i was driving towards CTE via a slip road, which had 2 lanes that were merging at the end of it, that was badly jammed

you could tell that every car driver wanted to fight to be in front of each other. thus, there were often 2 cars side-by-side on the merging lane (normally, there’s only 1 on the lane)

the smart me decided to drive in the middle of the lane, disallowing people to drive alongside me. happily, i shouted “NO ONE CAN OVERTAKE ME NOW!!!”

and then…a motorcycle drove past

fine, i might be 2 hours late, but i’ve been putting up these posts, each about 2-3 hours late. so technically, i’m on time

anyway, i’m here bunking with my secondary school friends at downtown east. and i must say, i enjoyed myself. even though the place was infested with school children today and we didn’t go to escape theme park or wild wild wet, it was a simple day out with the guys.

time is flying awfully fast. i just played mahjong for 3 hours with them. ahhh

i’m missing the people during sl camps. vur-vikings!

today (2oct), we’re going to escape theme park! wootz. in theory, it won’t be so crowded tomorrow compared to today (since it’s not a school holiday tomorrow)

until then!

photos are in someone’s camera, will post em’ up when if i get them

the smell of freedom – random sleeping times, late nights with friends, doing anything and everything under the sun – is so close yet so far.

nonetheless, i’ll take some time to update my blog. that’s been so many things happening for the past few days. so, let’s get the ball rolling!

note: for this whole post, i’ll be backtracking to previous posts that i’ve made on this blog before. but don’t worry, i didn’t backtrack too much

i guess i left you guys long enough to guess what the shit i posted on aug21. for those who guessed MEATBALLS, you’re so right!

if i’m not mistaken, there were a grand total of 2 people who got it right.

so, now, here’s a second one!

can you guess what this is? if you do, tag!

sometimes, exam stress does get into you. this causes you to think a world apart (like what peh yu said below)

at times, to relax and get away from life’s trouble by doing stuff so random, you wouldn’t have guessed that i did it.

one of those things was this:

boy or car? you choose.
(well, i got james to pose for me so that i could take the photo)

and well, if you guys think my doodling days were over, think again.

i was hungry

you could say he’s mascot‘s distant relative

alright, that’s the end of this post! make sure you tag those guesses of yours! i promise to reward the winner with something teehee.

MiCROECONOMICS PAPER TO GO. just one more paper!
i can do it, i will survive!

(OH AND BY THE WAY, When East Meets West RETURNS this Friday! The podcast audio file will be published on SATURDAY at our new home at 9AM. Podcasters? Shaun, Yu Hong, Karl, Benlai AND Jerome!)

fish&co’s menu

these 2 people have something in common. too bad jonald deleted the evidences off my phone i’ll probably engage a PI to sneak up on them; to prove kanesh’s and my theory is true.

HEH.

it was definitely a nice relaxing night. just me, myself, friends and a large pan of food.

anyway, just when i thought i could retire my ghost deck from performance, i was wrong. in fact, the cards are tough enough to last me a couple of rounds of performance

it’ll be a deck that i’ll definitely not rig

looks like i’ve got something to do over the weekend

in fact, i procrastinated so much that this post is gonna include a little bit about poly experience which took place yesterday 2 weeks ago

on the 2nd day of poly experience, my first day of duty, i was literally “Mr Happy” about it. i couldn’t wait to start my duty

inside the convention centre, when the school students were being entertained by the program…

one of the performers was new revolving age (NRA), a CCA in ngee ann. their performance stole the limelight. they were so good that i wanted to watch them again on my 2nd day of duty.

last friday was definitely one of the most chaotic days i’ve ever experience. i was late for quite a number of things. friday was the deadline for the OBSE group journal, gym orientation (the day that i finally signed up), np scholarship and something else after that (which i can’t remember)

i was late for the gym orientation. thankfully, they allowed me to join the group (or i’ll to choose another day to come down for gym orientation – something that i’ll never do)

after that, i went to finish up my group’s OB project

i think it was jun hoa who was playing with my phone. heh.

after that, i met muthu at the IT Helpdesk at block 72. there, something epic happened – the blonde moment of my life.

i called benedict and asked him, “benedict, what’s your name? i need to write it down”. after that, muthu couldn’t stop teasing me for the rest of the day.

after leaving the IT helpdesk, we roamed around NP to print out my group’s team journal. we went to ourspace first, but there was a power trip when we were trying to get it printed (awesome right?)

