Octomaniacs

For those who missed the action

2009-01-03T01:19:00.003+08:00

So from the previous entry on the attendance, Nani and SQ went MIA and Ying2 was able to join. And that makes it 15 people present!! All new record. Okay whatever.

We ended up eating Swensens, where Mich and gang did the recce and barged into the restaurant while waiting for the rest to appear. So it was the same Tamil and Mandarin mutual conversation, followed by the arrival of Hilda with the same old angmoh accent, watching movies such as Earthquake, with soks dreaming that ZH got a scholarship, joanna still equipped with the inability to find her way here, ying2 still stucked in NTU for xxx, the 20 min session talking about little nyonya and actresses, and the initial plan to find somewhere with TV to sit down and watch, so on and so forth.

Post activity was initially heading for Minds, then they prefer somewhere free so someone (and i really forgot who's that) suggested going to Marina Barrage, where zh yk and more people seconded the idea. So we split and took public transport down, where sherinah and evelyn bade farewell to us BUT eventually came back after they came to their mind. Walked out of the station and we spent a good 129831289 minutes waiting at the bus stop, inhaling the endless supply of greenhouse gases, and embraced the 120931290830 grams of dust flying onto our faces, while witnessing the spectacular sight of dozens of police cars and friends dashing past our vision with the sirens going on and off.

Eventually time ran out and we decide to head back while open-numbers for the scapegoat to break the news where Evelyn was the lucky one to call, and the best sentence would have to be "we just missed the bus" when the bus is right in front of us.

Okay so to sum up the long entry,

1. Let's not go Marina Barrage at night where transport is inaccessible. (So who suggested the idea? o_O)
2. Let's not call subsequent outings Conclave. It's too secretive that's why we can't reach Marina Barrage. So any reunion or throngs anyone?

What's up from now?
1. Ying2 just asked shall we have a CNY steamboat? So seconders anyone? And where to house large group of people?
2. The next conclave/reunion/throng/meeting/gathering may be held in Vivo cause many are sick of City Hall (which I think it's not bad for sightseeing and night activities) but Vivo is not bad either. Maybe hit st james after that ar =X
3. Time to update the contact list. Many should have changed ur hp/home/address/email etc etc and time to include our studies to keep track too eh

But lastly, thanks to everyone who turned up okay =) Hope there was quite some fun time interacting on the Swensen tables. We gotta find somewhere with round table next time eh.

And for those who pangseh-ed, submit your parent's letter/MC to ZH through email if not you may talk to XH our friendly legal advisor on the charge of breach of trust.

Woo long entry done ar =D (upload the pics soon yeah! to fb and gmail! it's still alive)

kw

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

2009-01-01T16:05:00.002+08:00

Hello dear octo-freaks here comes the new year and it's the time for fresh start, fresh fruits and fresh whatever.

Here's the updated attendance list, MIA peeps where are you guys??

Bright Side

KW
ZH
Jojo
Mich
Pris
Evelyn
Hilda
Soks
Sherin
DX
YK
Al
Sam
Nani
XH
SQ

Muahaha more than half the class is going... but...

Dark Side:

Hiu Fung (Hong Kong)
Wei Ting (Germany)
Aini (London)
Charmaine (Korea)
Mel (London)
Apri (WHY??)
Nia (exchange)

MIA-ing

Ying2
junjie
Li Juan
Mav
HX

Okay so don't pangseh ar... i warn again dun pangseh ar... if not i think zh will do something crazy. he will think of sth hohoho.

There you go!!

2008-12-28T14:15:00.002+08:00

After much anticipation and waiting, the details are finally finalised!!

Date: 2nd Jan 09 / Friday
Time: 6pm
Venue: City Hall MRT Station
Attire: Smart Casual (Don't come in crocs!! O_O)

Programme:
1. We will head to Marina Square's Breeks Cafe for a meal. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, we may proceed to Swensens or our all time favourite Thai Express.
2. Post-meal activity will be decided instinctively after the meal, with the current choices out for poll now... (Mind's Cafe in Dhoby area, Bowling in the same building, counting stars and playing a fool in Esplanade etc)

It should be quite safe to keep at least one blue note in your wallet/purse.

Okay so make your confirmation/reservations now!!

Attendance as of now:

Bright Side

Alvin
Priscilla
Soks
Jojo
Shuqi
Sherin
ZH
Xiaohui
KW
YK

Dark Side:

Hiu Fung (Hong Kong)
Wei Ting (Germany)
Aini (London)
Charmaine (Korea)
Mel (London)
Apri (WHY??)

Grey Side:

Mich
Mav
Huixian
DX
Lijuan
Evelyn
Ying2
Sam
Nani

Okay so now give me the confirmations now!!! =D

Woo end of long entry.

Octo Conclave Result!!

2008-12-21T23:20:00.004+08:00

Okay without further ado I shall announce the date set for the outing, after some replied, some hesitated, some went totally MIA and I can't reach on phone also...

