it stops the STUPID IRRITATING RINGTONE and returns me back to peaceful slumber. until the DAMN THING STARTS TEN MINUTES LATER. argh.

i tag YARN, ALFRED, TOHKEY, VINCE, LEONARD.

argh didnt feel like updating today but hee HAD to tag me and mich HAD to tell me hee tagged me.

The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points of their perfect lover.
Need to mention the sex of the target.
Tag 8 victims are to join this game & leave a comment on their page saying they’ve been tagged.
If tagged the 2nd time, theres no need to post again.

Target: Female
1. Chio
2. Matching personality
3. Funny, has a sense of humour
4. Open-minded
5. Sporty
6. Hangs around with my friends with me =D
7. Not force me to eat fish/seafood (but will do so if offered incentive of love =P)
8. THINKS MY NEW WHITE FUNKY SPECS ARE NICE.

im tagging glassyeyed, vicente__, thefrozenstone, hongyu, leonard_ho, n2greg! MUAHAHAHAHA GO AND DO, VICTIMS!

sadly, the first three days of orientation were BAD. as in beyond my imagination BAD. the talks were uber boring, and half the talk-givers were assholes, especially the bio teacher (which has prompted some ppl to not take up bio HAHA). the worst thing was i COULDNT sleep properly in the audi. i couldnt slouch-sleep coz the seat wasnt long enough, i couldnt rest my head on the back of the seat coz it was SHARP, i couldnt lie on my table coz the end was jutting into my ribs.

but finally i succeeded haha. i was just so stoned that i fell asleep SITTING UPRIGHT, the head-rolls-left-jerkstraight-rolls-right-jerkstraight type.

anyway i was pretty sure even if i WAS listening, i wouldnt have learned anything new, neither would the rest of the hci guys, so it was just a fricking waste of time.

OH and im quite sure we set a record for ponning haha. the o1 gang just quitted the audi like after a mere one hour of setting foot inside ON THE FIRST DAY of orientation haha im so proud of myself.

and my og's sian. as expected, there was this giant divide between the girls and guys. my og just seemed so quiet and inactive, i was only kept alive by the games and the lame jokes among the guys. i sorta pitied my ogl yan yan, shes actually quite enthu, but og3 was so sian and she was trying quite hard to try to get us high but it just couldnt work. at the end of the og activities, i suddenly freaked out. what if my class was the same if not WORSE than my og? then my life at hc would be SHIT. haha so i suggested having og dinner to try to salvage the ties among my og, hopefully to improve the dynamics, so at least i have something to fall back on if my class was indeed crap.

BUT. BUT. my class ROCKS. haha after looking at the class list i was already sure that 06a11 cant be boring. coz i have tim, to do all the lame and crazy shit, ryan and yarn to provide all the sacarsm and funny stuff, and finally galven and alfred to do stupid stuff for us to laugh at. =P little did i know that i was abt to experience 2 years of triple tim. vernon chong CAN be worse than tim yap when he, erm, gets drunk on GREEN TEA. joy, aka chilli padi was as lame but was much funnier with style. in around 10 min of being in the classroom, we were laughing our asses off with the lame stuff circulating the class. lemme give example. =P

we were playing name bingo and were supposed to ask around who fitted the description in the boxes.

ryan(to girl in front): do u watch cartoons?
girl in front: YES! i love watching cartoons!
ryan: ok, whats yr name?
girl in front(still happily engrossed in her thoughts): SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!!!
everyone around her explodes in hilarious laughter.

i have faith that 06a11 will become another 4O. provided my new classmates dun leave.

i have been inspired to blog as i have a record of 2 friends now! and since its the first day of 2006, it's the "perfect time to embark on something new" -mich

so. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

and sch gonna start soon. im actually looking forward to it coz sis says orientation is fun and we have like two weeks of it. hmmm hope i get a fun og to do crazy stuff with. =)

anyway i will blog more if i get comments haha. so START ppl.

today, hee zhengxun decided to be lame and forced me to sign up for a livejournal account before forcing me to write an entry. so well, here i am.