so we had to go to canteen 2, which was a LONG LONG walk. after we were finally done getting the work printed, muthu was already 30minutes late for his class (SERVES HIM RIGHT FOR TEASING ME!)

after that, i went to hand up my work. by then, i was already late for the np scholarship. i was supposed to report to the convention centre at 250pm. but i was still walking to the business block then.

the np scholarship ceremony took place last friday (yes, it was quite recent) and i’m proud to be one of the scholars to receive the scholarship.

it also means obligations to do well academically and in CCAs as well.

however, there’s a thorn among the roses in the list of people who got the scholarship

spot the guy who’s the ONLY representative of one school? (sorry sam!)

extract of our conversation earlier today
shaun; chapter 163A LLP Act: LLP act
shaun; chapter 163A LLP Act: is diff from the LP act
j u n d e: dont say it to me
j u n d e: i will feel sleepy
shaun; chapter 163A LLP Act: you need to know
shaun; chapter 163A LLP Act: since you
shaun; chapter 163A LLP Act: you’re gonna assume the finance manager position
shaun; chapter 163A LLP Act: LOL
j u n d e: and take all the money and run.
shaun; chapter 163A LLP Act: a finance manager who thinks IRAS is for starting businesses
j u n d e: WTHHHHHHHHHH
j u n d e: thanks.

i’ll be back with photos from the poly experience taking place at ngee ann soon!

my cards built a lil’ house on it’s own (it actually stood still when i took the shot)

side angle

it’s almost a perfect house!

if only it were made of concrete and not cardboard…

i then gave it a short blow of breath and…

my cards created a new house by itself this time, it’s much much much stronger/thicker ;o

cards are fun. if you know how to use em’

post summary:-
- dead man walking
- muthu now and then
- the team that brought you podcast 5

(oh and, before i get started: kor borrowed the wii from his friend and i wanna play it. so i’m gonna finish this post asap.)

dead man walking
i was hanging out with dhinesh on tuesday (God damn bitch has his holidays now!). he crashed my lecture and boy did he walk out a different man, literally.

anyway, after school, we headed to town when we bumped into this guy


woohoo.

i seriously miss the good ol’ days of having fun

muthu now and then
guess who’s in the photo below

lemme give you a closer look at the photo

IT’S MUTHU! HAHAHAHA. i couldn’t stop laughing when i saw this photo :D

wanna have a look at muthu now? um, you’re gonna have to look for it here. and here’s a darn good clue: it’s not here.

maybe i lied.

SORRY MUTHU! I JUST HAD TO

the team that brought you podcast 5

podcasting in our secondary school was karl, yuhong and myself. no, we didn’t lie about podcasting in our secondary school =]

podcast 6 has not been scheduled as of yet. check skyb.shaunie.sg for updates on the podcast.

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it’s time to play the wii folks!

i’ll be back for more this weekend! until then.

i was lying down on my home sofa enjoying the game of soccer (which reminds me, i left kor’s hamster in the ball downstairs. shit shit shit) when i thought of what should go up onto today’s post. after all, it’s been almost a week since i last updated.

and so, here’s the post summary (the longer one) for your viewing pleasure.

- dhinesh’s 18th birthday
- no podcast this week (but there’s corn!)
- random photos

dhinesh’s 18th birthday
dhinesh is 18! though his birthday celebration wasn’t so fantastic (we didn’t have cake!) as we wanted it to be, it was a fantastic boys-only day out – something we haven’t had for months.

having red wax in my bag, i thought that it would be nice to put some on his hair and make him walk round east coast park with it.

all eyes were on the indian!

dhinesh, mark, me

i don’t think you can really see what’s in his hair. i think it’s more obvious on the photos taken by jimmy’s phone. i shall wait till he posts it up.

no podcast this week!
due to an unfortunate chain of events, episode 5 of East Meets West did not hit the airwaves as scheduled.

but there’s corn!

fret not, it has been rescheduled to this friday. the podcast title has been temporarily named skyb reunion.

random photos
ever since watching the thai version of shutter, i’ve been too afraid to snap photos with my phone. if you believed me, you’re an idiot.

no seriously, you’re one.

it’s just that laziness and low battery power has prevented me from taking candid shots like i used to. (dang, why must low battery spoil the fun all the time!)

nonetheless, here are 2 random photos =]

frustrated, i took a photo of the lecturer and his slide during a lecture.

and can anyone guess, what this is?