So we shall have the conclave on 2nd January 2009!! (020109 so Samuel understands). I will update you guys on the time and venue soon. Probably it'll be a high-tea buffet or dinner buffet in a hotel near town, which should be food everyone can eat lah. Halal food for the muslims, chinese cuisine for ziheng, angmoh food for hilda, SEAfood for yingying etc etc.

Yup okay meanwhile hang around here more often and enjoy the music and snowflakes :D (not by me though)

kw

Octo New Year Conclave!!

2008-12-15T23:37:00.003+08:00

It's time for an Octomaniacs' Conclave!!

Well let's just have a long and good dinner at some place central for the time being. Do suggest if you think we should do more after that, like Singapore Flyer, run 42km around SG, sneak back in NJ (don't ask me why) etc

Okay let's have it within the this period and let's block out the dates by this week then I'll finalise details again okay?!?

And suggest a place to eat too? I'm thinking of nice buffets so we can camp there n talk alot hohoho...

So details as follows:
Date: 29 Dec to 4 Jan (Choose or block out the dates!!! I'll pool and decide by end of the week!)
Time: 1730 - 1800 (aka Dinner Time)
Venue: Town? (Somewhere with good buffet?)

So keep the attendance coming along!!
Dampen me with lousy attendance and ying2 will plan the next one :D

(available in facebook also)

Yes you should know who I am =\ ORD oh

exam stress

2008-12-01T03:27:00.003+08:00

Because I'm bored, I thought I'd share something.

Watch this!

Guess who?

the face of the force

2008-03-16T20:22:00.006+08:00

hey guys! i'll b flying off to India in a week's time (23 mar)!! cya on 7 apr again!

zh

DINNER!!

2008-02-13T23:24:00.005+08:00

I'm tired of updating kw's post. THIS IS MY OWN.

And looks like class outing is gonna be about half the class with luck.

here's the (sorta)confirmed goingers:

Kangwei
Michelle
Priscilla
Hilda
Mav
Charmaine
Nani
Alvin
Ziheng
Samuel
Joanna
Ying Kang
Sok Huang

Not goingers:

Aini
Mel
JunJie
Ying2
DX
Apri
Evelyn
Sherin
Huixian
XiaoHui
Shuqi
Nia

And here's the nil replies so far. I think I don't have their numbers. Except for Ying Kang, if anyone reads this and knows their correct handphone/home numbers, can you please please inform them and get their replies? Thanks so much <3

LiJuan
Weiting
Hiufung

And there's our whole class!!
Soks

Happy Belated New Year and Happy CNY!!!

2008-02-10T21:12:00.000+08:00

Oh man this place is so dusty now and we didn't do any spring cleaning in the first place...

On the first note... Happy Belated New Year and Happy Chinese New Year to everyone here!!! Hope the students will get even better results for their upcoming exams and the soldiers... err... I don't know what to wish man. Hmm do our job well and get less extras flying in the air and ORD soon. 273 more days to go!! (Not for you samuel sorry haha)

Okay in case if you guys still don't know or if the sms/facebook/msn didn't reach you... we're having a CNY Reunion Dinner aka Class Outing this coming saturday. Actually I suggested the idea of Seoul Garden but I heard it was freaking horrendous from everywhere lah... So I think we just meet up and decide and try to find something good to eat. (Say NO to Thai Express please...[seconded]) Or maybe if anyone second the idea we actually can go someone's house and play mahjong?? o_o But I think the after-plan is not possible lah. [agreed, we'd need to open like 3 or 4 tables]

So much for the long-winded entry, here goes:

Octomaniacs CNY Reunion Outing
1800h @ City Hall MRT Station
Dinner @ Somewhere we'll decide later

And here's the strength:

Kang Wei
Sok Huang (will be late)
Samuel
Alvin
Zi Heng
Priscilla
Huixian
Michelle
Ying Kang
Hilda
Mavis (maybe)
Charmaine
Nani
Joanna

Absent with Apologies:

Aini
Mel
Ying2 sailing off
Apri
Junjie
Ding Xiao
Shuqi
Li Juan
Evelyn (will join later if possible)
Xiao Hui (will join later if possible)
Nia
Sherin

Yup so for the rest... soks or anyone else who knows please go and fill in and update the rest? I'll be out in the field shooting in range for the whole of this week so I'm practically uncontactable for the whole week til I come out on saturday... Yah so hopefully more people will go in the end lah!! Kay!! =D

Signing off happily,

kw =D

Soks updated in red on12/02/08 3.25pm =(

overseas again. outing again?

2007-10-21T14:29:00.000+08:00

hi everyone! i'll be going overseas again! this time to australia.
the other time u all had an outing i wasn't able to attend cos i was in taiwan. so this time round can organise one when i come back! hahaha. ok i'll be away for 5 weeks. touching down on 23/11 (fri) morning. i tink by that time all the uni ppl shld have completed their exams (rite?) so we can get tgt and talk. :)

ziheng

Milo

2007-10-10T19:18:00.000+08:00

Mel, they do sell milo here. I bought some.

