didn't need to go back school since monday, but i'm like even busier now LOL. went kbox with jj and chen ytd @ marina square (ignorance of chinese music surfaces again), followed by some graniph shopping (i ended up in aslurpingape haha and bought two tees), and accompanied chen to vivo to buy her FOC shoes.

leaving for KL/Penang from friday morning to tuesday. so see y'all humans!

top 100 songs should be out by mid december.

ooh i love this holidays.
ReSERVed today was great, and being the last choir concert i'll ever be performing (yes i've made the decision), it was quite a blast.

still used to remember the very first time i entered choir in sec 1, my preconcieved notion of the cca was that "ok, so i'm going to sing hallelujah praise god to the glory i love jesus songs", and true enough, today's encore performance was Hallelujah. couldn't be any less ironic.

and so, that marked the end of my time in Raffles Voices. i have loved each and every moment of it, and i'm sure looking forward to bigger things to come in future.

thanks bennett for the ball, thanks greg for the ferrero! thanks daddy, mummy, korkor, huihui, charlene, jiawei for attending today's concert (knowing the timing was extremely awkward).

after the concert, jiajun chenhoon shiaoyen and i walked all the way to marina square, where we settled down at some jap restaurant which took us QUITE a while to locate it. food was ok, except for the fact that the waitress spilled lukewarm green tea onto my white pants. thank god the green tea was somewhat diluted, meaning no obvious stains on my pants wahaha.

talked some stuff, and sure we talked enough, and went to roam around marina square, where jiajun found this beads/tiles section in the bearyhip shop where u could use tiles to decorate boxes and present it as gifts for yr friends, who may be going overseas. and after much 1 hour of pondering in the shop, WE FINALLY LEFT THE SHOP. =D

ok, for now, i'm going to sleep.
going with wenjian yuzhou and lionel to watch enchanted tmr!

1) Rock N Roll - Remi Nicole
2) Fidelity - Regina Spektor
3) Breathless - Shayne Ward
4) After Tonight - Justin Nozuka
5) Where you are tonight - Orson
6) Jimmy - M.I.A
7) Piece of me - Britney Spears
8) B Boy Baby (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Mutya Buena
9) Headlines (Friendship never ends) - Spice Girls
10) Early Winter - Gwen Stefani
11) Realize - Colbie Calilat
12) Shadow of the day - Linkin Park
13) Break Another - Blake Lewis
14) When I'm gone - Simple Plan
15) 2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue
16) Saving my face - KT Tunstall
17) Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
18) 1234 - Feist
19) Happy Ending - Mika
20) Taking Chances - Celine Dion
21) Same Mistake - James Blunt
22) Fed Up - Remi Nicole
23) Mr. Pitiful - Matt Costa
24) Falling Down - Duran Duran
25)Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) - The Kaiser Chiefs

today was the last combined practice in LT3.

i'll miss the times...
i'll miss the enjoyable camps and the concerts,
i'll miss the tedious practices that normally ends at 7,
i'll miss gabriel's reactions to linan's swearings lol,
i'll miss how edward and i alter the lyrics of songs to contain certain innuendos,
i'll miss jia rong's super-effective massages (and ryan's too!) and his bouncy stomach haha,
i'll miss ben low's fun yet productive sectionals,
i'll miss conversing japanese with yisheng (or i should think so),
i'll miss the hilarious moments spent at the circular area outside LT3,
i'll miss the robotic chereo movements of some of the juniors (seniors too HAHA)
i'll miss the moments where ppl horse around and taupok each other,
i'll miss the overseas trips very badly,
i'll miss the nervewrecking auditions,
i'll miss the lame excuses of how ppl account for their absence (i was late bcoz i needed to charge my phone)
i'll miss the sopranos obviously!!!!,

till yesterday i was still looking forward to the time where i would have no more choir practices.
but now, i hope that day never comes.
i'm experiencing really mixed emotions now.

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and of course, i'm feeling angry with yishu. VERY ANGRY coz he accidentally ran into me and knocked my specs, eventually knocking my face and now I HAVE A 3 CM CUT ABOVE MY RIGHT EYE. you are so dead!!!

oh, and i just watched 'are you smarter than a 5th grader?' on channel 5. the show's abt a contestant pitting his knowledge against 5th graders (1o years old) in answering a few questions, in an attempt to win $1,000,000. and obviously, the contestants' brains aren't as bright as the kids. today's contestant couldn't answer questions like 'how many sides are there in a trapezoid?' and 'how many decades make up 2 millenia?'. the latter was a $175000 question.

Daughtry was the biggest winner of the night, winning Favorite Artist (Adult Contemporary), Favorite Breakthrough Artist, and Favorite Album (Pop/Rock). Justin Timberlake won Favorite Male Artist (Pop/Rock), Favorite Album (R&B). Carrie Underwood swept Favorite Female Country Singer and Favorite Country Album. Rihanna defeated Beyonce to win Favorite R&B Female Artist. Linkin Park won Favorite Artist (Alternative Rock), while Jennifer Lopez was consoled with a Favorite Latin Artist.

The worst award, however, was for Best Soundtrack.
High School Musical 2 defeated BOTH Hairspray and DREAMGIRLS. Ridiculous.

chris daughtry performing an acoustic version of home at the American Music Awards.

