tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60753162012-02-16T21:13:27.839+08:00don't expect the unexpected......?BeNg'S bLoGandrewnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-37525720791782791612010-05-12T15:23:00.005+08:002010-05-12T15:41:33.249+08:00andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-55244715682550528062009-07-09T02:18:00.002+08:002009-07-09T02:26:15.463+08:00andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-10865283520879297442009-07-09T02:12:00.000+08:002009-07-09T02:16:02.220+08:00andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-82592929431307459402009-07-07T17:33:00.001+08:002009-07-09T02:05:05.498+08:00andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-73668682383440437502008-06-22T00:05:00.002+08:002008-06-22T00:14:11.971+08:002 months down... 20 more to go!ahhh my time in tekong is up! tough at times, just plain sian mostly. i did have fun too! i miss civi life. i've been feeling like a civilian right up til yesterday since i popped.. yeah and then i got my posting; 1GUARDS. yeap. been hearing a lot about how tough it is. oh well!haha this week has been great! been able to spend a lot of time with j, just really not andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-2979448755721356492008-04-05T20:22:00.002+08:002008-04-05T20:32:38.326+08:00to the one and only person who understands from the inside out,thank you thank you thank you for being my special someone. thank you for your listening year and for your loving company. be strong these next couple of weeks as i do my best to serve the country (and to protect you, just as i always have (: ) i'll always be yours!! and i will drink lots and lots and lots of water, even if i'm not andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-41335631029192922042008-04-05T07:27:00.002+08:002008-04-05T20:46:46.090+08:00this life as i know it will come to a temporary halt for 22 months in exactly five daysif you're on this page and bored... have a look below, one of the funniest (mock) documentaries ever made!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-58227719670912041332008-04-04T08:57:00.003+08:002008-04-05T07:26:59.110+08:00lomographyandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-84284872467267749042008-01-26T11:10:00.000+08:002008-01-26T11:51:29.310+08:00EVH's frankenstein. a really cool home-made ax!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-5662787192885201732007-12-26T07:44:00.000+08:002007-12-26T07:55:56.755+08:00it's Boxing Day today!Christmas this year really came by so quickly... hahaha i think it's because As finished so late and time just seemed to fly after that.Christmas sermon yesterday was quite unique. wouldn't expect it to have been about the genealogy of Jesus. but it was really meaningful all the same!Christmas eve was quite fun too! haha lunch and last minute shopping with some of the andrewnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-73275331572218681772007-12-20T14:46:00.000+08:002007-12-20T15:13:25.923+08:00haha to mark a return to this long forsaken place, i shall post this video that was originally from youtube! steve morse playing a nylon string guitar, accompanied by electric bass, evoking the style of early baroque lute music. who says rock musicians can't play a bit of 'classical'? enjoy
andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-62260538980972666282007-06-19T06:32:00.001+08:002008-12-11T01:33:32.086+08:00hello! i have decided to update my blog!hahaha i'm back from the acjc strings japan tour 2007! ahh... it was the best tour ever!! (: learnt so many things... and had a lot of fun too!haha i miss japan already.. and i miss the friends and the company! oh well.. here are some of my photos from the trip.the street up the hillkyoto shrine at the top of a hillchinese inspired architecture of a shintohandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-80126199581192098162007-05-07T21:51:00.000+08:002007-12-20T13:11:29.148+08:00ahhh... i haven't posted in a long time!!anyway, i feel like i'm sinking in school.oh well..come for KRONO! 22nd May, 7.30pm, Victoria Concert Halltickets @ $18 and $22.PROGRAMMESibelius: RakastavaMozart: Piano Concerto in A majorHandel: Harp ConcertoDebussy: Clair de luneBritten: Simple Symphonyandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-10719971604127431542007-03-31T20:00:00.000+08:002008-12-11T01:33:32.636+08:00i spent my afternoon doing this!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-5831579737742142012007-02-28T21:02:00.000+08:002007-03-01T21:58:54.498+08:00i am eighteen years and one day old! hahaha... gosh i feel old! :/oh welli enjoyed yesterday, even though i can to go through the tortures of school! haha and here's a big THANK YOU to all those who wished me a happy birthday. (: ahh.. i took such a long time to find j's present/s! haha i must be blind! anyway... i'm using a funky new wallet now.founder's day tomorrow. i shall be wearing a schoolandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-47147969216256977422007-02-19T07:07:00.000+08:002007-03-01T22:00:18.612+08:00i've been sleeping a lot these past two days. proves that i really quite a sleep deprived person!anyway... the rest's been quite good. been eating a lot though. haha. yeah well, it's nice to spend time with the family.oh well. i should try to get some work done today.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-21154303144917998632007-02-17T22:36:00.000+08:002007-02-17T22:40:21.296+08:00arrrgh... i don't know what happened to the taylor guitar picture! that was one nice photo and it really matched this layout. oh well yeah but hey.. the aston's really cool too!haha i'm really in this holiday mood now. yesterday's cny performance was okay i guess. yeah and it was an enjoyable day overall! (:anyway.. today's been pretty lazy. and i like being able to feel lazy once in a while!