no prizes for the person who gets it right though. but there’s no harm trying yeah? D:

and, CHECK OUT LIFE IN MY ROOM!

i promised myself that i’ll pack my room on thursday. i promised myself just now that i’ll pack it up first thing tomorrow. i helped promised for the tomorrow-me that i’ll pack this thursday.

sweetheart symphony
my wildest imagination has always wanted me to live a love story – one similar hollywood films and movies. being able to sing a love song to a girl with emotions. the closest i got to that this year was singing “Truly Madly Deeply” to muthu during the bintan camp.

but i know that i’ll never be able to live it anytime soon.

my responsibilities and commitments have been non-stop piling up so much that i’m unable to cope with life.

when opportunities come, i’m unable to grasp them. but over the past few days, i’ve had friends who bothered to ask and talk to me: helping me to think of the brighter aspect of life. i thank you guys for everything!

i’m not perfect, but i know that life could be through the right perception.

the other time i posted up the lyrics of “Far Away” by nickelback, i posted the first verse which didn’t really reflect my thoughts. here’s the chorus, which does.

[CHORUS]
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you’ll be with me
and you’ll never go
Stop breathing if
I don’t see you anymore

On my knees, I’ll ask
Last chance for one last dance
‘Cause with you, I’d withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I’d give it all
I’d give for us
Give anything but I won’t give up
‘Cause you know,
you know, you know

until then, world.

i miss secondary school a lot. i really do. i miss it because i miss the people i used to study with. i miss the way we have our fun and all.

and that’s one of the reason why i started to podcast. allowing my feelings to flow through the internet waves via audio. (even though no one listens to it)

podcast episode 3 and 3.5 were recently released (we did that podcast on 7may) and it’s our best one yet. we did make fun of a group of people. but as episode 3.5 shows, we can’t have much fun if there weren’t a group of people to make fun of.

and we are looking for people to come on as guest speakers to our podcast. if you’re interested, do contact me =]

anyway, here’s the post summary.

- trip to NUS
- bLAW presentation

trip to NUS
NUS is huge. on wednesday, i stepped foot into the campus that is so big, we had to take the shuttle buses to get to our destination.

to cut the long story short, i’ve been inspired to study at a local university….until…reuben told me his university life.

the university hall at NUS

the view from where we were

i’ll strive for excellence in my 3 years in NP. then i’ll contemplate if i want my ass in a local uni

bLAW presentation
our bLAW presentation took place on thursday and gosh did we know nobody. but i know that we (yuhan, serena and myself) presented well.

here’s a photo that i took while the other 2 were preparing.

UNTIL NEXT TIME FOLKS! and don’t forget to listen to episode 3 (and 3.5!!)!

here’s the post summary:-

- rugby by the city skyline
- xtc photo shoot

rugby by the city skyline
st andrews played acs in the police cup rugby finals last wednesday at the padang. it was a good change for the event, considering that the previous location the event was held at was inaccessible very far away for many.

rugby by the city skyline

the referees sorting out a foul committed by a player (i can’t remember by which team)

to the happiness of many saints, our school rugby team won by a convincing margin of 17-10.

saints gathering around the rugby team to celebrate

as for ACS, fret not. the best is yet to be. heh.

and it’s time for my personal reflections for this event.

as an experienced events organiser, this event was poorly organised. the event felt like any other rugby qualifiers. the action on the field was horrendous and players from both side lacked sportsmanship.

officials lacked the authority and the set-up for the event was disappointing.

xtc photo shoot
the photo shoot for xtreme chaotix staff and players took place last friday at singapore poly. thanks to jason for allowing us to take photos there!

here are some of the photos

our MD – reuben wong – posing!

hammy (middle) is probably the luckiest guy in xtc. i mean seriously: he has 4 girls to himself!

it truly was fun and amazing. especially when it’s the first time for me. if you’re itchy to see one of my photos, here it is. (thanks to jason again for sending it to me. heh)

until then!

hop on over to see what SHAUN TIME is in Real Time!

i was digging up my old domain stuff when i stumbled into that. so yeah. if you wanna hang out with me, make sure you make a reference to shaun time. it’s quite old though. couple of years old.

i’ll have it updated soon, for the sake of many

anyway, i’ve too many topics to cover that i’ve to classify categories into days.

