This term has been...

SAJC...the next phase of my life......

Upon entering college life, I've widen my perspective, network of friends, meet new teachers and people and learnt to adapt to new surroundings more quickly than ever. College life has been so far quite hectic(I presume it will get faster next term and next year). Apart the whole new lecture-tutorial system, we are required to do Project Work (which I must confess is a big headache for me!). In addition, we have to support and cheer SAJC on and we also have a whole series of actitivites lined up for us during the holidays (and they expect us to do well in the common test!) Well, despite all these, I like college life(or should I say, SA life?). Well, being a Saint means that we are supportive of our school in all aspects, be it academically or in sporting events. Just last Wednesday, the whole school went to National Stadium to support our scoccer team in the finals with 5-year champhion, VJC. Even in the jaws of defeat, we were still cheering non-stop. This is what I call good sportsmanship and "Saintship"...Maybe it's because of this that we won VJC in cricket this morning to emerge as the "A division" Champhion...No doubt this year has been a good year for SAJC, I hope that we will continue to strive on and pray that the Lord will be merciful to us. Up and on Saints!

Had a long day in school. Work is beginning to pile up...better start working and studying now...Maths lecture test is on next Thursday on Chapter 5 (partial Fractions), 6 (Binomial Theorem) and 7 (Inequalies)...all my favortie chapters! Better do well in it...

Inter cg heats today! My class came in 1st!!!( from the back)...Anyway, well done guys!

For the next 2 weeks for our GP lessons, we'll be preparing for our debates and debating!!! Exciting right??? No, not at all...you should take a look at all the topics...
Motion 1: This House believes that men and women are fundamentally different and thus we should forget this talk about equality and recognise the reality of this.
Motion 2: This House believes that wmen should take responsibility for their unequal status.

I'm proposing Motion 2...But how am I going to do it???

Perfect-Simple Plan

[Verse 1]
Hey, Dad, look at me
Think back, and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
And do you think I'm wasting my time
Doing things I wanna do?
But it hurts when you disapproved all along
And now I try hard to make it
I just wanna make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for
You can't pretend that I'm alright
And you can't change me

[Chorus]
‘Cause we lost it all
Nothin' lasts forever
I'm sorry I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry I can't be perfect

[Verse 2]
I try not to think
About the pain I feel inside
Did you know you used to be my hero?
All the days you spent with me
Now seem so far away
And it feels like you don't care any more
And now I try hard to make it
I just wanna make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't stand another fight
And nothing's all right

[Chorus]
‘Cause we lost it all
And nothin' lasts forever
I'm sorry I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry I can't be perfect

[Bridge]
Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
And nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard just to talk to you
But you don't understand

[Chorus (2x)]
‘Cause we lost it all
And nothin' lasts forever
I'm sorry I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry I can't be perfect

Love

If you love some one because you think that he or she is really gorgeous .......... then it's not love .. it's

~* Infatuation *~......



If you love some one because you think that you shouldn't leave him because others think that you shouldn't ... then it's not love.. it's

~*Compromise *~.......



If you love some one because you have been kissed by him ... then it's not love.. it's

~* Inferiority complex*~......



If you love some one because you cannot leave him thinking that it would hurt his feelings .. then it's not love .. it's

~*Charity*~....



If you love some one because you share every thing with him ... then it's not love... it's

~*Friendship*~...



But if you feel the pain of the other person more than him even when he is stable and you cry for him ..... that's

~*LOVE*~ =



If you get attracted to other people but stay with him without any regrets... that's

~*LOVE*~



If you let him go knowing that he has to go but he doesn't want to ... that's

~*LOVE*~





*§omewhere There'§ §omeone Who Dream§ Of Your §mile, And Find§ In Your

Pre§ence That Life I§ Worth While, §o When You Are Lonely, Remember It'§ True:

§omebody, §omewhere Is Thinking Of You*

Why women cry?

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.


"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."


Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"



"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.



Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said:


"When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.


I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that manytimes comes from her children.


I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.


I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.


I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.


And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."


"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.


