Fourplay: Louis and four of his classmates. No pun intended.
So, went back to school for Fourplay! Got to say, it was really really great. The 'play within play' concept adopted was brilliant, and it's also very nice to see a light-hearted play that made me laugh. Well done Claire, Karl, Titus, Yikai (totally engaged in combat with Nabil haha), great acting! Lintong, omg nice dress which you made for Suvitha; I was looking at it then I remember: Oh, that was the cloth which I thought was for the piano cover. Cam, great work with the behind-the-scenes tech stuff (coz I really don't know your main scope, but duh you were obviously important!)

• I did a SAT practice paper today and I got a pathetic 1960. NEVER MIND, practice makes perfect and I'm going to hit 2250 by next month YES.
• ANTM - This cycle's winner will not be a black. Yes, Tyra eliminated Joslyn. Shocking shocking. Remaining 6 still include SHEENA!
• Double elimination on next week's Survivor, obviously to stop the dominating streak set by Kota. Come on, with Marcus&Charlie, WHO CAN BEAT KOTA?
• Performing for Rafflesian Spotlight next wk, most likely singing something I feel which is meaningful to me. And yeah, back after a long performing hiatus.
• Jennifer Hudson's mum and brother died. And that is scary.

I saw a middle-aged man almost die today. I was at Clementi MRT; I tapped my EZ-link card, and was about to take the escalator to the train platform. That man, was resting his head on the escalator railings. As he approached almost 3/4 of the entire escalator ride, his legs gave way, and he landed face flat on the step. That wasn't the end. He rolled 3 times [YES NO KIDDING 3 REVOLUTIONS] before lying horizontally on one of the step. The escalator was STILL MOVING. The worse part was that he continued tumbling down 3-4 more steps, and after that he came to a standstill. His eyes were just bulging open I thought he had died right before my eyes.

I was just 2 steps away before stepping onto the escalator. I just moved away, and 2 malay teenagers went right up to help him and they were really nice. But the man was still unconscious, with his eyes wide open and staring into space, not moving, not reacting. It was only after 1 million people surrounded him, and after the first aid kit came provided by the train security people, when he finally woke up and nudged a little. Didn't catch the rest of the details, because I was in the train already. One freaky experience.

• To those with good grades (AAAAA or anything with 3As or more), good for you!

Go proclaim it on your Facebook account, put it on your MSN nickname, paste stickers all over your uniform telling everyone of your high IQ. Please be reminded to be humble after that and stop gloating over your stellar academic achievements. Not everyone appreciates what you're doing, and they'll be highly eager to watch you fall from grace for the next Common Test. But if you are getting 3As and are not doing the things prescribed as shown, I really take my hat off to you, because you're surely one respectable and humble person. I LIKE THAT.

• To those with fairly decent grades, (with variations from BBBCC to CCDES and that is not my grade. like seriously. but I do consider that decent),

There's always room for improvement! I love this group of people the most because I can highly relate to them and we can all work together towards a common goal: To defeat those in the epitome of academic success. Our grades are decent enough not to get retained, but lack the glorious nature for us to proclaim it on all mediums of communication. This group of people can be further subdivided:

1. The happy-go-lucky group of people. I place myself in this category. When I got my results back, I was happy. I was glad that this entire process was finally over, I was glad that the results exceeded my expectations, I was glad that I could be promoted. Simplest things in life make a simple person a happy person. Continue keeping this pace of improvement in my grades, and the 5As will be within reach. I know I can't push myself too hard, if not I'll just get pressurized like a rice cooker, and explode. ONE STEP AT A TIME, in the wise words of Jordin Sparks. Laugh it off, and move on.


2. The hard workers who don't yield results they expect. This must really suck. Some people worked their butts off, in hopes of doing well, but somehow it doesn't paid off. I seriously don't know man. Try harder next time? Always push yourself to the limit, you can do it! Just don't give up and have that fighting spirit igniting passionately within you, and your efforts will be handsomely rewarded. Things might not have worked in your way now, you might have crumbled under pressure from your family and classmates. Convert this pressure into positive energy, and work towards better results in future! It's not the end of the world!

• Those who really didn't do well (ESSUU, or something worse than that)

This wasn't what you expected because you worked so hard and yet nothing seemed to pay off. Alternatively, you really didn't put in the effort which you ought to (sometimes I feel this way). You had competitions, conferences, programmes, other commitments to attend to prior to Promos, but somehow time was just so lacking, you felt so drained out, you didn't feel like studying, or simply because you were spending your time on the computer playing games, smsing/calling people everyday. Surely you know you could have done so much better, but something went wrong. It's not for me to generalize you as 'a failure', because obviously no one is a failure.

Things just didn't work this time around, and perhaps getting retained, or even having to drop a subject, might ultimately affect your self-esteem, affect your social circles, affect your future. Who knows, in the long run, it might be beneficial for you to grasp the foundations, and perhaps the fateful decisions you're making now might serve beneficial to you eventually. Remember, whatever happens, we'll always be by your side. Who cares if you're my junior next year, the friendship remains, and I'll never look down on you. =)

Random musings:

• Nothing foolish happened today, [you know, the murderous sort of foolishness, and that is definitely not the solution] just a lot of crying, whining, ranting, sobbing, and overwhelming periods of silence.
• In short, today's atmosphere was VERY DIM, so dim nothing could redeem it. (hurhur.)
• I got my first A grade for a Literature essay, and I just shrieked when I saw 17.5. (Ok go ahead. Laugh at me.)
• Our class had 1 person passing Maths Promos (WELL DONE KENNETH, will you accept me as your apprentice?)
• I like the notebook Nat made for HouseD, it's so fabulous I'm making it my 2008/09 notebook.
• Today's HouseD meeting was totally random LOL.
• I was really shocked at a piece of unfortunate news today. And that kept me thinking for 2 hours. What would I have done if I were in that situation?

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• Randy was hilarious. Or rather, I was amazed at how he successfully told Ace to "freeze" at the immunity challenge, and the latter just obeyed his instructions, not realizing that his caller, Sugar is actually a girl and should, by right, possess a feminine voice.
• Despite Sugar being a total retard at the IC, she must be the one having the last laugh, because by sending her to Exile Island, she effectively has more food than the people who won fruits for their Reward Challenge as she chose the 'Comfort' option upon her arrival there. She is going to get fat after Survivor.
• Crystal might run fast, and might have won a Olympic medal, but she has no integrity. She ransacks other people's belongings without permission, and I don't think anyone likes that. GC should've argued with her more.
• And of course, the bromance developed one step further.

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Week 39 (13th Oct - 19th Oct 2008)
1) Womanizer - Britney Spears
2) Better Than This - Keane
3) If I Were A Boy - Beyonce
4) Lights On - David Cook
5) Breakeven - The Script
6) Lovers Are Losing - Keane
7) Rain On Your Parade - Duffy
8) 10,000 Nights - Alphabeat
9) Green Light - John Legend feat. Andre 3000
10) Angel - Natasha Bedingfield
11) Hot N' Cold - Katy Perry
12) Free Fallin' - John Mayer
13) That Green Gentlemen (Things Have Changed) - Panic At The Disco
14) Love Is Noise - The Verve
15) Broken Strings - James Morrison. Feat Nelly Furtado
16) Human - The Killers
17) Time To Pretend - MGMT
18) One Step At A Time - Jordin Sparks
19) Cop Stop - Gavin DeGraw
20) Nothin' Ever Hurt Like You - James Morrison