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27 April 2008

Week 17 (21st April - 27th April 2008)

1) Bye Bye - Mariah Carey
2) No Air - Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
3) Take A Bow - Rihanna
4) Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
5) Sorry - Buckcherry
6) Built To Last - Melee
7) Break The Ice - Britney Spears
8) All Alone - Chris Richardson
9) Boys - Ashlee Simpson
10) Bottle It Up - Sara Bareilles
11) Beat It - Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer
12) New Soul - Yael Naim
13) Shake It - Metro Station
14) Stop And Stare - OneRepublic
15) 4 Minutes - Madonna feat. JT and Timbaland
16) Say - Ryan Cabrera
17) Rockferry - Duffy
18) Never Going Back to OK - The Afters
19) Always Where I need to be - The Kooks
20) Mercy - Duffy

# posted by Louis : 10:07 PM

26 April 2008

starry silvery night.

Louis' psuedo-iPhone: Dies on 26th April 2008, 1045am.
Cause of death: Infiltration of silver aluminium paint into phone.
Reasons why Louis went 'argh': He fears all his contacts might be gone, and he fears all his inbox messages (1300+) might be gone.
Well, at least it died in silver glamour. It pressed on a while after it got splashed with paint, but the monitor light starting flickering incessantly, and i couldn't press my keypad anymore.

Death partner: Quiksilver Wallet.
Cause of death: Also infiltration of silver aluminium paint
Reasons why Louis went 'argh': He had slimy $10 notes, a slimy Jazz under the Stars ticket, and some soggy coins. He fears his ATM and ez-link card might not work

Ahh well, never mind, i'll get a new phone and (hopefully) a new wallet, because it had many holes after it was rinsed with thinner.

Moral of the story: (for victim) Don't put your valuables on the floor when you are doing paintwork. (for murderer) Look where you're walking.

Ok, those were some pictures taken before I witness some gruesome deaths. We are 3/4 completed with our house banner, adding some silvery touches to it! MR peeps were also down at council canteen preparing for house day, and Blue's Clues are their theme, thats why you can see the Blue's Clues dog!

BUT nevertheless, DO COME DOWN FOR GREEN DAY ON 30th APRIL, WEDNESDAY!
We will reveal the J1 BB Photoboard, have a BB toast (all the drinks are green), a PINATA WHACKING session (yes there's sweets in it!) and games and fun activities for all BB'ians to take part in!!! Don't miss this great event!! Get your OG mates to come down and it's also a good time to catch up on times!

Ok, more group shots! (and the person doing the victory sign isn't me or karliang, it's WANGYE'S -.- eh i just wanted to use an excuse to bring in my next point LOL but i sincerely thought it was mingzhe but never mind LOL. ok i think i rmber u taking the photo now. oh yeah, correct.) Oh yes, which brings me to congratulating ALL successfully elected members of the EXCO! WELL DONE!
President of 28th Student's Council: Ong Yan Han!
Vice Presidents: Paul Tern, Jonathan Lim
BB House Captain: Natalie Ong
BW House Captain: Grace Zhang
HH House Captain: Leonard Lee
MR House Captain: Cai Mingzhe
MT House Captain: Stanley Seow

Ok, after painting the banner, we went to go for Green Day Shopping, getting drinks and sweets, and then da-baoing for MR people and ourselves to bring back to school to eat, where some went to watch the soccer match. Haha, somehow now I seem to be very in touch with match scorelines of RJ games =D The remaining few at council canteen couldn't stand the silence and boringness, and it was timely that Jonathan passed by and told us that HODGE LODGE WAS OPEN! So, as guinea pigs, we decided to check it out!

And OMG, the students' lounge is just so FABULOUS. There are like super comfy orange and red chairs, a stage platform to like sing whatever you want, a mini-cinema for movie screenings, and MOST IMPORANTLY, the Nintendo Wii and XBox GAMES ROOM!!!! The few of us spent over 2-3 hours swinging our Wiis to play Tennis (it was fun to watch Nat play LOL), Golf and Bowling (Wangye and i somewhat died playing these), Boxing (the most tiring one but most thrilling), and some other mini-games in another CD which was very addictive HAHA.

I think, if i visit the students' lounge everyday, i'll end up heading to the games room. so i shall attempt to forbid myself to enter the lounge LOL.

was so caught up in the game i didn't know it was like 645pm! And Jazz started already! So i decided to not go home for dinner and support jiajun, who managed to get me to buy her ticket hawhaw! Stayed throughout the concert because the picture above these words also went, as well as chorale peeps and many others heehee. well done JJ, jiawei, shuyu, quynh anh, jorel, samantha, geoffrey and everyone else la! can't really think now, brain cells not working at 12am. initially thought performing at watermelon steps was such a weird idea, but it sort of worked LOL. [Thanks Amy for the lift!]