The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

Here I am to worship

Light of the world,
You stepped down into darkness.
Opened my eyes,
let me see.
Beauty that made this heart adore you
Hope of a life spent with you

And here I am to worship,
here I am to bow down,
here I am to say that you're my God
You're altogether lovely,
altogether worthy,
altogether wonderful to me.

King of all days,
oh, so highly exalted.
Glorious in heaven above.
Humbly you came
to the earth you created
All for love's sake became poor.

And here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that you're my God
You're altogether lovely.
altogether worthy,
altogether wonderful to me.

I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
And I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
No, I'll never know how much it cost

Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that you're my God
You're altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me

And here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that you're my god
You're altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful
wonderful wonderful
Yes you are God

I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross

Release of 'O' level results...

Release of 'O' levels results...woke up early in the morning...felt quite stressed out...surprised that i could actually sleep last night...went to school with quite a heavy heart...did not pay much attention in class...watched videos for both chem and bio lectures...went back to St. Margs' at 12.10pm...reached St Margs' and sat in the canteen while waithing for 2pm to arrive...saw laoshi and i think she saw my worried look...that's why she told me not to worry as all of us did very well...i did not believe it and carry on thinking about the worst possible scenairo...finally, it's time to go to the hall...heard a lot of rumours...that half the cohort failed comb hum. and majority of the 4/4 girls scored distictions in English...strange enough, i was quite relieved upon hearing this,,,a huge load off my shoulders...phew! As i sat in the familar hall listening to Mrs Lee's speech, I continued to think about my results...i don't want history to repeat itself...finally, Mre Lee announced the good news...class of 2003 did better than the class of 2002...much better and about 56 of us qualified for the star...top student of the Express stream is Lydia! Expected...she studied hard and really deserved it...the normal stream top girl is Li Peng...But there is also a piece of bad news as well...that we have to pay $25 for the star...chay! As I approached the teacher's table, I was on the verge of breaking down...when i finally reached the table, Ms Siti said:" Don't cry! English distinction...the whole class did well...if you want to cry, cry for joy!" I took my results slip from her and guess what?! I scored 7 distinctions and a B3!!! I was so happy that I can't seem to count my L1R5...so I just tore open the other paper which had my L1R5 score...10 points! I called home immediately and told my mum the good news...my mum told me to relax...haha...Went out with Minsin, Wanwei, Lim Jie and Yuwen to Holland V to eat and went to Minsin's house to play!!!Haha...so fun...went home quite late and when i reached home, i rattle on and on about my results...i'm so glad that history did not repeat itself. After a long hot bathe, i log onto msn and realised that all friends did well and most of them are staying in SA... Finally had a taste of what sweetness is all about and i'll work even harder for the 'A' levels...
Like Mrs Lee always says: If you do your best, God will do the rest
"Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight" Proverbs 3:5,6

04S51...A whole new beginning

First time meeting my new classmates...well, i must admit that i am not really prepared to start school...well, i'm still in the mood to play...today, marked the first official day of lesson...in addition, i met my new friends and classmates...amos, amy, wee hon, charmine, chim keng, deborah, dennis, doreen, elaine, eva, xing loong, guo xian, yuwen, jocelyn, jia xin, yin jin, louis, marcus, ruth, seetha, sophia, yun feng, nazia, san san, yan liang, wilson, and sue li! C.T is Mr Edmund Koh...a Chem teacher...Attended assembly, house talk, gp and chinese lectures...as today is the first day of lesson, we ended school reasonably early and well, everyone was of course ver happy...

At the beginning

We were strangers starting out on our journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope you were there to remind me
This is the start

(chorus)
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey

I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

(chorus)

I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
I know that my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart

(chorus)

In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you

Reflections for orientation...

After going through 5 days of orientation, i guess the saint spirit is already rooted in me...all i hope for is to stay in SA after my 'O' levels results are released...i never had so much fun in my life...really, SA is well known for the bonds among its pple...be it among students or teachers...everyone is so nice at SA...i hope that the friendships we forged will last forever and i'll continue to make new friends...and of course, study hard and do well for my 'A' levels next year and bring honour and glory to my school and in God's name! Thank God for making Saintestralis a success!