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-76412912394839244082007-02-14T22:31:00.000+08:002007-02-14T22:35:04.585+08:00PRIORITIESoh myyy... jc2 life is no joke! :/God help me!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-31652783248719689672007-01-21T19:13:00.000+08:002007-01-21T19:17:39.910+08:00BREAKING NEWS:Singapore to host Formula One Grand Prix in 2008hahaha... i don't know whether i'm allowed to saw this, but yeah it's official. reliable sources state that F1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone has signed a cotract for the hosting rights in 2008.HAHA so cool huh? and it'll be the first ever night race for a grand prix.on another note... school is going to be crazy this week! i'll get back andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-50039260482509063272007-01-15T22:01:00.000+08:002007-01-15T22:26:31.474+08:00grrrrr...i don't know what's wrong with me now!! sigh... it just feels all so.. constipated!! i just want to shout my lungs out, but i just don't know what it's about. everything seems to be going well, yet there's something, or someone bugging me! God help me!!i dunno why... but i have a feeling it's because i'm supposed to be leading worship this sunday and that the prince of this world is andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-33214667738156437932007-01-14T20:14:00.000+08:002007-01-14T20:20:42.885+08:00i'm lazy..seriously! i should be doing a lot of stuff... but i'm just doing nothing now la!ahh well, new school week's starting. i really need to practice my violin.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-53836751880225226332007-01-11T22:05:00.000+08:002007-01-11T22:50:16.422+08:00SCHOOL!!!sigh... so many mixed feelings! it's all exciting and stuff, but there's just so much works at a pace which i'm not really comfortable with.ahh well. i went for the talk on period instruments at the conservatory today. haha i guess it was quite interesting, but dont know how much will be relevant to my project.ARGH.. swim pe tomorrow. :/andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-80584460981201366072007-01-05T19:35:00.001+08:002007-01-05T19:40:58.878+08:00ahhhh... so tired!!oh well, first week of school's over. kind of getting back into rhythm with school. sigh.. I MISS ORIENTATION FROM LAST YEAR!! :( oh my goodness.. those were the most fun days of my entire school life! and they're gone...haha what to do... that's what you get for being promoted to j2.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-11220640975011593422007-01-05T19:35:00.000+08:002007-01-05T19:40:48.355+08:00ahhhh... so tired!!oh well, first week of school's over. kind of getting back into rhythm with school. sigh.. I MISS ORIENTATION FROM LAST YEAR!! :( oh my goodness.. those were the most fun days of my entire school life! and they're gone...haha what to do... that's what you get for being promoted to j2.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-32279037919664728962007-01-02T06:55:00.000+08:002007-01-02T07:05:17.951+08:00second day of 2007!hahaha oh man oh man... school starts tomorrow la! haha i'm quite scared, but oh well.. i guess i'm quite excited too! gosh.. the hols just flew by in a flash. anyway, school starting again isn't that bad a thing. and i think i actually miss seeing my class.haha anyway, looking back at 2006, there are many things to be thankful for. so i'm going to make a list and thank God forandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-52395225685869654422007-01-01T08:55:00.000+08:002007-01-01T09:06:19.281+08:00the new year.oh my... 2006 has come and gone!! scary. everything just went in a flash la. all the fun of orientation and lecture only timetable, getting used to the whole concept of lectures and tutorials, getting really terrible grades for terms, mugging my ass off for promos, being totally unprepared for chinese As, last minute OP preparation for PW etc etc.. ALL GONE!i really don't know what andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-65111991790957293402006-12-23T05:57:00.000+08:002006-12-23T06:20:53.668+08:00i slept at 1230, i woke up at 530. and i slept on the hard floor.don't expect the unexpected... what a great motto to have these days.anyway...dear youyou really don't need to be sorry for anything. i accept all that happened yesterday. but please, don't be sad!! because it really breaks my heart seeing you like that. and all this is definitely part of God's plan, His plan for us.. to give us a andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-67812442688961201402006-12-18T06:59:00.000+08:002006-12-18T07:17:25.550+08:00caroling 2006!!i must say... it's been one of the most enjoyable caroling experiences this year! haha maybe it's because that for the first time in five years, i'm not involved as an i/c for caroling. instead, i was able to focus more on the reason why we carol; to share God's love with people who do not have the best opportunities to experience God's love.the programme this year was one of the andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-83406165053946603452006-12-14T08:50:00.000+08:002006-12-14T08:58:07.932+08:00yesterday was fun!!! but really tiring. played squash in the morning for the first time in ages (haha i'm always saying that aren't i?). oh well... i managed to fluke a win!met maurice , kaye and kristi at taka to do christmas shopping. the girls bought tops for caroling. hahaha i must say that i'm getting quite good at