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Yi Ren
19/07/1991
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Sunday, August 31, 2008

WR: complete!

haha. now to finish reading the newspaper, play some badminton. then off to work.

3 weeks of torture for 3 months of play. damn worth it.

but sometimes i just can't see. not rational enough. but thats what makes life fun ^^

failing doesn't of course.

YiRen penned this at 1:27 PM

Friday, August 29, 2008

broketh 100th post today :D

in any case, i reached home at 4 today with this migraine. that had grown from bad to worse steadily over the duration. and my right lung hurts like hell. can't breathe properly at all. shucks.

aw this year they didnt allow us old boys+girls to crash the teachers' buffet lunch D:

but our sweet english teacher helped take a plate of sushi over. haha.

though im sure if we were patient we would have been able to go eat it :) in any case, went out for lunch. had quite abit of fun chatting and talking about teachers and stuff. haha ^^

so im back home again now. hm. since i slept from 4 to now (yeah i sleep alot. and i can sleep alot. thats the major point.) i don't think i'll sleep early tonight, or can sleep early tonight (yeah right)

perfect chance to work on pw or mugging. after all i work better at night. more serious you see. haha.

still feeling abit woozy after waking up. nothing much to say. but i'll be back tmr! haha.

oh oh yeah. taking part in SAFMC. i bet its super fun! haha get to play with remote control stuff. i want to be the pilot~ hehe.

not to mention there are attractive prizes! but thats next year. after promos. meanwhile, what should i do with my holidays? hmm..

if im not picked as a director or stage manager i'll put that time to *cough* good use. if im chosen, i dont think i'll have much to think about.

in any case, im going to fall headfirst into that large pit known as 'promos' if i dont buck up. haha so keep it up all! 2 more weeks and we can. uhh. do less mugging. xD so anticipate, and study hard!

YiRen penned this at 8:07 PM

Thursday, August 28, 2008

whee its teachers day tmr :D



go back to high school first.



then to pri sch. haha i guess i'll be out for the whole day tmr. its not often i get to see my pri sch class (well most of them anyway) together. but there are quite a few currently in hci.. so haha its quite interesting to be schoolmates with all of them again ^^

paid quite a heavy price today for a good night's sleep. rained super heavily this morning. just minutes after i left my house my shoes were full of water and my pants were soaked to the knees. i could have sworn my umbrella was leaking. (which of course it wasn't. or i would be drenched totally)

and i took off my socks and shoes and aired them in class. hopefully no one noticed then. by now its too late to complain :) think i forgot that airing them under the air con won't really help evaporation. since cold -> removal of energy -> slower evaporation rate. correct me if im wrong. whatever the outcome, by the time i put them back on at the end of the lesson, it was like wearing ice. haha.

was almost made to sit under a palm tree today (where? i still cannot see leh. unless you mean those outside the admin block?). what. its not my fault if i happen to think aloud. although perhaps suggesting breathing in chlorine gas to validate its identity was probably slightly overboard. slightly.

definitely not warranting being sent to sit under a palm tree.

and whats with drinking soup from instant noodles? it tastes good. haha xD

though i've already experienced the effects from eating 泡面 for 2 weeks nonstop for lunch and dinner in sec 3 when i was staying in boarding school. ahaha. unforgettable experience.

in any case, the holidays are beginning.

and i realise that distance to promos has shrunk from 8 weeks to 4 weeks to 2 weeks. ooh *shiver* scary.

nvm i'll be working hard (i really really hope) over the holidays. so you should too! though of course don't forget to get out of the house to play some badminton or swim or whatever catches your fancy. closet mugging is bad for your health in more ways than one. moral: get moving sometimes. go for a walk or something. end of story.

its almost 8! haha tmr is teachers day. but no time to relax. gotta edit script~ wahah catch everyone later :)

YiRen penned this at 6:58 PM

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

quite amazingly, my blog posts are catching up with the class blog's.

then again, not really. its not really updated, and usually im the one posting. haha.

reached home quite late today (7+). darn bus refused to come. kept me waiting for like 30++ min. even though i can ironically take 5 buses, compared to the 1 or two of some others, i somehow took as long as or longer to get on. haha.

take some time off to work (write) on this blog. its helpful. keeps my mind clear and focused. and provides an outlet. haha i think im quite the religious blogger.

im more of a morning person. and an afternoon person.