YAYNESS!!!

love,
Aini

LIFECHANGING CHANGE OF DATES

2007-08-28T09:05:00.000+08:00

Omg who was the one who came up with such a stupid sign-in password?

Oh... it was me.

hahaha.

ohkay! apologies! after i forgot the password i realised how hard it is to remember it.

Anyway, here's an update, the class outing has been changed to the 8th september.

Any unanimous agreement on a place to go?

After we decide on the place I'll sms you all the final details like the meeting time and place (and also what farewell presents you all can get me, for example a Porsche to drive around school and act cool, or lots and lots of milo (apparently they don't sell milo over there, can you believe the outrage of it?) A million dollar cheque for emergency purposes would come in handy too :)

HAHAHAHAHA.
Ok seriously. Pls suggest where to go, place must be halal, preferably somewhere in town or in an easily-accessible location. Otherwise, I'll choose it myself and there will be no objections! :D

How was school today everybody? *smirks* I am SOOO bored at home and waking up everyday at noon... poor me :P

Uh,
Mel. *ofcourse! who else would be so ego*

yoohoo!

2007-08-15T00:18:00.000+08:00

DATE: 15 SEPTERMBER 2007 SATURDAY
TIME: AFTERNOON TO NIGHT
VENUE: UNCONFIRMED

KEEP IT FREE OR ELSE YOU WON'T SEE AINI AND MEL EVER AGAIN.

haha. joking. come back to Singapore, but not with the British accent, ya?

p.s. aL will be in brunei (with the man-eating boars) right?

;) mav

our paths diverge

2007-06-06T22:18:00.000+08:00

Aini UK Fine arts
Evelyn NUS Fass
Yingying NTU Maritime Studies
Dingxiao
Mavis NTU Comm Studies
Michelle NUS Architecture
Priscilla NTU Accountancy
Joanna NTU Accountancy
Shuqi NTU Psychology
Huixian NTU Psychology
Melissa SMU/UK Law
Nani NUS Business
Hilda SMU Business
Sherinah NTU Psychology
Charmaine NUS Fass
Lijuan NTU Accountancy
Sokhuang NUS Fass
Xiaohui SMU Law
Vania NUS Business
Junjie
Hiufung
Weiting
Apri Les Roches (Switzerland) Hotel Management
Ziheng NTU Accountancy
Alvin NUS Business
Samuel NUS Fass
Yingkang
Kangwei NTU Comm Studies

Hahaha! this is the list some of you were asking for. it's to make it easier for us to see who's going where. for those names with blanks, if you know where they are going, pls fill them up! :) and yea, of cos the army guys are only going uni 2 years after us. i see alot of accountancy/business/psychology..hahaha.

mav:)

Outing?

2007-05-27T19:41:00.001+08:00

Hey guys I'm thinking of having an class dinner + movie this coming saturday (2nd June)...
Well me and zh will be passing out on wed as coporals (yay!) and will be having like 2 - 3 free days.
Haha place unconfirmed but probably town...

So everyone coming?? Just drop me an sms or something bah, though I'll be pretty busy for the next few days. Turn up okay!

golden oldies

2007-04-23T01:29:00.000+08:00

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

it's been (almost) 5 MONTHS since 2007 started. So fast, I've been slacking for half a year @@ Also, I feel old, especially when I go back to NJ and see all the young juniors.

-bored soks

Any plans for outing anyone?

2007-03-11T13:36:00.000+08:00

Hey guys and girls how are you guys doing out there now after the results? Busy going for open houses and choosing courses and applying right.

Just to inform you guys that we, the NS guys will be POP-ing in the next few days. 13th for me and zh, 14th for al. And the formers get a 12 day break while al gets a 4 day break or something. So if you guys like want another gathering to catch up or sth this is the final chance to do so. Cause there will be NO more block leave after this period.

Ying or hil will be planning one right? It's on the 17th or sth? Just keep us informed or sth yup? =D

Soon you'll see us with our hair back again =DDD

TOMORROW TOMORROW I LOVE YOU

2007-03-01T19:35:00.000+08:00

ONLY A DAY AWAY GUYS!! Are you guys prepared?!

unless you have been living under a rock, you people would have known by now that results are coming out tomorrow..

just a reminder though... BRING KM MONEY! $$30!!! as said by our head octopus "I absolutely cannot issue you your results if KM payment is not made. rmb to bring 30 bucks. Thanks. Pls help pass around msg."

yes my darlings. and those of you still holding onto ur blazers, make sure u return fast fast. later they dont give u. okay. so lets be there together okay....

i hope we will all get good results! alright! okay!

see ya tmr.

the first member of octomaniacs loves you!