OK, TATA, I SHALL GO SLEEP NOW AND PRAY I CAN GET A PHONE BY TOMORROW. WHEE~~~

# posted by Louis : 11:48 PM

25 April 2008

One rock and roll, too many.

The almost-completed BB Banner!!! Looks chio right!!!

Ok, shall let the pictures speak for themselves. Top row shows more and more people crashing the photo. Bottom row consists of a variety of canteen drinks (papaya juice, orange/apple juice, soyabean, teh bing, chin chow) and yanhan pointing to her campaign banner!

and while waiting for 156, i decided to just take a random shot. =)

# posted by Louis : 9:56 PM

the blackbird got shot.

So ridiculous. Can't believe she's out. I got a feeling farhanah kuoying and myself will go on ranting about how jason's still in there, and imitating his somewhere over the rainbow performance. ergh.
on a sidenote, shakespeare 24 was gd haha. well done gan and guojun, and titus and nabil and all!

# posted by Louis : 12:51 AM

23 April 2008

no more original scores. =(

I've officially quit chorale. ahh well, i have a very bittersweet feeling right now.

i feel like this responsibility's off me and that i've finally come down to a lifestyle which i think i'd be able to live by over the 1 half years ahead.

it was a tough decision, and to begin with, i was so apprehensive of joining chorale in rj initially, simply because i wanted to try something new. but i guess the people over in chorale was the main incentive for me to go there, and see how far i could last.

my decision to quit definitely wasn't a rash one that i made overnight. i've pondered about it for months, thinking about possible scenarios and when would be the most appropriate time to withdraw.
i can still remember how i got all worried about council camp clashing with OM, how the OM results would affect chorale trip, how class camp would affect chorale concert, and how all the intertwined connections just made me bonkers. now, i guess everything fell so in place, and i feel very blessed that it turned out to be what i expected it to be.

my only regret? that's not being able to perform for concert. as much as i hope to do so, i have my OM World Finals from 30th may to june 7th in Maryland, US, and i also have council investiture on the 7th may.
i'll treasure the short 4 months spent in chorale, and i'll miss those whom i've met in chorale. to all the J1s, punch or punchless, fringe or fringeless, remember you're always one closely-knitted batch, always stay tight and stay strong! to the j2s, thank you so much for everything you've done for us; patiently taking care of us during sectionals, organizing the great camp, looking over our welfare, i think you guys have really enriched my stay in chorale, and it's something i'll never look back in regret.

GOOD LUCK GUYS FOR CONCERT!

# posted by Louis : 6:53 PM

20 April 2008

Week 16 (14th April - 20th April 2008)

WOOO!!! THESE ARE JUST BUT 4 LUCKY PPL WHO'S GOING TO THE LAND OF THE LAMBS!!! <3

1) Bye Bye - Mariah Carey
2) Built To Last - Melee
3) Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
4) Bottle It Up - Sara Bareilles
5) All Alone - Chris Richardson
6) Take A Bow - Rihanna
7) Say - Ryan Cabrera
8) Break The Ice - Britney Spears
9) Shake It - Metro Station
10) Beat It - Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer
11) 4 Minutes - Madonna feat. JT and Timbaland
12) New Soul - Yael Naim
13) Never Going Back to OK - The Afters
14) Disco Lies - Moby
15) Always Where I Need to Be - The Kooks
16) Rockferry - Duffy
17) Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
18) Mercy - Duffy
19) Shine - Anna Nalick
20) Little Miss Obsessive - Ashlee Simpson

# posted by Louis : 9:55 PM

19 April 2008

Let me break the ice. HAZ-HAZ-HAZ-HAZ

CONGRATS TO PRES NOMINEES: YAN HAN, JON LIM, PAUL TERN!
CONGRATS TO BB NOMS: NATALIE, ZHENG XUAN, YAN LIANG!
tiring day that night haha, but the biscuits were good i have to say. wahaha.

oh yes, and i'm super duper happy i passed my sit-and-reach LOL. at least no need to retake all the items, i'd just go mad la.

haha survivor micronesia shocker: OZZY IS OUT WOOOOO. it was super hilarious, go watch it.
he had the hidden immunity idol and didn't want to play it, when everyone else was speculating to vote him off.

ok a lot of work, very little time. MUST WORK ITTT.