...

okay im just a person who needs solar power to keep my day running. so don't mind me if im different at night. thats because im battery powered then. xD so i think (well people tell me) that im more serious (emo. seriously. i look emo?! ). okay thats because i interact with you guys in the evening, as dusk approaches. so my characteristics are different then.

somehow its been drilled in that night time is work time. and its really quite true, considering there's no other time for work. other than afternoon. but thats for interaction with everyone else!

and i guess its because i miss all the hustle and bustle in the afternoon. thats why i get more. um. depressed. kinda. hard to put into words.

when it rains, everything seems to slow down. and i just feel more. melancholy perhaps? when it rains. more lethargic. less active. i think it fits that atmosphere more.

really so grateful i have a brother (and sister). staves off loneliness.

i was going to write more but yichen riled me up again. grr.

now i dont feel like writing about siblings. lost all inspiration. and it was turning up good too. D:

perhaps next time. its almost 9, and i should start work if i want to get anything done tonight.

arenes. oh no.

nevermind. shall write till 9 before stopping. 1 1/2 hr of work should be enough to finish arenes and do some physics. ahh okay i shall continue on siblings since i've cooled down already. (occupational hazard of being a sibling is you get irritated easily. naturally you gotta learn to cool down fast or else.)

okies. siblings. really grateful got them to stop me from getting lonely. i have an over active, over vivid imagination. not to mention i hate silence. and did i mention i hate silence?

i like to interact (not about to join interact club anytime soon though) with people. doesn't necessarily have to be verbal interaction. just being close by is enough most of the time. ^^

i cant imagine how life would be like at home. i think i'll go crazy. or i might not. in any case, here i am, forged by circumstances. no-one can say who or what i would have been without siblings.

rivalry between yichen and me. considering im somewhat in the middle (though more often than not i consider myself equal with yichen. ask any other twins la!) i can bully everyone :) can overwhelm younger siblings with age, and am more vocal than yichen. haha its friendly rivarly la.

though i wish sometimes that there was 1 more child (no older sister please. no offence to all the other older sisters out there) so that our sad 三缺一 situation can be resolved. lol then my 麻将 skills will pwn xD

i think its been irreversibly associated in my mind that sunlight = company. and night = lonely. so i think im happier in the day because i get to talk to so many other interesting people. not to say i transform into an emo kia at night though. haha.

9.20 >.< got in too deep. haha failed to notice. START WORK YIREN!

YiRen penned this at 8:31 PM

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

oh amazing! its tuesday today.

and its wednesday tmr! haha.

suddenly i notice it's been pouring quietly outside for quite some time. and the rain looks really heavy too.

its going to be a pleasant night tonight ^^

if it were not blemished by the ominous presence of a lecture test tmr. how queer. feel quite happy today.

won't go question my good fortune. off to shower and then to work! then i can have an early night.

though i must admit im lagging behind by quite a bit. work harder to catch up! haha.

i'll try to keep smiling everyday. though sometimes it gets quite hard. but if you read the 华韵文斋, you'll find this part which i find rather interesting: (aw man slightly discouraged by the amount of words i've got to type. but anyway, here i go~)

不要因为结束而哭泣,微笑吧,为你的曾经拥有。
看一个人是否快乐,不要看笑容,要看清晨梦醒时的一杀那表情。

oh its not really alot. since you can go refer to it anyway. (excuse for laziness. pardon me.) but i feel that those two appear the most intriguing. and possibly true to some extent.

and i haven't been backstabbed yet. assuming i didn't forget something. haha so i guess my life has been quite good? hm. should i make this a long post?