FRIDAY IS FREAK-DAY

2007-02-28T22:43:00.000+08:00

hmm?? what's up on friday? you mean our A levels results will be out?! serious?!!!! all the hard work, constant restlessness, intense frustration, exasperation, desperately-wanting-it-to-end moments, feel-like-tearing-hair-out moments, tears and fears? everything will be determined this friday? by a mere slip of paper? you mean our destiny will be sealed?

Don't be anxious, don't worry...

Don't be nervous, don't get stressed up...

Stay calm..stay cool...

And hope that we'll all be so happy that we go cock-eyed like this baby! :)

Hey octos, good luck and all the best! Really wish the best for all of us this friday... Cheers! :):):)

Love you all!

mav:D

tentacles jiggling

2007-02-28T22:29:00.000+08:00

(our account has been converted into the new blogger acc! google username follows our gmail acc (octomaniacs) and password remains the same. )

As much as I dread friday, I anticipate it cos S08 will see each other again! After so long!

Hope that thought calms us down. Haha till then, have all the fun in the world, everyone!=D

-xh

the 29th member of s08

2007-02-07T20:40:00.000+08:00

i miss s08 like hell lah. like seriously. all the times we sat in the canteen esp, laughing over stupid stuff. and how we go "geogers" "litters" "chemmers" hahaha. guess what? after talentime i was at the carpark outside TA block and our PINK OCTOPUS is still there on the board! man. the current class must have thot it looked so cool and adorable they decided not to remove it! yeap. that must be the reason. -smiles-

hope the guys are doing good in NS :) all still surviving and tough yeap? alvin you must become like your ouxiang k? hahaha killer. his ouxiang is like this senior instructor who was part of the SQ 117 hijacking rescue team. so pro lah. they killed 4 hijackers within 30 seconds of storming the plane and everyone was unharmed! (: we really need more of these pple in singapore yep.

the girls are all probably working.. except me. heh.
okay lah. i'm working too. giving tuition and doing some random admin and cip. yup.
i'm going to be a camp instructor soon! :) yay. so excited.
admin drives me crazy lah. super boring. everyday see 4 walls. CAN DIE.
and the worst is phonecalls. all the pple who pick up are like SUPER RUDE. then why the hell are they even assigned to pick up phonecalls at the ABC company or XXX company?? walao. they should be assigned to like clean toilets or smth, so if they get pmsy they can curse the toilet bowls (which deserve to be cursed anyway due to the number of times they break down!) hahaha.

ANYWAY. highlight of the day:

here's an announcement that the 29th member of s08 will be back soon! on 13th feb! :)

please give a round of applause to welcome him.
thankyouthankyou.

HAHAHAHA.

-mel (duhhhh)

Blue Skies

2007-02-05T13:05:00.000+08:00

Since kw asked, and I am tired of the 'Happy New Year' entry too,

I am evilly blogging from work! It's my lunchtime now, and I am bored. As temp staff, I have been photocopying and photocopying and photocopying and cutting and printing and putting up notices and running here and there with stacks of magazines...luckily it's quite interesting where I work, today, I saw how pins were made!! So cool and so cute.

How are our dears S08 guys faring in NS? I hear zh's platoon is the xiong-est @@ will our sweet and gentle chinaman return a vulgar antithesis of his former self!??! I can imagine the expression on his face if he reads this haha!

And how are you lovely girls? Have you all decided what you'll do in uni? Cause I haven't. And I'm desperate for suggestions other than medicine or accounting or law or engineering -.- if all fails me, i shall just give up, do finance and work in a bank. I'm really really scared, because what I want to do I mightn't be able to. Or what I'd love to do mightn't lead me anywhere in Singapore >.< really need help! And consolation...

Really miss going to school and seeing all of you. Oh those carefree/cheaper times.....

Gotta go shred some important and highly confidential documents now. Shhhh...
Soks (=

Happy New Year 2007!!

2007-01-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

Welcome to 2007!! It's another brand new year with more fun!!

Anyway chalet is finalised long ago.
8 - 10 January 2007 @ Aloha Loyang.
We'll wait for more details from Samuel okay.
It'll be less than 15/pax?

Yah so please confirm your attendance with us now okay!! Do a good deed in this coming new year and reply now!! =D

- kw

2006-12-26T19:34:00.000+08:00

hey people!
those that havent pass me my autograph paper, please pass it to me tml at octo x'mas party.
thanx a lot! ;)))

-ying ying

Xmas Party soon

2006-12-12T15:11:00.000+08:00

I just find this picture very amusing only since they allow you to type up to 8 columns. If you've yet to reply now reply now! Got to settle the date asap anyway.