so here’s the post summary for the days:
- sunday
- monday
- tuesday
- wednesday

sunday
swimming at zhen wei’s house

it’s been awhile since i’ve last touched the inner-swimmer in me. and to the sadness of many, i made it out alive

zhen wei’s house is simply amazing. the view he has: fantastic

his condominium aesthetics: awesome
the condominium’s swimming pool: excellent

and me: jealous

i wanna go back there again! :\

monday
syfc training at st andrews

i was supposed to have a gym session with kor, but i cancelled it (cause i was genuinely tired ) the meeting with andrew was also cancelled, so i had lots of time on my hand.

and when you have time, who do you call?

the duckie! my quack master: jonald

here’s 1 snapshot i took during the training (oh and if you were wondering, i was being a calefare)

what a better way to end a training with nothing else but PIZZA!

if i’m not mistaken, i ordered chicken teriyaki and hawaiian pizza

tuesday
a trip to the zoo

i’m waiting for more photos on this. when i get them, i’ll dedicate a post on the trip =]

for now, we (cheri, qiheng, adeline, hua xiang, melissa and myself) found a really nice place to take photos at.

and it’s somewhere in the zoo:

3 different types of shots of the same thing. it’s beautiful right!

oh and, i can’t forget the white tigers in the zoo

save this poor creatures! they’re slowly becoming extinct ):

wednesday
brain juice

i’ll update about this day some other time in some other blog post. (oh and, it was nice meeting sylvia and chew ting too heh)

UNTIL NEXT TIME PEOPLE! – shaun time

my week has been plagued by…

lots of calculations

and…

lots of planning

can’t forget the mind-blowing scribbling of work

my schedule for this week…

is uberly packed

my table

is super messy*

when xtc calls, i’m on the case

and finally

preparing for my keynote presentation.

i’m presenting in St Andrews (Auditorium) next monday at 110pm to the whole sec5 cohort. if you’re free, do come down and support me. drop me a call or sms if you’re interested to come

* – other than the messy table photo, i think the rest of the photos were taken for the fun of it.

I look forward to my day of rest (which is…Sunday?)

I KNOW I’M SLOW. BUT I’LL START WITH THE MORE RECENT ONE.

the IT show.
i was supposed to be sick the day after i returned from bintan. mummy forced me to see a doctor, which made waste 1-hour of my life, waiting for a 2-minute visit with the doctor.

i was sick. but i refused to rest at home. instead, I WORKED AT THE IT SHOW. (of course, it’s an act of defiance – btw, don’t worry too much about my health)

singaporeans can be really cute and dumb at times. it’s my first time working at the IT show, and i’m working at the STEELSERIES BOOTH! (LEVEL 6, BOOTH 6231 >> COME VISIT!!)

anyway, my colleagues and i have been asked really really weird questions. 3 of these are…

“do you sell WATERPROOF HEADSETS?”
“do you sell FIREPROOF MOUSEPADS?”
“do you sell HEADSETS WITH WEBCAMS?”

honestly, i’m in a state of shock. THANKFULLY I’M NOT ONE OF THEM.

anyway, here are some pictures i took!

part of the steelseries booth

part of the crowd

part of the other crowd

junde working

our mess behind the booth

DPA UNIFORM DAY
okay this was ages ago. but i JUST have to show you 2 photos. and that is, me in yuhan’s pizza hut (school) uniform =D

PIZZA HUT UNIFORM

the group of us (poor yu han – the super obvious one).

I’M STILL NOT DONE BLOGGING. THERE’S STILL A HELL LOT OF THINGS THAT I WANNA BLOG ABOUT. BUT I DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO KOPE PHOTOS OF FACEBOOK.

argh. screw my busy schedule. SCREW IT!

(oh yes, if you’re going to the IT show tmrw, DROP ME A SMS!)

i was partnered up with anson and adeline chew and we were camwhoring with cheri’s camera like crazy.

here’s a photo for you to laugh at.

if he can do it, i can too =]

in my honest opinion, yuhan can be a model for some local magazine. he’s a natural

this photo, in a way, is censored. it’s cut off half way. haha. it’s a really funny pose though. too bad you cant see it. hahahaha.

adeline posing like the statue

the ghost of bukit chandu

we were waiting for people to come in

sam has got a big gun

sue showing her “what’s your problem?” pose

i’ll post photos about the DPA Uniform Day soon!

i’ll be back.

shaunlai creative studio

first it was pixar animation studios. now, it’s the shaunlai creative studio.

just for sunday and maybe the 2 days that follow, i’ve converted my small little room into a Creative Studio – a room that’ll provide me with the environment to be creative for CATS.

or not.

here’s a picture of it!

paper, marker and stuffs everywhere!

scale model of my project

i actually did a little book for CATS. here’s the cover page

and to accompany the cover page, here’s a..

pop-up dinosaur!

a self-portrait of myself

bowling
yes, it’s been a while. and i’m not satisfied with playing 1 game only. i’m not satisfied with the score i got.