...

i'll keep that for tmr after test. must get priorities right! though that somehow feels so sadly rational. shucks.

anyway, yiren wishes you, the reader a pleasant day (or night, as alot of people study till late at night) ahead. will discuss the perils of being an owl in another post.

can see the sun peeking through the black (they're more of a light grey actually) clouds. so wonderful. even though the rain is pouring, i can still catch a glimpse of the sun. <3s the sun. haha.

i must be solar powered or something.

personally i was wondering whether to put this in. i guess i shall then. i think that this, too is quite important to me. 纵然伤心,也不要愁眉不展,因为你不知道谁会爱上你的笑容。haha i wonder why i was even deliberating whether to put this in in the first place. what could possibly go wrong?

YiRen penned this at 4:42 PM

Monday, August 25, 2008

i was thinking alot on the bus today. but its a pity that i can't take everything back to share with you D:

it just seems that my mind is programmed to think and forget. constantly churning out all those thoughts and ideas and reflections and other stuff that i think is rather interesting and would like to share. pity i can't enter whatever i think or write it down. otherwise there'd probably be insufficient trees in the world to satisfy me haha.

but anyway, of what i was thinking before:

i think at the beginning of blogs, people tend to be so thrown by the novelty that they proceed to re-introduce themselves. which i think reveals far more about a person than can be seen from their appearance. apparently i thought the phase for personal introduction is long over (especially when the start of the year seems eons ago) and everyone probably already knows me. thats assuming you didn't arrive here through an extremely lucky random typing sequence.

theres so much more i want to write. but its already 5, and im seriously lagging behind in everything. then again, im too shy to search for someone to talk to (hell yeah im actually really shy on the inside. when im alone. supposedly i look really emo like that :x )

selective amnesia. that's a psychological condition when someone, intentionally or not (more often galvanised by strong feelings within the subconscious) forgets, or at least almost forgets things that may have caused pain or emotional trauma.* hm i think that sometimes i find myself skipping ahead to think about the future. even though theres a ravine just inches (why not centimeters? inches just sounds better xD) away. and its only a few steps from a messy doom below.

halfway through that paragraph (at the *) i was really thinking about stopping. like wth what am i writing? apparently i think far too much about how im presenting myself. which is probably the right thing to do. its so ironic that i don't want to be pitied by people. i don't like sympathy. really. presence is enough. just being there already shows that you care. and thats all i need. what most people need actually. words aren't necessary.

i find things come out so much more easily when its just me and text. watching the letters move across the screen is so much easier than having to contend with people, especially when they aren't paying attention. that sinking feeling inside of being disregarded, even though you know (and it probably isn't) its not true. letters of the alphabet don't ignore you. they stay the same. and thats what makes blogging so comfortable, so easy. so reassuring. that someone is listening, that your words are taken into account. therefore, everything here is real and true. really reflects the inner side. or does it?

perhaps if it were a private diary kept under lock and key, i could probably spam all my hate and whatnot into it. cause no-one would probably ever read it. blogging is different. you blog to people. unless you lock your blog. and thus, all the troubles involved with dealing with humans come into play. fear for self image, fear of being despised, etc. haha im actually really insecure. but i try. we all do.

a probable reason why i like grinding (wiki it for the definition if necessary) so much, and RTS games (wiki that too if you don't know) is that its so easy to set a goal, a target. for example. i could say i want to reach level 30 by today. or complete 3 campaign missions. there. straightforward and simple. in life, you can't say "im going to become a master of simple harmonic motion today" or "im going to completely understand sequences and series by 8pm". life just doesn't work that way. there's so much chaos and random stuff thrown in that sometimes it just isn't possible to do anything at all (excuses excuses. but i think that its valid to some extent in some cases. isolated cases, i might add.)

more importantly, there's no reset button in this game. no "load from last saved point". no second chances. all the way! one chance is what everyone gets. makes me kinda conservative in a sense. because im so afraid of screwing up. of doing something wrong. that it leaves a permanent blemish that can't be removed. 跳进黄河洗也洗不清。i have to keep a close, tight rein on myself. yet there's so much that i want to do. its like facing a black metal plate. that somehow you just have to push. (wow see i even bolded it) however, when your hand goes close, you feel something like a heat draft. could it be a burning black plate? however, if you push it, you have to go all the way. once you touch it, you're committed till the end. like it or not, burnt or not, you have to make it to the end. and nobody knows what sort of damage, if any, you will take at the end of it.