- kw

prom photos

2006-12-07T20:47:00.000+08:00

prom photos from my cam are here.

much love,
aini

Prom collage

2006-12-07T12:08:00.000+08:00

- xh! =)

2006-12-06T14:20:00.000+08:00

hey everyone..
class stayover was great! =)
thanks for the greatest moments the past 2 years :)

i'm sorry i didn't give s08 a chance at first in the first day of school
-recalls first day of school- *sheepish grin*
which turned out to be the greatest class i could ever ask for
i love you guys, i really do!

anyways,
we're having christmas party either 27th, 28th or 29th december at my place! (very near to hougang mrt station, chk street directory if ure not sure)
kangwei's taking a survey then we'll have it on the day most people prefer it!
then we'll play this secret santa game,
where someone will draw lots and if your lot is "apri" for example,
you have to buy a present for apri within a certain budget, say $10?
cool? cool cool cool??

i'm so excited cause i missed everyone immediately after i left for softball chalet!

okay anyways, the details will be messaged to you by mavkangwei
awww. i originally put a slash inbetween their names but decided it looks nicer without :)
SO. yup!

if anyone has photo albums of prom/stayover, pls leave your link here k!

Btw, random: i'm flying off thursday (aka tomorrow) at 11pm, so if you LOOOOVVVEEEEE MEEEE you can sms me goodbye :) Heehee.
Ok lah enough nonsense, i'll be gone from 7th-21st, i'll miss everyone =)
byebye :)

with lots of love,
mel! :)

24 hours more!!

2006-12-02T18:00:00.000+08:00

24 more hours till you appear infront of everyone with your glamorous attire.

Bah.

Remember to come between 2.30 - 4pm tml!! To get the present signed and dress up/doll up/whatever in our GRAND ROOM. Let's hope it's grand tml.

And of course we'll settle all the debts once and for all.

And the time to decide on a chalet. Got guarantor already... now we need to get money again!!

Yah so that's about it. I'm sure this creature above is an octopus, since it has 8 legs and can swim in water.

Oh one last announcement from km -_-:

Thank you for your grey uniforms

Dear JC2s

As you embark on a new journey, do remember that inherent in our College motto is servant leadership and giving back to the College, giving back to society... If you wish to give your College uniforms to someone in the NJC family who may need it, please place your clean uniforms (which are still in good condition) in the box labelled 'College Uniforms' in the Student Lounge. THANK YOU and ALL THE VERY BEST TO ALL YOUR ENDEAVOURS.

That's from Ms Sharon Phua.

Okay time to get prepared. Uh huh. =

2006-11-23T19:00:00.000+08:00

1) nia booked a grand room at swissotel. $240+++. so it'll be $15-$20 depending on number of people staying over. =) we'll pay nia on the day itself. so bring $$$$$

2) what are we doing after prom? rot in the GRAND room and play cards and pretend its a chalet? or....midnight movie? or....??

3) jiayou aeppers and phy s takers=)

oh here's a photo to share. taken after farewell when we were at curry wok. i dont know why it looks like we're stuck in the 70s.

-mav:D

good idea!!

2006-11-20T00:40:00.000+08:00

FORGET ABOUT GLAMOUR GOWNS AND PRETTY MAKEUP!!!

SO TROUBLESOME! SO GIRLY! SO EXPENSIVE!
SO COMMON!

I HAVE THE IDEAL PLAN FOR PROM!

LET'S DO A....

COSPLAY!!!!!!!!!
*imagines long shrilly "nooooo" from the girls
and horrified looks of the guys*

THAT WOULD FIT THE THEME, DOESN'T IT.
midsummernight's dream.
more like midsummernight's nightmare.

well...just being creative.
mavmavmav

Half Freedom?

2006-11-19T20:31:00.000+08:00

Hmm okay not even half the class has attained freedom yet.

1. Go collect the questions papers from our class letter tray if you want them back okay? The letter tray is very filled with exam questions of different subjects, so don't leave them rotting and waste your hundreds of bucks spent on these few days.
[But I guess the next time we'll step into the school would be during March HUH and you don't get to wear your GREY uniform already]

2. Hmmm yah we'll book the hotel rooms VERY soon. More details (price etc) coming next week hmm...

3. Chalet anyone? But it has to be in early january unless you wan to have an all girls' chalet + yk + sam + apri. Hmmm so far available dates are 7 - 9 Jan [Sun - Tues] or 8 - 10 [Mon - Wed] for a 3D2N @ Aloha Loyang... it's quite cheap going at 35 per night(60 during sun night i think) but WE NEED A CIVIL SERVANT to book for us! (So it might cost near or less than 20 bucks in the end?) So get a guarantor and respond quickly before the dates are taken up again...

4. Ying2 suggests we have a class outing on the 29th when the aeppers are done with their A lvls... response? [Maybe a class outing to buy prom attire lol]

5. Have fun buying prom attires. Suggest places where you can buy them too [though I don't think it will benefit me that much]

Hmm okay good luck to the remaining ones slogging their guts out. Why not the ones who attained freedom go organise/create anything/something? =)

- kw

hello everyone

2006-11-06T20:43:00.000+08:00

i know u all must be busy mugging. (but this is a contradiction because if u are busy mugging, you wont be online right?) haha.. all you busy muggers on a break now, i am posting someting just for your entertainment. it was forwarded to me from a friend so i am just copying and pasting it here.

enjoy! and GOOD LUCK for the subsequent papers!