I’LL BE BACK.

for now, here are some photos.

that’s me!

timothy mistimed the shot. still, it’s a nice photo

OHOH. and, my bowling shoe also gave way on me ): what a way to screw up a game of my favourite sport.

and so, i had to content with wearing a house shoe

and here’s a random photo

I WANT TO BOWL MORE. INVITE ME IF YOU’RE GOING BOWLING. IT’S NOT A PLEAD: IT’S A THREAT.

until then!

i was walking down orchard road with dhinesh just now. and boy did it feel good. i’m prolly gonna regret one of things i did, but heh. it felt good and no, i didn’t drink alcohol (if you were wondering).

and i burnt my thumb. heh. it was stupid. but i’m not telling you how. my mind is simply too tired to do any explaining now.

so…here are some photos of today (and yesterday). starting with monday first.

monday.
yesterday’s sports and wellness (aka PE Lesson) was the best lesson ever. it’s partially thanks to the rain that came while i was climbing the wall half-way.

here’s a little extract of the convo i had with nicolas (my belayor)

me: nicolas, let me down!!
nic: aiya, still can go up la. quick! before the rain come
me: *hesitates*
*hears the rain coming*
me: ***k! let me down!!!!
nic: still can go up la. a bit nia!
*it starts to rain*
only then did nic let me down.

=[

anyhow. we were hiding in the store room. here’s picture evidence of the things we did.

everyone gathered at the mini storeroom inside the wall.

danial.

using the method of improvisation (and a little bit of an internal thing commonly known as our heads), yihan started playing golf (using a softball ball and a broom stick)

and hasif awarded yihan the winner of the golf challenge (he was the only one who played heh)

along with that, we also played soccer and bowling. it was uber fun la.

there was a warning that said, “when the red light is on, it means lightning is imminent. get under shelter immediately”. guess these people didn’t see the sign :p

tuesday.
i can’t believe the amount of people grabbing my phone and taking a self-portrait of themselves. today, yuhan used my phone to do so.

heh, being the evil me, i’m gonna post up one of the photos.

yuhan showing off the hair on his back

the setting for the BComm Minutes Writing Assessment test.

got stress?

the last photo is a photo of yuhan when he was in secondary 1. HAHAAHAHA. i’m gonna be nice and not post it up.

but if yuhan, argh. if you keep winning in wahjong, I’LL POST IT UP.

YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.

roar.

here’s the post summary:

- a visit to st andrews
- random photos taken in CATS class
- more random photos taken in other classes

a visit to st andrews

i’ve made a pact with my secondary school teachers that i would visit them whenever i could. today was one of those days.

since i’ve (i quote jimmy koh) “earned my rights to use my phone in school“, here are 3 photos that i took today.

the national accounting quiz that my team and i won for the school.

the school courtyard. it’s scary to remember that my butt has been on these grounds for 4 years.

and finally, the hall that i took my normal school exams, o level exams, farewell assembly, normal assemblies, talks, chapel lessons and many more at. i actually had time to reminisce the good times i had in this hall.

i’ve many good and bad memories of school. though i complained quite often (yes, i really did complain a lot hehe), i left an imprint in school. an imprint that i’ll never forget. (nope, it’s not a vandalised object)

random photos in CATS class
melissa, my classmate for the NPP program, borrowed my laptop during CATS class. with it, she abused the power of PHOTO BOOTH.

this is photographic evidence of what we did in CATS class.

i’ve uploaded more photos onto facebook. check it out if you have time to =]

more random photos taken in other classes
we were supposed to discuss about a given matter for us to identify problems and come up with solutions according to the situation.

however, some people got distracted by the presence of my handphone. as such, photos were taken during the discussion.

there’s no caption for the 3 photos above. heh, i’m uber tired. that’s a good excuse

IT’S THE WEEKEND! i so desperately need time to rest and relax. i’m quite stressed up over some issues. perhaps after sleeping for extended hours, i’ll be able to continue tackling problems at full force.

until next time!

“WHY MUST I GET BLAMED FOR THE THINGS I DIDN’T DO?”