its like when your feet leave the ground inexplicably. what do you do? on one hand, you'll probably be filled with excitement. yet, you're probably going to be impossibly afraid.

then again, its precisely this that keeps life interesting. for me that is.

sometimes the monotony of daily life is too much to bear. and such a post appears. ^^ don't take all of my dutch courage and false bravado to heart. i don't usually mean the bad things i say. usually. and i like to joke abit. to try and lighten up the mood, to try and make things more comfortable. though im not really afraid to say that its for my own benefit. i like it more when things are warm and friendly.

but i definitely am serious about everything else. and i mean what i say. i try. really.

YiRen penned this at 4:28 PM

Sunday, August 24, 2008

(if you haven't realised already, i like to add on to my posts, instead of creating new ones. so rmb to scroll to the end for edits! :] )

sigh. i have a busy day ahead.

assuming i finish lunch at 2, i have 6 hours to finish my csc essay, and physics spa (severely overdue)

then i can spend a great night watching the closing ceremony of the olympics ^^ definitely be much better than the opening without the marching. agree totally with xiaoyao :) just like that, 16 days have gone in a flash. omy. times really flies.

ah. nth much to say today really. haha. other than the fact that im looking too far ahead as is appropriate. my tendency to try and avoid the difficult stuff huh. i can't wait for nov & dec hols already. or for promos to be over. haha i'll try to make good use of my hols this time :] and not squander it away.

all text and no pictures is boring. so i shall take a snapshot of my current desktop ^^ using print screen.



and this is the URL: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBw6_yCHja9Y7XwfpQLldUxFnPCwBu5Sewy3oLtBM0BA_5xqFUSYztnYdE85r3dx9V0wYXOFOJYFbjeSZq2PludzwP6cd66qQYynuttiBnsFDHa1vL5HGgBDiXKnzOnVZC3fGLnhsGv0/s320/desktop.JPG

(eww its so small can't see anything D:)



(for a conventional keyboard its right there. so learn it! for those certain people who don't know xD)




enough people don't know apparently. for there to be so many images using google search. but here it is! and master it well haha X)

okay. so first you press print screen -step 1

next, you open paint. -step 2

finally, you hold down the control (ctrl) key and press v - step 3

save the resultant image. -step 4

how difficult can that be? XD

though the end of our time together rapidly approaches its end,至少,我也曾经拥有过。

.:Edit:. saw something cool online:


One's Greatest Adversary is Oneself.


One's Greatest Ignorance is Dishonesty.


One's Greatest Failure is Arrogance.


One's Greatest Misery is Envy.


One's Greatest Mistake is to Disrespect Oneself.


One's Greatest Offence is Filial Impiety.


One's Greatest Sorrow is feeling Self-pity.


One's Greatest Praise is to Rebound after a Fall.


One's Greatest Ruin is Hopelessness.


One's Greatest Properties are Health and Wisdom.


One's Greatest Debt is Obligation.


One's Greatest Gift is Tolerance.


One's Greatest Flaw is Lack of Understanding.


One's Greatest Comfort is Charity.



YiRen penned this at 1:04 PM

Friday, August 22, 2008

googled my own name and found that this blog is totally invisible xD

filled with all the other yiren's in this world ^^ and i guess my former blog is finally gone. gotten eaten up by the great beasts of cyberspace lurking around to clean up any trash lying around i guess.

but the it kinda means that all my blog entries for upper sec are gone.. ): though i personally think they were more plain than my posts here. and more..um.. immature. if thats even possible anymore haha ^^

oh by the way that ^^ apparently is super irritating to some. must.. resist.. usage..

anyway, must start work already. i just hope im not too late. lets form 63 study grps ^^ (oh no i did it again without realising it >.<) and mug till promos. then lets form play groups (sounds damn wrong but anyway) to play xD until you guys head off to western countries D: but i'll be having fun at home anyway hee :)

work time ^^ guess there will be more time next time for all those philosophical posts. must be nothing but practical and pragmatic in these desperate times. desperate times call for desperate actions!

oh damn must wake up tmr early D: NOOO.