# posted by Louis : 11:18 PM

17 April 2008

Week 15 (7th April - 13th April 2008)

1) Built To Last - Melee
2) Break The Ice - Britney Spears
3) Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
4) Take A Bow - Rihanna
5) Shake It - Metro Station
6) All Alone - Chris Richardson
7) 4 Minutes - Madonna feat. JT and Timbaland
8) New Soul - Yael Naim
9) Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
10) Always Where I Need To Be - The Kooks
11) Say - Ryan Cabrera
12) Never Going Back to OK - The Afters
13) Rockferry - Duffy
14) Shine - Anna Nalick
15) I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
16) Little Miss Obsessive - Ashlee Simpson
17) Leavin' - Jesse McCartney
18) Beat It - Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer
19) Disco Lies - Moby
20) Mercy - Duffy

# posted by Louis : 7:03 PM

DANG DANG DANG DANG!

LOL. stunned. scary person. E = MC3..

heehee, i am so very extremely incredibly happy.
everything i envisioned to materialize DID MATERIALIZE!
all those risks and gambles took off.
this is a dream, now i've got to WORK IT!!

yes, i need to push myself to complete my homework too. there's so much work that even my notebook can't store them all anymore.

council orientation was fun! yes, and i love my buddy too! =D
AND KRISTY LEE COOK IS GONE!

see, i really can't organize my thoughts.

# posted by Louis : 4:50 PM

14 April 2008

Never Going Back to OK

LOL, if anything, stop blowing whistles for no reason!! it's damn freaky.
today was fierce. laughing madness session @ the canteen today ahh!
and Green Day is underway!!! the pinata will be absolutely beautiful!!
ok, my thoughts are super unorganized. aftereffects of council camp LOL.
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yes, and i've made my decision, and it's finalized.

# posted by Louis : 10:49 PM

13 April 2008

28ths! OH MY TIAN!

back!!!

with sore arms, aching backs, painful tail bone, dirty clothes, tired minds, weary souls.

but definitely back with a newfound passion and commitment to serve my council term dutifully.

loved every single moment of the camp, as well as getting to know more people!

the camp, in one word, is FIERCE.

with family at Raffles Town Club just hours ago for dinner!

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Odyssey of the Mind: Division 3: Problem 4 - Tee Structure: 1st Runners-Up

After weeks of preparation, we emerged 2nd! it has been a really tough one juggling this + council + chorale + everything else in the world, but i guess this paid off well. thanks to OH MY TIAN, you guys have really been fun to work with, and that's how we managed to pull through this tough yet memorable journey.

thank you michelle, for being such a great leader, always encouraging us to never give up, always spurring us on, counting down the days to competition day, always determined to help us achieve stellar results. thanks mish, you've really been great.

thanks yuzhou, for all your enthusiasm during meetings and your performance as cinderfella. working with you for both council + OM is one which i'll remember fondly.

thank you zhiwei, for being always there to render your assistance to the project when each of us were committed with other things. you have been a really great team player and also thanks to your mum too for the GREAT FOODDDD!

thank you olly, for letting us use yr house for meetings, and also thank your dogs for being so adorable hahaa! wish you all the best for yr gymnastics season yeah!! FTW!

thank you danielle, for helping out with the skit and the chereo for the dance, it's been a pleasure working with you!

thank you quli, for your really fabulous designs and yr undisputed artistic talent, your addition to the team has served very beneficial!! thanks for the last night stayover at yr house too!

I WILL MISS YOU GUYS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

as updated on 17/04/08: THE JOURNEY IS NOT OVER!

# posted by Louis : 11:57 PM

08 April 2008

O Happy Day

=D
i couldn't stop smiling for the whole of today haha. really am truly blessed to be given this opportunity to serve the school. along with 94 other elects, we form the 28th student councillors. a very big thank you to all those who've voted for me. this marks the start of a hectic term. but well, i guess i'm ready for it. it's going to be a tough ride!

to clarissa, i'm so very proud of you, that you still had the fighting spirit despite knowing the odds against you. i hope you stay strong, and wangye, yuzhou and i will always be behind you no matter what. you'll always be part of this great journey we've been on together.
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having said that, i would want to have the time to treasure those who cared for me always and sided by me during my difficult times. rest assured, i'll never forget you.

and now's the time where i have to make tough decisions, finalizing my CCA choices. and it's just really hard to make one which i won't live to regret. it's really hard. i know after the choice i'm going to make eventually, i'll not be able to spend time with some close friends, and it really sucks. it does.

# posted by Louis : 10:30 PM

07 April 2008

whenever i hear the word 'council'...

my heart skips 3 beats.
tomorrow is the day.