Ghost Story #1 (WOOooooooo....*scary sound*)
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When I was young, I lived in a deserted kampong deep in the jungle. Every night, my mother would ask me not to go home too late as there won't be any transportation after a certain time.

One night, before going home, I ta pao a kueh teow soup for supper. I was late and I waited for the taxi/bus but there was none. I was getting worried as the night was getting darker and darker. So I tried to flag down private vehicles to take me home. There was no one stopping for me, till one motorcyclist took compensation on me and stopped to give me a lift. He was a man with a kind face. I accepted his offer and got onto his motorbike. On the way home, we would pass by a temple. At night, the temple would look eerily spooky with the dim lights from the candles.

At first, the motorcyclist was warm and friendly. When the temple was approaching, the motorcyclist eyes grown bigger and bigger. His kind face turned to a face of anger. He was muttering something loud but was not audible to me. I was so scared that I closed my eyes in order not to see his angry face. Then, the motorcylist stopped in front of the temple and then yelled at me.

"Your kueh teow soup is so hot!! It is burning my thigh! Can you please move it away???"

Ghost Story #2b
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When I was young, I have two friends who were very close to each other. They played with each other everyday. It was like, if you see A, you would see B next to him. They were always together. A loved fried eggs. Whenever he went out for lunch or dinner, without fail, he would ask for fried egg on top of his noodles, fried rice, etc.

One day, A involved in an accident and died. B was devastated. B went to the cemetery to pray everyday. He would go to the nearest restaurant and ta pao a box of fried rice with an egg on top to be offered to A when he went to pray to him. The next day, he opened the box and there was no egg inside! B was petrified. He thought, must be A who came and took the fried egg away. The same thing happened the next day and the day after that. B was confused. So, one day, he asked the chef to make the
same fried rice with a fried egg again. Then, he went to the cemetery to offer it to A. Curious, he opened the box to check for the egg. He was angry to find that, there was no fried egg in the box after all.

Feeling that he had been cheated, he went back to the restaurant and demanded to see the Chef. "Where is the fried egg?? I told you there must be a fried egg inside!! You have cheated me for a few days now! Gimme back my money!!" Then, the Chef got really angry and opened the box - the fried egg was inside the box.

The Chef said, "Stupid! You open the box upside down. No wonder you cannot see the egg!!"

Ghost Story #3
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When I was young, I went to town to work with a group of friends during our summer holidays of two months. Being young and away from home for the first time, we drank and smoke like nobody's business. One night, we were pissed drunk and flagged the last bus down to go home. Being tired, we slept in the bus. It had been awhile that I fell asleep. I was awake by the chilly wind. I was shocked to find that there was no one in the bus, and I was the last passenger. I looked in front to check out for the driver. But the driver was no where in sight. Yet, the bus was moving. I panicked shitless. I rubbed my eyes to make sure that I was not dreaming. The night was dark and cold. I hysterically jumped out from the bus and tried to run as hard as I could to get away. Then I heard someone yelled at me from behind the bus.

"Hey! Don't run away! Come over here and help to push the bus!" yelled the bus driver. I saw my other friends helping to push the bus, which broke down while I was asleep.

*hearts* random classmate

music people!

2006-11-06T00:51:00.000+08:00

Well, we're all in the middle of our papers, so I hope everyone's still coping well with all the stress. Think positive, it'll be absolute freedom very soon. But for the guys who are going to be enlisted for NS, sorry ah. =P Especially Alvin, who has boldly declared on his MSN nickname that he's gonna join the commando programme on 12 Jan. Hehe. Anyway, I'm thinking of sharing some of my favourite songs here. The songs may not be to your liking since I don't know if anyone here would share the same taste in music as me. I'm actually into oldies and classics. Yup. So, hope you like those songs! Music's a nice form of escapism after all.

This is "Eternal Flame" by Human Nature, an Australian boyband. They did their own rendition of this song in 1999. The original singer is Susan Hoffman, I think, with her 80's band The Bangles. But I prefer this version somehow. Susan's Hoffman's voice is a little shrill, though tender. And guys singing in formal suits is another factor of appeal. =P

"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" by George Michael and Elton John. It's my favourite song, by the way.

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel. Art Garfunkel's the taller one with curly blond hair and Paul Simon's the shorter one. This song is actually a hit song written and performed by both of them in 1971. Another of my favourite songs! Yay! And in this video, they're singing it again in their "Old friends: live on stage" tour in 2003. So they're both ah-peks now! But they still sound good! Especially when both of them harmonise their voices together. Perfect!