Saintestralis...

Fifth day at SAJC...last day of orientation...enjoyed myself so far...got along really well with ny new friends...Had space time and family time in the morning before breaking up for finale preparation...my og is in charge of the masot and by popular demand, benjamin is izzan's masot...he's going to be izzans' banana man! our og story plot is really hilarious...we came up with it ourselves...so you would have guessed that it must be something ...well, ...different! During breaks, i checked my new class...04s51! same class as yuwen, nazia and deborah...no one from my og is in the same class as me...sad...anyway, finale was fun...izzan won the best banner design award...Saintestralis came to an end at 10pm...8th Jan 2004...I'm never gonna forget this day...

Saintestralis...

Fourth day at SAJC...Fourth day of orientation...in for another day of fun and wet games...had a seniors meet juniors session as well...there's also the gathering of Christians and Chaplain's hour...learnt some other dance as welll- namely the chicky dance, Achar dance and the Open House dance...Dance...dance and more dance...today's games were more fun and were wetter than yesterday's@ oh yah...I was so tired yesterday that the games we played yesterday were actually gathering clues to solve a mystery... erm... a treasure hunt! Yep, that's right...So, let's just back track a little... after lunch yesterday, Caleb came rushing, in panic, in shock and then all the councillors gathered at the back of the hall...while the emcees tried to divert our attention, it was useless...everyone was looking at the back of the hall, trying to guess what was happening...In the end, Caleb announced that Kenneth had died! For a moment, there was silence...then, Caleb announced that we were supposed to find clues as to how Kenneth had died! Chay!!! It was then that we realised that we were tricked! So, that's how yesterday's games started! After school today, our og went Harbourfront Mac for dinner... Caleb could not join us as the councillors had to clean up the school...poor councillors...

Saintestralis

Third day at SAJC...Third day of orientation...prepared for a day of fun and wet games... feel especially recharged after yesterday...played indoor games and dance before lunch...and after recharging at the cafe, we changed and played outdoor games...og 16 is ready and all set to become the best og...i really like our cheers...though the games were wet, they were fun and aimed at building bonds and strengthening friendships...after a short debrief, we all went home, feeling tired...

Saintestralis...

Second day at SAJC...Second day of orientation...Handed in sub combi form...got to know my og friends better...realised that Benjamin is SAS's top boy for prelims...Melissa and Ke Xin's first choice were not SA but HC...Oh yah...eileen is down with chicken pox... ( hope she get well soon). Played mass games with other spaces, learnt the traditional dance of SA- Lindy Hop! Cool...sang the college song, hymn and the cheers...Had a briefing for finale night...wow, everything is starting to warm up now... I'm really too tired to continue writing...night!

Saintestralis...

First day at SAJC- First day of orientation- Saintestralis... Met new friends, teachers, and people...Belong to og16 and the planet Izzans! OGL is Caleb...og members are: teo shih jie (sas), wang yu qiang (sas), tan wei ye (qtss), loh seet ye (phs), melissa soh (nygh), tan yock theng (rgs), jessica gan (rvhs), lin jiamin (cgs), mindy low (cgs), guo xian zhang (css), benjamin sim (sas), lin ke xin (tchs), brendan goh (sas), may ling (bpgh), Xiao Hui (bpgh), wan teng (bpgh), Shi Ming (bpgh), eileen ong (nhss), Hui Han (nhss), Lilin (nhss), Fiona Cheng (scss), ying hui (ctss), hui min (cgs) and hannah (smss)! We played ice-breakers for a start, introductions were made...we also got to know the 26th student council and college better... We also attended a subject combination talk...met the deputy principal, Ms Mabel Chia ad the other HODs...well, the principal is on study leave and so, we did not have a chance to meet her...We also learnt the college song and hymn...I must say that both are very nice songs...i mean both the lyrics and the tune...Moreover, there's a saint spirit when the councillors sang it...cheers (both official and inofficial) were taught to us too...By 2.50pm, I'm really beat, tired and worn out...The first thing I do when i reach home? You're right! Sleep!