# posted by Louis : 11:06 PM

06 April 2008

haha!

Received this email on Sunday, April 06, 10:56:25PM:
Just a reminder that tomorrow, 4 April is the day for submiting the ORA walkathon fund cards and money collected by your students to the Finance counter.

o.O
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One clap for guessing the one with Madonna singing.

# posted by Louis : 11:06 PM

05 April 2008

Let the pictures speak.

Here's a quick update of what my OM team has come up thus far!

haha, a hilarious caricature attempt at drawing the 7 members in our OM team. Clockwise from top left: yuzhou the studious one, louis with the mike, quli with her palette and artist cap, zhiwei with her bow-and-arrow, michelle with THE trophy, olly leaping into the air like a gymnast, and danielle charging her way towards us! (with one eye arh!!)

one of our scenes, a pretty little fireplace. intend to add a mona lisa to it and a shield with swords.

don't you think this is masterfully drawn? it's like so arty-farty!

a non-completed part of another scene.

OOPS! but total unglamness of some people in this photo! *gasps* taken during the combined civics lesson.

ok, and of course, the upcoming concert by RAFFLES CHORALE will be on the 6th May 2008! I know the timing isn't the best possible option, but well if you want a night of truly good music and indulge in the esplanadic atmosphere, then the $16 is definitely worth it!!
P.S Well done Emily for that lovely design.
P.P.S and yeah, you see it looks like LIMELICHT instead of LIMELIGHT!

and yeah, of course, thanks to PWNZ also over the past week!!!

# posted by Louis : 11:01 PM

04 April 2008

Week 14 (31st March - 6th Apr 2008)

1) New Soul - Yael Naim
2) Break The Ice - Britney Spears
3) 4 Minutes - Madonna feat. JT and Timbaland
4) Stop and Stare - OneRepublic
5) Take A Bow - Rihanna
6) Shake it - Metro Station
7) So High - Marc Thomas
8) Say - Ryan Cabrera
9) Never Going Back to OK - The Afters
10) Shine - Anna Nalick
11) I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
12) Leavin' - Jesse McCartney
13) Little Miss Obsessive - Ashlee Simpson
14) Disco Lies - Moby
15) Rockferry - Duffy
16) Little Bit - Lykke Li
17) Nine in the Afternoon - Panic! At the Disco
18) Hollywood's Not America - Ferras
19) Mercy - Duffy
20) Dance like There's no Tomorrow - Paula Abdul

# posted by Louis : 11:24 PM

03 April 2008

The past week.

If anything, the past week spelt madness for 157 people.
157 campaigners, all desperately attempting to garner YOUR votes.

days and days of campaigning preparations have passed, and none of us really knew how long we could last. but well, we did it, and every single campaigner should be proud of ourselves.

albeit the floods of fixtures/posters/stickers/banners everywhere around the school, i believe it was a great experience for everyone, campaigners or not.

i learnt a lot about myself throughout this process. learnt about my working styles, learnt about other people's working styles, learnt about time management, and learnt the true concept of time management.

everyone who have spent all their time over the past week campaigning definitely are serious about being a councillor. everyone emerged as winners. i really take my hats off to the non-ip students, who are faced with the odds of little popularity within the school campus, yet are fighting so hard to get a space in the council.

to my campaign group WOLL, it has been one heck of a journey. i guess there were times where we had disputes amongst ourselves, but eventually, we still got our job done and this will be an experience i'll really never forget. clarissa, wangye, yuzhou, i'm so blessed to have worked with you guys.

to 09A03A, thank you so much for all the support you've given me over these few weeks. as goofy and crazy i might be during lessons, you guys know i'm serious about some stuff though! and you guys were always there for me. to be honest, though there are only 12 ppl left in our class, i personally believe this is the most tightly-knitted class i ever had.

to everyone else who has helped me during this course, thank you for taking time off to assist in my campaigning. thank you OMT for being so understanding and still work so hard, thank you 2B for still being so supportive, thank you j1 choristers (esp. the gals) for yr wavering-yet-unwavering support, thank you BB'08 for still standing there by me, thank you 4J for lending me your support too, and EVERY SINGLE ONE ELSE who has helped me get through this journey. you all have truly made a difference in my life in RJC.

this is just the beginning. i'll not disappoint each and everyone of you who voted for me, and i'll always remember you guys. hope to see you tomorrow, and i hope you would give me your vote, as well as for my campaign group WOLL, consisting of Wang Ye, Clarissa Ong Wei Yi, Lim Bei Long Louis and Lee Yu Zhou.

# posted by Louis : 10:33 PM