Okay, that's all! Best of luck for the rest of your papers!

Shuqi

Graduation Videos

2006-10-22T21:42:00.000+08:00

In case you didn't realise... these videos were uploaded on YouTube 6 days ago already... so now you can adore them...

If you haven been revising your work, it's the time to do so now.

Do you regret/feel sad/wadever that you might not be singing the school song anymore? OR Do you want to sing it during Prom??

Ms Ling just loves the camera. Hmm.
[Highlight the below text for translation if you cannot understand:

Ms Ling: Don't take pics of me like that leh. Very ugly like auntie. If you want I let down my hair...
Ying2: This is a video...
Ms Ling: *shocked*
kw: yah say something nice now to salvage the situation
Ms Ling: Actually it doesn't matter whether I let down my hair anot, I'll still look beautiful anyway, so there's actually no need to go doll up purposely.
mel: Ms Ling very ego
Ms Ling: eh you better cut away this part!

Ok end of spoilers]

Ok 11 days left. Aren't you guys excited?
Mug Hard Everyone!!
*goes back mugging*

- kw

farewell assembly

2006-10-17T15:43:00.000+08:00

this photo is damn nice! what a successful JUMP!

octo!

cake for october babies!

october babies!

alvin, ms ling and kangwei with suzie pose!

acting short!

cla-ers!

got ghost!!!! freaky!

Farewell 16 Oct 2006 (Preview only)

2006-10-16T19:59:00.000+08:00

Hey octos! here are some of the pics that we took today.
More photos can be found at gmail.google.com if you want the original photos and not the resized ones.

Login details:
Username: octomaniacs
Password: (as per normal. same as blogger)

To all others who have pics, pls send ur original files to octomaniacs@gmail.com so that we can download them as well. thx!! :)

Ok, so here's a preview of the pics:

1st things 1st, remember to tap card before 7.40am!

class photo... minus some ppl

...at rooftop with NJ crest

CL'A' with KW's BEST frend.

kw's susie pose.

CL'A' with 杨老师. (she's former RVian)

apparently smth happened to this blogger, and i can't upload the other pics. check the email. there are many more there. so sorry. :s

ziheng

2006-10-11T18:32:00.000+08:00

2006-10-10T23:59:00.000+08:00

What's up next Monday?

2006-10-10T23:50:00.000+08:00

To All JC2s,

The Seniors' Farewell Assembly will be on the 16 October 2006 at 11.30am in the Hall.

From 10.30am onwards, there will be a tea spread at the link way for the teachers and students to mingle and look at photos and messages, before going up to the hall.

At 11.30 am, all JC2s should be seated in the hall. You should sit in your classes and preferably have your Civics Tutor with you.

The emcee for the day will be Lee Jing from 06IP03.
The programme will start with Mrs Cheng giving her farewell speech to the JC2s.
Then the presentation of messages from the teachers,
After which, Shawn Tan Han Kit will represent the Class of 06 and give a speech.

The event should end after that and teachers can then use the time to give out results, do necessary administration work or continue with the tea in the linkway.

Thank you.

(excrept from KM... remember citations are important!)

class photos!

2006-10-09T23:40:00.000+08:00

octomaniacs:)

2006-09-24T11:32:00.000+08:00

clearer pictures=) i realised i could've scanned them in easily.

Class of 05S08

FORMAL SHOT!

TAMPERED FORMAL SHOT!

PINKOMANIACS!

eight is us.

=)=)=)

2006-09-18T13:15:00.000+08:00

CANDYSHOP@COCCOLATTE

Sunday 3rd Dec 06 -
After Party at Cocco Latte

The Candy Shop--nj's party of the year!

Watch our very own stunning break dancers & slickhip hoppers burn the dance floor & let the TENOR BASS BROTHERS blow you away with their amazing vocals! Check out NJ's sweetest babes and hunkiest dudes as they battle it out for the MOST CANDILICIOUS title++ more to be confirmed!
it's all about the fun!

From now till mid oct, NJCians can purchase tickets at an exclusive price of $16! grab a group of 7 schoolmates and we'll shave the price of each ticket down to $15.

Mid oct onwards : $18 for pre-sale tickets, $20 at thedoor
open to all aged 16 and above (that includes the IPsand J1s, or any other sec4s who wanna have some fun!)
grab the chance to let your hair down and celebrate the post exam period! (:

tickets include 1 free drink and a free flow of delish candies

NJcians, do yourselves a favour by reposting this bulletin! shed the grey and PAINT THE TOWN RED!

C’mon y’all lets giddit on!
WE WILL PARTY ALL NIGHT.
for tickets / more details
Contact Steph@91714770 or Shuqi@97601824

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anyone wants to stayover at the art block this weekend?!
class stayover?!

-!kUng

Yay it's tips?

2006-09-10T00:00:00.000+08:00

Remain a positive attitude.