colour coordinating! hmmmm... maybe i should seriously consider fashion as a andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-28536368939879381162006-12-12T09:29:00.000+08:002006-12-12T09:48:26.923+08:00another week of the hols!last saturday: hahaha played tennis for the first time in ages!! so fun! and well.. playing on any other court other than the acjc courts is so much easier. the bounce on the ac courts is seriously way to high la! needs resurfacing. worship prac was quite tiring. but at least i didnt lose my voice.sunday: in church at 730. took some time to focus our hearts as a band and andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-57634498273023981362006-12-08T18:47:00.000+08:002006-12-08T18:55:18.969+08:00it's all over!!! oh man... i was really quite freaked out! but it's all in His hands now!and as with all exams, i'm not overjoyed that it's over. i'm just dreadfully exhausted!there's cell later. i guess we'll be sharing about camp. haha. and oh... i'm leading worship this sunday, for TWO services. i'm really seriously going to be so drained la. God give me strength.i hope next week will be a andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-54678971403200254512006-12-05T16:32:00.000+08:002006-12-06T07:16:40.041+08:00just back from church youth camp! well.. not really just. haha a couple of hours.this camp was special! why? because it was truly blessed by God. and it was a God led camp.reflecting on last year's camp, there are many similarities, yet still significant differences. one similarity was my seemingly total unpreparedness for the camp. i had no idea who the people in my group were and i only knew andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-82709106281093126502006-11-25T21:25:00.000+08:002006-11-25T21:39:07.163+08:00i am just so darn tired!!!so so so so so many things to do, so little time! today had gl/agl training in the morning. came back after lunch to practice my violin and start on my programme notes. i decided to take a break, put some jazz on the hi-fi, then the next thing i know, my dad's waking me up and chasing me to get ready for dinner.grrrrahhhh... i really wish days were like thirty hours longandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1164182395359737592006-11-22T15:49:00.000+08:002006-11-22T15:59:55.373+08:00another mid-week update!haha there was caroling prac on monday.hahaha really brings back all the fun from years gone by. especially sectionals!! BASSES ROCK!!! (X anyway... all the suaning's pretty hilarious and all, but really kind of pointless. getting kind of irritated by it actually.yesterday was quite a tiring day. compo tutorial followed by strings ex-co meeting followed by strings andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1163939430606029832006-11-19T20:14:00.000+08:002006-11-19T20:30:30.626+08:00another week passes by and a new one startssigh... i really feel like i'm wasting my hols away. arrrgh and i can't even remember what homework i have anymore! gahh.. and i've probably like forgotten most of my school stuff anyway. i mean it's supposed to be hols and what not, but it's just torture thinking about next year!haha but i'm still trying to have fun!i said... TRYINGgot so much stuff on andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1163597746306930732006-11-15T21:35:00.000+08:002006-11-15T21:35:46.960+08:00mid-week.my violin exam's in three weeks time... HELP!!!! ahh... i can't even play all my pieces yet! :/anyway, today was a boring day. ended up either sitting in front of the tv or listening to music. haha.had strings rehearsal yesterday. the music we're playing is really quite interesting. haha and i actually quite like those incidental music for the chinese opera, suprising cos i thought the andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1163371406261558192006-11-13T06:43:00.000+08:002006-11-13T06:43:28.076+08:00haha so project work was officially over last thursday! it went surprisingly well.. considering that the only time we ever ran through the whole thing was on the actual day itself! haha oh well.. i'm really really glad it's over! after that we watched flushed away. hahaha it was super hilarious la!the concert on friday was pretty impressive. i shall try learning the prokofiev sonata after my at andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1162938413156781782006-11-08T06:26:00.000+08:002006-11-08T06:26:55.236+08:00the holidays...haha it actually doesn't feel like the hols have started! :/ sighh... what with chinese As and PWop and all those mep lessons! oh well, hopefully i'll never have to do chinese again, ever! (:PW is finally coming to an end! thank goodness! only op left. which is quite scary... i might just freak out in front of all the examiners! but on the other hand... i think our op has been andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1161384195786412172006-10-21T06:43:00.000+08:002006-10-21T06:43:15.910+08:00it still hasn't quite sunk in yet!i got promoted... but i didn't expect those results! B B D B B S!! i mean... am i the same person that took terms? C U U C U U??! i tried my best, and i really did it for His glory this time! and it's just one more of God's blessings to me this past crazy year. i just wanted to pass.. after what happened during promos! but... He had greater plans for me, and He andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1161261031900304932006-10-19T20:17:00.000+08:002006-10-20T19:59:44.300+08:00tomorrow...i don't want tomorrow to come!!! gahhh... i just know i did terribly! anyway, i don't really want to talk about. hopefully.. i'll be able to get one h1 pass and at least one more h2!it's all in God's