1) When I'm gone - Simple Plan
2) Break Another - Blake Lewis
3) Taking Chances - Celine Dion
4) Headlines (Friendship never ends) - Spice Girls
5) Happy Ending - Mika
6) Rock N Roll - Remi Nicole
7) B Boy Baby (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Mutya Buena
8) Breathless - Shayne Ward
9) Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
10) Saving my face - KT Tunstall
11) Jimmy - M.I.A
12) Shadow of the day - Linkin Park
13) Same Mistake - James Blunt
14) Realize - Colbie Calilat
15) Polite Dance Song - The Bird and the Bee
16) What's a girl to do - Bat for Lashes
17) Piece of me - Britney Spears
18) Thick as thieves - Dashboard Confessional
19) Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) - The Kaiser Chiefs
20) Falling Down - Duran Duran
21) Fed Up - Remi Nicole
22) Mr. Pitiful - Matt Costa
23) 2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue
24) 1234 - Feist
25) Apologize - Timbaland feat. One Republic

i have this influx of chinese pop music thanks to my brother. and shame on me, because i heard 'niu zai hen mang' and shakalaka baby for the first time today. >.<>

# posted by Louis : 2:26 PM

i hate going school for only 1-2 hours.
ESPECIALLY when it's shorter than my travelling time.
and it's happening tomorrow.

meaningless. ABSOLUTELY meaningless. after all, i doubt our suggestions will even prevail.

query for testimonial done! (thanks mrs albar!)
recommendation by teacher done! (thanks dr chionh!)

see, why all the unnecessary fuss? i've got it all done.
and i'm in jubilation.

alright, after all the late wake-ups, i've finally woke myself up before 10.
but it just had to rain of all days.

i've been asking myself, should i write an emotional post abt graduating from school and everything? after pondering for moments, i told myself not to, because i can't bear to just start talking about it from square one. if i do, i'll probably take the whole of november to create this post. on a practical side, i also do not wish to upload photos and photos of grad nite and grad ceremony. Making it available on Facebook is good enough. hahaha.

meanwhile, i just treasure the friends that are around me, whether is it going to catch a movie or just pep talk on msn or through sms.

*Random moment but i just saw my superb illustration of Destiny's Child on Bryan's blog, drawn last year*

this is the time to break away from some crap i've gotten the past few months. all the ridiculous assignments, the constant worrying of grades, the 'duh' comments some teachers make repeatedly.. but of course, i hope to relish the fun times spent in school, such as scrutinizing teachers' fashion sense, gossiping about student-teacher/student-student/teacher-teacher relationships, hilarious classroom moments, or simply not paying attention during morning assemblies. all these things culminate in the enriching 4 years i've spent in school.

i guess i've grown a pretty hell lot over these few years? just saw one of my blog posts 2 years back, and boy, i was talking abt the things i ate for lunch, the time i bathed... that's what i call devoid of entertainment value.

having said that, i'm going to spend today reading some of my brother's econs and geog notes dated 2001 haha. it's pretty useful! and i need to save some time preparing my 1 page 'eulogy-like' essay about myself. i'm so loving that.

well, i subscribe to the X Factor programme on youtube. saw this video of a guy doing 'chasing cars'. gosh, no wonder he got eliminated after this performance. went out of tune at the start some more.

i preferred this one.

1) Break Another - Blake Lewis
2) When I'm gone - Simple Plan
3) Taking Chances - Celine Dion
4) B Boy Baby (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Mutya Buena
5) Shadow of the day - Linkin Park
6) Realize - Colbie Calilat
7) Mr. Pitiful - Matt Costa
8) Headlines (Friendship never ends) - Spice Girls
9) Same Mistake - James Blunt
10) Happy Ending - Mika
11) Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
12) Fed Up - Remi Nicole
13) Apologize - Timbaland feat. One Republic
14) 2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue
15) Rock N Roll - Remi Nicole
16) The Night Sky - Keane
17) Goodbye Mr. A - The Hoosiers
18) 1234 - Feist
19) Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
20) Saving my face - KT Tunstall
21) Don't waste your time - Kelly Clarkson
22) Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) - The Kaiser Chiefs
23) Polite Dance Song - The Bird and the Bee
24) What's a girl to do - Bat for Lashes
25) Can't get along (Without you) - Hard-Fi

1) Break Another - Blake Lewis
2) Taking Chances - Celine Dion
3) When I'm gone - Simple Plan
4) Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
5) Realize - Colbie Calilat
6) Rock N Roll - Remi Nicole
7) The Night Sky - Keane
8) Fed Up - Remi Nicole
9) Mr. Pitiful - Matt Costa
10) Apologize - Timbaland feat. One Republic
11) 2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue
12) Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
13) Can't get along (Without you) - Hard-Fi
14) Don't waste your time - Kelly Clarkson
15) What's a girl to do - Bat for Lashes
16) Saving my face - KT Tunstall
17) Happy Ending - Mika
18) Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) - The Kaiser Chiefs
19) Polite Dance Song - The Bird and the Bee
20) War Pigs - Cake
21) Goodbye Mr. A - The Hoosiers
22) Jenny - The Click Five
23) Potential Breakup Song - Aly and AJ
24) 1234 - Feist
25) Crashed - Daughtry

ok, it's official.
i'm no longer a ri student.
somewhat ended abruptly and awkwardly, coz i had to go settle my council meeting, go for choir small grp prac, and then go to arab street with wenjian yuzhou bryan senghenk to get decor stuff for grad nite.

oh man, and i feel really bad for not taking any photos with any teachers today because i simply had no time. AHHH. ok i PROMISE i'll take as many on grad nite. i WILL!!!

but well, at least i got myself a rather decent black vest for my grad nite @ River Island in raffles city!!! and it's freaking ex. it's good though, as i can use it on several occasions haha.

once again, thank you teachers. thank you friends. this has really been an incredible 4 years. i couldn't have asked for more.