YiRen penned this at 7:47 PM

Thursday, August 21, 2008

super short post. i'll finish this within 2 minutes (i.e 7.35)

so while my brother enjoys playing nfs2, i have a veritable mountain of hw to get through.

things i MUST do by tonight

csc essay (痛苦痛苦痛苦痛苦痛苦痛苦痛苦痛苦痛苦 im stuck at para 2)
physics prac 11 and 12 (lag for so long its simply not right to keep daoing)

most urgent. oh no still got lunwen ppt. so in order of priority:

lunwen ppt
csc essay
physics prac

it will definitely occupy me for the rest of the night.

and is there physics mock spa tmr? i think so D:

YiRen penned this at 7:34 PM

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

i think i have time for a short post (what i can type in 5 min until 7.40) before i go and shower.

first things first. yiren's brief look at his day:

physics prac undone
math tutorials undone
chemistry tutorial partially done, due tmr (must...finish...alkenes)
csc essay due tonight (personal deadline)
script due by 10pm (no more good sleep tonite)

aka. 痛苦

on the bus today while i was trying hard to think of ideas for the script, it simply felt like the entire interior of my head is full of damn cotton wool. so soft and thick and blur and white that i lose my train of thought almost instantaneously as it is formed. not the way to go.

oh and hell i think im getting quite deaf. i seem to be daoing ppl and still stay blissfully unaware of it. ignorance is bliss but.. wth things are getting screwy.

okay 2 mins left.

so i better prioritise.

csc first.
script next.
then chem.

by which time i'll probably feel so drained that i'll just drop dead at my computer table.

okay 7.40. shower time. then 痛苦 begins for a long, long night.

curses lar >.<

YiRen penned this at 7:36 PM

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

.:disclaimer:. oh btw this disclaimer was added an hour or so after this post. after my mind's cleared up. so just to warn the reader that the following post may be a bit dark and depressing.

-end disclaimer-

while there's still a little time, i shall blog abit.

its always so easy to let go, to fall back. but what keeps us climbing? its so easy to add a single sentence to the end of all of my posts. something like

haha but i bet no one will read this

or

though im probably talking to an empty wall

and the like. so easy to become defeatist and run away and hide for the rest of one's natural lifespan. like madness, all it takes is a little push. (thanks junhong for the nick xD)

i look back now and wonder. is there anything that i've done in the past that is worthy of praise? most definitely i could force out a few if i wished. but in actual fact i've been doing so little im surprised there's anything at all to talk about.

i believe i posted before that change was upcoming. and i do believe i've succeeded in certain areas. so my plan isn't a total failure.

note to self: even the best battle plans last only for the first 5 minutes of any battle. after that, things begin to swing rapidly out of control.

good battle plans can be made by anyone with enough information and time. what separates the good from the bad is their performance under stress. their ability to change tactics and manoeuvre at will. in other words: flexibility.

however, to even get that far, one needs almost improbable amounts of confidence, courage in themselves. and where does that bravado come from?

preparation. a good start is half the battle won, but a prepared army has already won the battle.

ahh i don't know (see. example of lack of self confidence) words are fine, but to put things in action is so difficult. especially if the momentum is gone already.

no wait. if i don't put in effort now, i'll never make it. in studies, in life, in everything. better clear the air inside my head. its been so fogged up with laziness and all sorts of other excuses that i hate to see in others. and so ironically, its appearing in me.

have to start getting organised. start realising how much work im lagging by. there's so much to do. but at this point, its not impossible to get going and have a happy ending at the end of the day.

its going to be difficult, yes. but after all, you reap what you sow, and i think i've got it coming to me. can't let doubt fog up all the problems. success will lead to success. and failure leads to success. i've failed too much already. high time i started succeeding.

ahaha. my head feels so much clearer. a good start is half the battle won right?

this is certainly a good start.