hands now!on another note... the fifteenth! haha.. (:and.... i want a violin like this:so cool huh?? The Guarneri del Gesú model violin Details: Back, ribs and head - Figured andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1157154107076007932006-09-02T07:41:00.000+08:002006-09-02T07:41:47.290+08:00i havent blogged in agaes!hahaha it's officially the september holidays! but guess what... PROMOS are just round the corner! oh well, i guess i should be worried, but really, why am i doing all of this? looking at all that i've written during those examination periods, He reminds me that all this isnt about how smart i am, but it's about how He made me! and this year, i want it to be the same andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1153751154249162472006-07-24T22:25:00.000+08:002006-07-24T22:25:54.340+08:00terms were such a mess... failing every single subject except math! (i havent gotten music back but i really expect to fail it). sigh... i've never failed so badly before! ahhh but then again, there's a first for everything rrrght?anyway.. this months been pretty chaotic what with the five performances and all. four down, one to go! haha.i've resolved to work harder for my subjects, especially andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1150899794334837192006-06-21T22:18:00.000+08:002006-06-21T22:24:56.416+08:00can i never be the same old last minute person i always am?!? arrrrrrghs..ohh well.. that's life! and as quAK said, life's mad!! hahahaokayyy... enough said!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1150258634957895992006-06-14T12:17:00.000+08:002006-06-14T12:17:15.643+08:00I CANT FIND MY HARMONY ASSIGNMENT... damn!i am so dead...andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1148691888649374652006-05-27T09:04:00.000+08:002006-05-27T09:04:48.726+08:00so many thoughts on my mind.. yet so little time to think them out properly!i am practically going half-mad! it's craziness... and it's like i dont know where to begin! :/the only thing which is keeping my sanity at the monent is my absolute faith in Him that everything will be fine in the end... but that just seems so far at the moment. and yeah.. thank God for the ones around me who truly are andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1147388196435351692006-05-12T06:56:00.000+08:002006-05-12T06:56:36.533+08:00ahhhhh... KRONOS is today! ohh man.. and i'm leading the opening piece! :/ ah i really hope i dont screw up! hahaha.oh well. this crazy week's almost over! and thank God it hasnt been half as bad as it could have been! (: for three days in a row, i've been one the verge of going insane! but man.. our God is such a gracious God, and He provides for us in the most awesome ways possible! and yeah.. andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1146352175162196832006-04-30T07:09:00.000+08:002006-04-30T07:09:35.586+08:00yes yes i finally put up the 830 roster for the second quarter! and that only proves two things: 1. yes i am a lazy idiot and need many reminders to get things done and 2. if i really want to get something done, i can get it done pretty fast!okayyy.. hahaha i shant be so slack next time. ahh anyway. life's been pretty busy and juts a bit stressful as the workload's been gradually increasing. andrewnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1143844473157054392006-04-01T06:34:00.000+08:002006-04-01T09:37:45.783+08:00the syo concert is over!! hahaha.. what a relief! i guess it wasnt too bad la. haha we rushed in the first half. but i thought the brahms was really quite good la. thanks to all those who came down for the concert, hope you enjoyed it!ahh.. yesterday we had the talk by ms judy tay, my former violin teacher!! haha it was quite fun la. especially when she exclaimed every time there was a viola partandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1143021873400531132006-03-22T18:04:00.000+08:002006-03-22T18:04:33.473+08:00the true meaning of friendship..andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1142375260097723382006-03-15T06:27:00.000+08:002006-03-15T06:27:40.156+08:00haha i just realised that time flies really fast! and so many things have happened over the fast few weeks.. what with second orientation and band concert and all that.the last week of school was quite fun actually, apart from perform our mep compositions in front of the whole class! but it was still quite enternaining.. especially all the.. 'randomness'. hahaha. well.. i thought second andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1141336490857277822006-03-03T05:54:00.000+08:002006-03-03T05:54:50.883+08:00it's been some time.. hahaha.anyway, thanks to all who remembered it was my birthday on monday: ben tan, bryan wong, edmund, kaye, mel, maurice, jacq for the cake and sarah for informing the mep class the day after! haha you all made my day la! ((:haha i didnt do any pe at all this week cos i was just recovering from flu which put me out of action for the better part of last week. yeah.. so i andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1140215040430697172006-02-18T06:24:00.000+08:002006-02-18T06:24:00.503+08:00guess what? today is funorama 18!!! yupp, acjc's 18th funorama on the 18th of feb. THE junior college event of the year! yeah so please do come down to support, meet ya 'ol friends and most importantly, to fave loads of fun.just to say a few words on the preparation yesterday. it was massive. the whole place had this carnival atmoshphere about it. whether it was decorating the food stall or andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1139916375059945832006-02-14T19:26:00.000+08:002006-02-14T19:26:15.096+08:00today was really quite boring frankly.. i just dont get all the big fuss and all that. ya.had quite a scary experience yesterday. i sort of choked during dinner. puked quite badly.. then i wasnt able to swallow at all for two hours! not even my own saliva. but thankfully i was okay after that..so.. life is quite boring. but there's funorama!!! so ppl please come this saturday!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1139699962658398432006-02-12T07:19:00.000+08:002006-02-12T07:19:22.660+08:00to me honest.. i have absolutely no idea what i'm going to do in the future. seriously. thinking about my future is only going to give me a headache. and it reminds me of jer29:11.. God's plans are always the best for me, and He is going to give me a hope and a future, plans to prosper and not to harm...i made my mind up so long ago, and i'm not going to change it. i've chosen what i'm going to andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1139699920967390222006-02-12T07:18:00.000+08:002006-02-12T07:18:41.423+08:00to me honest.. i have absolutelt no idea what i'm going to do in the future. seriously. thinking about my future is only going to give me a headache. and it reminds me of jer29:11.. God's plans are always the best for me, and He is going to give me a hope and a future, plans to prosper and not to harm...i made my mind up so long ago, and i'm not going to change it. i've chosen what i'm going to andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1139648905577735832006-02-11T16:40:00.000+08:002006-02-11T17:08:26.936+08:00God.. what do You want me to do?gosh.. i'm at my wits end la. as far as my education goes, after my As i wont be able to do anything locally. well besides business, maybe medicine.. but that's about it. i cant do engineering cos i dont have h2 math. and what on earth can i do with h3 music??? i just feel so bloody confused. even though i love music so much, would it be practical? and yet i andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1139612661241033712006-02-11T06:47:00.000+08:002006-02-11T07:04:21.263+08:00i got twelve.. i'm happy with that. but what i was not happy with was the fact that i got an a1 for bio and not for music. i would have been a lot happier if it were the other way around... but this only made me think. i think God's trying to say something to me from this, but i just dont know what. i didnt need/want a one for bio, but i got it. i needed/wanted a one for music, but i got a two. andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1139494422474110722006-02-09T22:13:00.000+08:002006-02-11T16:32:40.826+08:00okayy ethan.. since you saboed me...Seven qualities I want in a potential boyfriend/girlfriend1. loves God2. loves God3. loves God4. loves God5. loves God6. must be a nice person.7. loves meSeven things that scare me:1. car accidents2. bringing char siew pao into sarimbun campsite3. breaking bones4. creepy people5. bad results.6. horror movies.7. going to hell.Seven random songs at the moment:1. andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1139009106657820072006-02-04T07:25:00.000+08:002006-02-05T14:22:28.350+08:00so i havent blogged for a long time.. school's been getting busier. but it's still alright la. i realised that jc life is quite different from secondary school life. now i'm sort of pressurized to keep up school work, or risk being left totally behind. yeah it's quite scary actually. at least there are free periods to do homework.. poor ib guys man. they dont have any free periods at all la. i'd andrewnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1137885295547666372006-01-22T07:14:00.000+08:002006-01-22T07:14:55.603+08:00it's the start of another week! which means that last week just ended too. haha. man.. a lot of things happened last week la!yesterday. fusion 06: +section! woohoo it rocked man. all the methodist youth uniting in one body and with one voice, singing praises to our Lord God almighty! yeah.i guess syo wasnt too bad yesterday? the berlioz and brahms are fantastic pieces. and i'm begining to make a andrewnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1137205626761260892006-01-14T10:27:00.000+08:002006-01-14T10:27:06.803+08:00this week.. lectures started. and i already had a test and had the first research assignment of my jc life! hhaha. anyway.. not too bad la. and at least i know more people doing mep now. haha. ying da, rahh, jacq, christen.. dunno who else.. aiya. die together one lah!!syo was.. okay i guess? feel kinda out of place in the acsi uniform. man i dunno how i'm going to keep up la. crap. at least andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1136378875594819162006-01-04T20:36:00.000+08:002006-01-04T20:47:55.603+08:00ACJC totally rocks la!!! i've never felt so at home in a school. hhaha.first two days of orientation was fun*100! hahaha. lol. all the games, cheering, dancing etc... haha.we're gonna send a probe to uranus!! carncir's signature cheer! haha.then the mass dances are super complicated. ahhhaha!but quite tiring... lol.gonna sleep soon! two more days!!andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1136156238608630112006-01-02T06:49:00.000+08:002006-01-02T06:57:18.620+08:00so yesterday. first day of the new year. quite tiring actually. played for shineforth so had to go earlier for prac. ya and edwin's amp is uber cool! 1.3k? hahaha no wonder sounded so fantastic. lol.playing with joe, edwin, aunty jennifer and all the others was so refreshing. and it reminded me that the passion youth have for God does not have to run out! renewed the covenant and had communion. andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1136068838494150232006-01-01T06:40:00.000+08:002006-01-01T06:49:18.863+08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!it's