YiRen penned this at 3:33 PM

Monday, August 18, 2008

my laptop is finally out of action. the power cable leading to the adapter snapped, which gave me quite a jolt. literally. ouch. (though it was closer than comfortable to electrocution) that means i won't be bringing my laptop anytime soon until i replace the adapter. aww.

anyway, i think thats this is a chance for me to catch up on all my other pressing issues. faster!

better go shower so i can start work soon.

.:Edit:. while surfing facebook (ahhh not what im supposed to do!) found an interesting, thoughtful post that is characteristic of SOME (most definitely not all) chain letters:

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on. Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season. LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

-end-

skipped the other stuff like how i should fwd this and everything. just for reader's pleasure ^^

YiRen penned this at 6:27 PM

Sunday, August 17, 2008

oh no got hooked on nfs2 D:

math lecture test tmr! haha.

and it just rained so i can't go anywhere :(

shucks.

oh anyway the decisive match is tonite! gold or silver huh. ^^

lets hope that singapore gets gold :)

even though there are comments inside that are better not revealed to the general public, self-censorship is thus necessary to avoid persecution. and possibly prosecution. scary xD

anyway, life is good in general.

as long as there aren't any killer asteroids or the sky falls down, life is good.

really!

YiRen penned this at 2:27 PM

Thursday, August 14, 2008

arrgh im lagging quite badly behind time now.. >.< got alot of things to do:

2 blogs to update.
newsweek needs to be settled asap. better drop the teacher an email.
havent done 11A yet! thermal physics too! AND ALKENES! GARH.
chemistry that needs to be finished tonite.
csc essay (oh the horror)
script needs to be finalised
(probably) chinese soc MAF stuff
open house ^^
manga (:

completed battlefield 1942 already. so i guess i'll be distraction free so i can settle all my other stuff. hopefully i can clear up my schedule soon so i have enough time for promos.

though im pretty confident i wont fail... i've been known to be wrong far too often for me to trust myself anymore. (nah just kidding. i still feel im quite reliable to a certain extent)

no. besides the point. there's a time to mug.

and there's a time to mug like an insane maniac.

the time for the latter is now. haha.

nvm i guess i'll have alot of time at the end of the year to relax and well. do what i like to do i guess. yayzor.

nono dont look so far ahead! dont want to fall into that ravine looming just in front.

shall lax until 8, then start catching up on all the stuff i havent done.

oh man i love monster sweets :D damn. i should have waited till *ahem* finished the sweet right? xD

but hey, better late than never. rather than leave you with a nasty surprise. (and probably mr teo too ^^)

okay okay focus! work hard all.

still need to discuss script and everything. okay. finish my stuff up and i'll discuss for 15 min from 9 to 9.15. meanwhile, work!

8 mins left. shall send that email and finish up my facebook stuff.

hiccups! curses.

YiRen penned this at 7:43 PM

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

shall make a short post before 8, and hence before i attempt (for the 5th time) question 9 from 11A >.< seriously sia im stuck. but anyway:

brief thoughts for the day. dr. ross mentioned disillusioned today. ah i find its definition fits the blog quite well ^^

considering that it really means that as one grows older and sees more of the world, one becomes more. realises more. that life just isnt as simple as it looks.

(off topic: omg i looked out of my window and its totally pitch black out there. yes its night but still... shouldn't there be streetlamps or something? >.<)

one breaks away from all the little dreams and fantasies that define childhood to so many. and start taking our true steps, as we really do learn how to 'walk', so to speak in the society where we will be spending the majority (well actually the entire remainder) of our lives. harsh reality burns away all those little things that used to bring joy. all the simple things no longer become interesting. there appears to be a craving for more. complicated stuff. more intellectual stuff. things that deviate from the pure and simple joy of being happy. it just gets harder with every pressing day.