first jan 2006!!! wheeeeeee. hahahha. i have nothing much to say.. heh.yeah spent the last day of 2005 with friends and family. yeah. went out for the last time with the amazing dudes of 4.1 and 4.2. navin, miguel, tan shi and mao. yeah we played pool and bowled. had a fun time la. just a bit sad that we're all going different ways la.after that went down to church for andrewnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1135903943934061532005-12-30T08:52:00.000+08:002005-12-30T08:52:23.946+08:00orientation. wesley ym outreach musical.hahaha. went to watch with loong and his wife. lol. met at plaza sing at 6 for dinner. bumped into kristi and claire who were with their classmates.. yeah anyway. i'm developing an addiction for coffee!! arrrrgh been drinking it everyday this week! bad bad bad!so we walked for plaza sing to wmc. saw a lot of ppl there.. from school, church and syo. the andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1135847876037410532005-12-29T17:17:00.000+08:002005-12-29T17:17:56.073+08:00another day of guitar hunting... but this time it was like the whole world looking man. it's hunting season! hahaha. this time for loong, daniel, jun jie, zheng hao... pretty much the rest of the guitar playing community of acsisec4s
cos it was the swee lee clearence sale! it was packed there. the queue was unbelievabe. but in the end we didnt find anything there. so loong navin and i went to andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1135775255080993242005-12-28T21:07:00.000+08:002005-12-28T21:07:35.150+08:00today...
new guitar!!! thanks dad for half of it! even if you didnt seem convinced by the sales person.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1135735690827928462005-12-28T10:08:00.000+08:002005-12-28T14:00:08.246+08:00year in review part two: april-junei forgot one thing about jan-march. the so called SS retreat. yeah i cant remember much form that. only what daniel shared on the last day or something like that. it was about qt and how even Jesus would wake up in the early hours to spend time with His Father. yeah there was just so much truth in that la.anyway, april-june. school was starting to crank up la. andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1135634643101264662005-12-27T06:04:00.000+08:002005-12-27T06:04:03.153+08:00i'm up super early la...
anyway. baby joel's birthday party!!! hahaha so fun! lol. met maurice and kaye earlier to buy a present. haha we bought a giant watermellon cushion which was like the same size as joel(long, not tan!) ahaha.. then we took 174 all the way there. had a nice long talk on the bus. haha. so much so that we forgot to alight at the correct bus stop! ahhh ended up walking half andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1135552573433931642005-12-26T07:16:00.000+08:002005-12-26T10:40:24.643+08:00okay kristi i'm updating... and since you're going to ausieland next year, i shall write about wonderful melbourne.wonderful? mmhm not reallt la. it's okay as in it's not a bad place. certain parts are pretty boring, while others look like any other city. haha. pretty dry there.. which i like. heh.. well nothing much on first two days, just touring the city n stuff and shopping around. yeah and iandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1134890686230977282005-12-18T15:06:00.000+08:002005-12-18T15:24:46.243+08:00caroling yesterday! everything thing went smoothly. personally i think it was kind of short, considering we carolled 12 hours straight last year! hhaha. but it was good non-the-less. and great exposure esp for the first time caollers. yupps i think God really blessed us this year, considering all the last min pracs and what not.and guess what, i missed the musical again last night. had to set up andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1134117332423245232005-12-09T16:35:00.000+08:002005-12-10T10:54:06.576+08:00just back from yss camp: the abundant life! it was great.. rather God was great!!coming into the camp, i really didnt know what to expect. everything seemed so last minute and all that. but prayer works wonders!it's really quite amazing because even though i was totally unprepared for camp, i was expecting something amazing to happen. and it wasnt amazing in a big way, but in many small ways. andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1133753966025805442005-12-05T11:39:00.000+08:002005-12-05T11:39:26.076+08:00i'm supposed to be at pre-camp now.. but because of acjc strings, i'll have to be around from 1-9pm. so no point going to camp today.
hahaha. i'm quite excited about camp. dont know what God is going to do. but it'll sure be awesome!! ya and sarah wong is my agl!!! somehow i knew... but it was funny all the same. ya my group's quite cool lah.
just prepared the last detains for camp: angel/andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1133404672694914352005-12-01T10:37:00.000+08:002005-12-01T10:37:52.730+08:00the world says, "hold on, if you feel like letting go."(good charlotte, but i HATE those guys!!)
but GOD says, "let go you dumbdumb, I have a plan for you, trust ME!"
this is MY choice. i will choose to follow YOU. andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1133305418469292562005-11-30T07:03:00.000+08:002005-11-30T07:03:38.500+08:00slept better last night. ya mainly because i was really tired out yesterday. and from all the other days before..
haha. yesterday was quite good. played squash maurice in the afternoon. hahaha fun man. yeah spent quite a lot of time preparing the songs for dec camp. otherwise, nothing much happened yesterday.
in the evening had rehearsal for the opera. finished at 1030pm!! went home and knockedandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1133217280133902702005-11-29T06:34:00.000+08:002005-11-29T06:34:40.180+08:00havent been sleeping well these past few days. breathing heavily. i dont know why. also feeling under stress when there's no reason to..
it's as if all the crap has to happen now man... like just before dec camp.
the battle starts in the mind...andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1133135445013376132005-11-28T07:50:00.000+08:002005-11-28T07:50:45.050+08:00i dunno what to say man...
so much crap going on.
leading worship yesterday was one of the toughest things man.. just thank Jesus He was there!!
i think ben chong was right...andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1133044111546993382005-11-27T06:28:00.000+08:002005-11-27T06:28:31.613+08:00i'm up early..
yesterday was just.. tiring. worship prac at 10. but most of us turned up late. so didnt go into that much detail as i wanted to. and playing with a band which hasnt played for five months is not easy too. but it's not the first time things like this has happened. and it wont be the last. oh God, You take over. we've done our best. You do the rest!!!
and i dont do how well the andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132959500548699552005-11-26T06:58:00.000+08:002005-11-26T06:58:20.586+08:00whoever . is, you're right. but even though the world rises and falls, the world will never take Him away. NEVER!
co-incidentally, that's the theme song for dec camp. and the lyrics are quite meaningful too. too bad it's quite tough to sing though...
yesterday was a really tiring day. i was already quite exhausted from the rehearsal and caroling prac on thurs. and yesterday there was rehearsal andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132872937224619452005-11-25T06:55:00.000+08:002005-11-25T06:55:37.266+08:00church just feels so different now.. i guess i knew it all along, but it suddenly hit me last night. it's been changing a little, then a little and a little, until it cant be recognised anymore. i dont feel at home at church anymore.
i still remember in sec2 and 3, it used to be the three of us, always. and now it's not.. it's quite disappointing really.
i really pray that some good will come andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132792489170517772005-11-24T08:32:00.000+08:002005-11-24T08:34:49.183+08:00the answer was there all the time.. staring at my face. and it's just below.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132744908266655452005-11-23T19:16:00.000+08:002005-11-23T19:21:48.283+08:00this is from daniel's blog.. it's relavent:Love is...I'm more convinced than ever...Love is a choice, much like obedience is.Is it truly possible to have your person so truly transformed in an instant that you're able to automatically love everyone as Christ did.By the same token, it is possible to be so totally won over by someone that obedience comes ever so naturally.Well, the answer is YES...andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132708026476384852005-11-23T09:07:00.000+08:002005-11-23T09:07:06.516+08:00i think i can finally think straight again..
haha. for once i didnt wake up at 630am!! anyway, so many things to think about...
God is just soooo good man!
i didnt know planning a family vacation could be so troublesome.. actually it's all my fault. well??? only God knows. but caroling has been such and important year-end event for me. even more so the dec camp i think. BUT nothing can take andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132670068592863372005-11-22T22:34:00.000+08:002005-11-22T22:34:28.640+08:00okay.. a quick one.
the opera is quite funny.. haha. three kings.
ahhh i'm quite tired now. caroling yesterday, a few new songs. haha fun. ding dong merrily the bells... haha.
okok i need to sleep.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132526338379635892005-11-21T06:38:00.000+08:002005-12-29T06:23:43.343+08:00guess what.. i'm up early again. man...oh crap.. i just realised i missed harry potter and the chamber of secrets!! so looks like i'll never get to watch number two? well.. i had the perfect excuse. watching federer get beaten to the masters cup. 7-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-7. incredible. haha.ahh anyway.. today was fun. haha had lunch at pastamania after church. then there was the leader's training andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132439736906280132005-11-20T06:35:00.000+08:002005-11-20T06:35:36.956+08:00i'm up early.. haha my usual quirky self again.
here's a thought. what's more important? believing that there's a God, finding salvation or searching for the truth? it's all quite different u know and different people will have different views... and it's how christians should approach their pre-christian friends about faith. if only these questions could be asked more often. sometimes our actsandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1132358547647441892005-11-19T08:02:00.000+08:002005-11-19T08:02:27.700+08:00i guess it hasnt quite sunk into my brain yet... but.. it OVER!!! than God it's all over and done! and thank God He's pulled me through! i think my brain's not functioning properly after all the papers... haha. oh well. my results are in His hands.
went for cell last night after an age of absence.. frankly speaking. it was kind of a bittersweet return to cell. glad to be back.. but there were soandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1130834512976446732005-11-01T16:41:00.000+08:002005-11-01T16:41:53.540+08:00start of another week.. well actally three days in. nothing much happening. just taking a break now.