all the stress and whatnot build up. and sometimes i cant help but think: what if i were to be born in some other world, an alternate dimension? where things aren't so routine, so ordered as my life today? where every day is something totally different, bordering on chaos?

by the way, i live my current life in an ordered fashion. rigidly following all the routines. which inevitably eat up alot of my time. finishing all the email checks, smb checks, etc etc. everything is in order. so neat. so tidy. makes me wonder if things might actually be better in that other world.

then again, the grass is always greener on the other side. its very sad that its only when we lose something then we learn to appreciate it more. by which time, it may already be too late to make amends.

living isn't a game at all. you can hack all you want, cheat all you want, reload from wherever you deem fit in games. even if you get so angry with the game.. you can just quit. uninstall it. get it out of your life altogether, and move on.

things aren't so here. one chance is all everyone gets, everyone starts at the same place at life.

not really actually. its kinda about the great dice roll when everyone enters this world. which determines all your attributes, all your mindsets, your skills, aptitudes, etc. essentially, everything. so i guess it we dont really start at the same place after all.

and no one can say for sure that we'll all end up in the same place. after all, no-one has come back to tell us what lies on the other sides of the veil yet, innit?

so we live our lives the way we have always done. and will continue to do so.. till. yeah. death is kinda sensitive. even when typing i still get this natural aversion towards typing that word. effect of 七月? perhaps. then again, it could be a natural sensitivity that everyone has. to a larger extent for some, to a smaller extent for others.

and suddenly, it comes to my attention that 20 minutes has sped by. the wind blowing through my window feels too frigid for my liking though. its stronger than the LEP rm aircon i believe. brr.

i wonder why we all struggle so hard. to push off the rest, to strive to the top. perhaps the air's cleaner, fresher up there? never know. perhaps i'll find out in future.

perhaps.

YiRen penned this at 7:51 PM

Monday, August 11, 2008

oh darn im feeling all aimless and everything again.

seems to be happening more often too. >.<

YiRen penned this at 1:25 PM

Saturday, August 9, 2008

as of today, about 12pm, china has struck gold with her women's weightlifting team. tapiei won bronze. haha grats china! nice first blood xD

speaking of which, the olympics opening ceremony last nite was simply awesome. words can't describe it. fell asleep roughly after finland was coming out for the parade though. it seemed like never-ending la! i'll have to catch up later on the lighting of the flame later. MUST SEE! once in a lifetime.

the fireworks were really, really good too.

man. makes me wonder how im going to watch singapore's national day performance today haha. then again, singapore didnt spend millions on these stuff. heard the performers for many performances during the opening ceremony practiced for over 10 months for this perfect ceremony. though there were a few flaws.. the performnace was as close to perfection as i've ever seen for such a large scale event. so many people!! and the co-ordination was perfect. i dont believe i've ever seen anything so grand before. never.

the little girl that sang in the first part probably will never forget that moment for the rest of her life. facing that giant crowd with so many big shots inside.. its an experience that is so unique, and hers alone.

simply amazing.

feeling very lethargic today. argh. will studying take the load off me? perhaps.

damn i need a good chat. then again, perhaps im just stressed out. some things that are supposed to go right aren't. must be fate >.<

not adopting a defeatist psyche though. i guess some things in this world simply aren't meant to be. off to go sweat abit. jiayou!

this long weekend doesn't appear as fun as it appeared to be.

YiRen penned this at 12:20 PM

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

yiren has created his huangcheng blog.

which is unfortuanately unavailable to all except the script writers until huangcheng is over in 2009, or his script is shot dead and killed. whichever comes sooner.

hopefully not the latter of course.

yup. so look out for this upcoming attraction in 2009! the link has been added. and if you manage to go in..

please tell me. i'd like to know how you hacked it. haha ^^

short post today. really tired. will attempt to do more work tmr (: pw and huangcheng jiayou jiayou!

tutorials too! haha.