so what's been on my mind recently? i cant wait for the 'O's to end!! 18 days left. haha. then it'll finally be the hols! so many things to look forward to. dec camp, caroling, acjc performance... and i'll be out of my sabatical from music min, and hopefully be going for cell again. but for now, andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1130131729799651662005-10-24T13:28:00.000+08:002005-10-24T13:28:49.840+08:00i screwed up.. so what? i'm only human.
haha i guess i'm not so upset as i would have been if this had happened last year or something.
i've been trying to hard to rely on myself to do well. pushing myself, trying to turn myself into a nerd when i'm not one.
why am i Christian in the frist place? is it because my parents are Christian? or that i go to church or a mission school? i guess the andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1129518867795180602005-10-17T11:08:00.000+08:002005-10-17T11:15:10.646+08:00the day before the O level practicals/written papers begin.it's weird not going to school now. i used to look forward to days off, but it's different now. no more chapel, no more prefects to book you and no more sense of familiartity. just waiting and preparing. kind of scary, but i'm begining to get used to it.anw.. it's only one month and a day left. haha.okay i shall be going on a haitus so andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1129037956145825632005-10-11T21:28:00.000+08:002005-10-11T21:39:16.150+08:00the last day in acsi...it's an awkward moment. bittersweet. one that i think came a bit sooner than i expected. the last day was one heck of a day. it was our last chance to behave like a bunch of acs guys. and we did. though clearly not one of those defining monents, memorable all the same.the class of joshua and jeremiah, 04/05!a heck of a class.. and some heck of a good teachers!all the best..andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1128762697630013712005-10-08T17:00:00.000+08:002005-10-08T17:11:37.673+08:00results17.. with moderation. well. i was expecting 18 or 19 without moderation. but now i really dont want to know how i really did. i guess i'm safe for acjc for now. that's unless i really screw up big time for Os. and i have to be happy about some things, like breaking the 1a1 jinx. the fact is now i really want to do well. like 8 or 9 points? must work like twice as hard now..acjc talk last andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1128260927997546972005-10-02T21:22:00.000+08:002005-10-02T21:48:49.276+08:00is it easy playing second fiddle? mmhm.. how would you feel if you were in reubens barrichello's shoes. five years in the best team in the world. being paid about five times less than my illustrious team mate. when i'm about to win a race, i slow down at the end to let my team mate win. when that's made illegal, the give me a lousier car.it takes grace to do that sort of thing.i'm a musician, notandrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1128001203176817482005-09-29T21:36:00.000+08:002005-09-29T21:40:03.186+08:00one a1 so far. mep. thank God! and i do hope it's not the last.. like mid-yr.been having paper reviews this whole week. it's weird. they can be interesting, entertaining, boring and depressing all at the same time..there's nothing i can do to change what i've done. just pray that it's good enogh.oh well...andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1127436630942937452005-09-23T08:49:00.000+08:002005-09-23T08:50:30.946+08:00i miss cell. i really do.but i shall return. hopefully.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1127395943125941132005-09-22T21:22:00.000+08:002005-09-22T21:32:23.133+08:00over..all i know is physics wil be better.honours day rehearsal today. arrangement is okay i guess.i've got nothing to write.. though if i wrote what i was thinking, it would fill up so wide.waiting.. for nothing.andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1126531573282276352005-09-12T21:20:00.000+08:002005-09-12T21:26:13.943+08:00i love You more than life..daniel was absolutely spot on. it'so so easy to say or sing, but.. it's the most difficult concept to grasp. i remember introducing the song in church one year ago. it was a simple song to sing. but i didnt comprehend it.cos i didnt comprehend what it means for God to love me more than His only Son. sometimes it just baffles me.kk. just a few thoughts la. prelims andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1126227121882817272005-09-09T08:35:00.000+08:002005-12-26T10:37:15.533+08:00he didnt know why he was there. it had been ages since she had spoken to him.in the distance he saw two people approaching. he could just make out her figure as they came nearer. she held her boyfriend's hand tightly in hers.as they came even closer, she whispered a few words to her boyfriend. letting go, she approached him.he didnt know what to say. she was the only one he had ever loved. was andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1126084492995329452005-09-07T17:07:00.000+08:002005-09-07T17:14:53.000+08:00i really dont know how i'll do for prelims..i've been so.. so preoccupied lately. i dunno why. been falling away. i keep on insisting that i'm not. i'm clinging on to something that i cannot have while letting the one thing that is eternal slip away.why?i just wish that i have more faith. why do i keep on banging my head against a wall...andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075316.post-1124200754265790292005-08-16T21:48:00.000+08:002005-08-16T21:59:14.270+08:00to love without wanting anything back.is only God capable of that? mmhm.wrote something just now. maybe it's not that pleasant. didnt want to post it. but it made me think. it's a privilege to love and be loved. it's a God given privilege.something which was so obvious. but i was so blind. a deaf preacher. not understanding what i said in the first place. yeah again, it brings everything into andrewnoreply@blogger.com0