YiRen penned this at 9:18 PM

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

argh my hair is getting long.. hope i can geng until sep. hols then i go cut xD otherwise there's no need i hope.

a reasonably good day today, not to say very productive though. another tuesday gone... must fix more pw stuff! haha

nothing much happened today. i hope nothing much will happen tonight either. except that i need to tackle tutorial 11A at least. and do up alkanes. and physics. oh tmr got scriptwriting class! so i think i'll use the time to catch up on sequences and series. im totally lost currently. haha.

looking forward to the long weekend and another class outing ^^ though it seems so hard to find something that can fit anyone. and it is, of course. the world would be a much better place otherwise. haha. hope more details can be finalised soon!

and i wanna see jason's cheerleading routine! although i think hes not doing it though. but i wanna see it anyway xD just a little preview of whats going to happen this national day ^^

quote of the day: promos so near still class outing?! guess who haha ^^

and i think horoscopes arent true. and i can prove it! can use yichen and me as an example. haha. though i think horoscopes are pretty much just random stuff that generically apply to everyone: eg. good advice. works pretty well imo. though i certainly respect the beliefs of others. and i guess there must be certain qualities that may be inherent in people cause of all the star alignment and all that.

but even so, i think that horoscopes are more self-fufilling prophecies for those who really believe. if lets say i see that im a benevolent leader, and i believe it fully and firmly, i might perhaps act like one, even if i wasn't before, and thus eventually become one. just an example. random example. really! so yeah.

wow an insightful post today (to myself). amazing what i can come up with without any prior planning 自戀 in process. and i cant change my chinese back to 簡體 dammit. tse an u better help me change it back. xD

YiRen penned this at 6:38 PM

Sunday, August 3, 2008

it could be said that currently im glued to facebook games. not the best or most useful of hobbies, but a rather time consuming one.

it beats studying though.

not in terms of usefulness, but rather in terms of entertainment. in fact, i don't really enjoy playing facebook games that much myself. it just happens to be the lesser of two evils.

okay so back to original motive.

currently im trying to study for chemistry. i've grasped equilibria pretty well i think, and i think my energetics is fine. i dont think i need to worry too much..but im too often proved wrong in terms of my confidence : ability.

as the year goes on i think im losing my sense of direction. getting so confused lately. argh.

i'll go out for a bit to focus myself, then come back at night to study abit more.

yes, thats it. i'll try. even though its so tiring sometimes.

YiRen penned this at 3:20 PM

Friday, August 1, 2008

sometimes i begin to question the rationale of setting up this blog.

to express oneself? not really, considering there's so much work to be done. not saying that i don't of course, but alot of words pertain directly to work.

to serve as a form of 'healthy' relaxation? perhaps typing out one's inner thoughts and feelings might be better than gaming for one, but not studying is not studying. and unfortunately i have to live up to my brother's standards. if one gets A, the other must too. ah, the woe of being a twin. (but being a twin is still generally better haha)

to suck up more time? currently, the only activity when i work at 100% is sleeping. i cant even concentrate when playing la >.< there's so much on my mind bugging me. and im already seriously running short of time. no fear, yiren will complete his lunwen editing tonite. haha.

anyway there's no more 太王四神记 to look forward to tmr... so i guess it'll be a sad, study hard saturday tmr D:

i wonder what my life would be like without this blog. thoughts flit by, and they don't even leave a trace on my mind. some say their minds are like sandy beaches: passing people and waves make their indelible mark. assuming that its above the high tide line. i think my mind is more like a steel plate. if it doesnt hit hard enough, there's totally no effect. totally. i mean, what has getting BCDES for blocks done to my study attitude? nothing really. so if i dont write it down.. i think my life is going to slip through my hands like sand through fingers.

i must find that quiet place inside me and light the flame. but i wonder what will become of me if that happens? hmm..

i dunno, i've come a long way since young. if this change is going to make me better (in the educational sense, temporarily at least), i don't see why i shouldn't try it out. must isolate myself from all distractions. i think i'll go kap with a couple of friends to study.

oh well. guess i shall use this blog temporarily as a mirror for me to gauge my progress and plan ahead. though all text and no action is just hot air.

YiRen penned this at 7:51 PM