Just think how beautiful it is to see everyone blend into the tables and chairs. You won't see that anywhere else.

Lift up your paper. Read the papers carefully and pray the answers are included inside too.

Remember. No matter what happens...

STAY CALM

We'll rock and stone the prelims. Good luck everyone -_-
(credits to sherinah for posing hahah)

CHEESE!

2006-09-07T19:12:00.000+08:00

CREATIVE SCHOLARS.

PRIM AND PROPER OCTOS=)

pink octopus attack!!

LOOK AT SAM WILL YOU.

***will pass order list after prelims=)

2006-09-07T13:31:00.000+08:00

55 MORE DAYS TO THE A LEVELS.

Yours faithfully,

sbdy whu hasn started studyin for prelims,

your own darlin Sherin.

happy birthday

2006-09-04T00:00:00.000+08:00

to our dearest CT rep:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
生日快乐
Selamat hari jadi
सालगिरह की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag

お誕生日おめでとうございます

생일축하합니다
สุขสันต์วันเกิด
¡felíz cumpleaños
Sretan rođendan
Všechno nejlepši
Tillykke med fødselsdagen
Hyvää syntymäpäivää
გილოცავ(თ) დაბადების დღეს
Buon compleanno
Felix dies natalis
Tєрсєн єдрийн баяр хvргэе
С днем рождения

go octos!

2006-09-03T00:06:00.000+08:00

this is the photo taken after our last pe lesson.

when i look at it, i'm reminded of our netball game. how we stopped the game whenever we liked, to laugh at our stupid actions. like sherin running with the ball.

i have the image of us sitting under the nj sky on that big red mattress, screaming unnecessarily and singing the stupid ppg (powerpuff girls) song. and some girls throwing mich's shoe about, making her sit on the floor and act like a small girl throwing tantrums.

jiayou with mugging! i hope we'll still take out time to exercise, have fun, and treasure the time left=)

happy hols!
mav

Brace yourselves for more drooling!

2006-09-03T00:03:00.000+08:00

hahaha so sorry guys this is so quite very late! heh but better late than never! =D take a breather from all that mugging and enjoy the pics! :)

here goes...

Why does mr wee look so buay song when he’s got 2 prettaye babes standing beside him?

Kangwei’s so tired he can’t open his eyes.

Now he’s got ziheng affected. Hmm.

A clearer version of PMS. Hawhaw.

Miss ng’s cutting the cake.

Now for some cake smashing. They’re too fast for the cam.

Haha now kw guai guai stand there. And look at how eager miss ng is to feed him! =D

Now lijuan’s the victim.

Zh and his phone.

Yay class photo! 17 ppl there including miss ng! We miss the other 12!

The unexplained repulsion while we're trying hard to get them to take a photo together. nono not aini and samuel...

pull pull.

run run.

there. finally. evelyn and samuel! and soks is the cute cupid. XD

prissy!

me and pris :)

Pris miss ng and me. This photo looks like we descended from heaven. Got the halo feeling. Heh.

When will the guys ever learn to be photo-ready at all times?

All smiles. :)

me and mavis :D

prior to this zh was taking a photo with sherinah. their back view looked good. but the cam was a bit wols ah. couldn't get it in time. heah heah.

doesn't this photo just wanna make you roll off your chair laughing? this is a sherinah classic! =DDD

ziheng and lijuan! hehe. like what mav said, zh was like a cassanova, going ard taking pics with girls. tsktsk. XD

hahaha. trying to escape the fate of being caught in a scandalous photo!

blackies!

germans with a G!

a germans photo with kw tryna come in.

okaye we finally agreed to let him in. we are kind. :)

whities! someone commented that this photo looks like a mountain. heh.

on our way to the atrium to find the teachers.

physics ppl and miss khoo.

physics ppl and mr lim.

chem ppl and mr wee.

maths ppl and miss ling. nice hair, miss ling! =D

kw warned us about this candid shot coming along the way. hehe.

yay nice. =D

hmm. *rubs chin*. look at zh and weiting. haha. better still, look at apri and samuel!! HAHA.

on our way to mini class lunch at coro. zh is so cheesy. samuel is so shy. and apri is so cool. hurhur. correction. Act cool. :D

sherinah's fingers cutting samuel's head...

and it's gone! btw sherinah what blinding fingers you have. hehehe XD

evelyn soks sherin and me at newton mrt station. haha this is so cliched but we all love it, don't we? ;)

it looks abit haunting. hehe. dun play alr its still seventh month. haha.

we were walking to marina square and we saw this. the building was going into the sky! :D

another sherinah classic! what can i say man? haha!

yay finally the timer worked properly. haha.

phew. finally its all up. haha. :)

press on okaye ppl! jiayou mugging!! we're in this together. we'll do this together! =D

ALL THE WAY OCTOS!!!

<3 chelle

:)

Cheers to Teachers~

2006-08-31T20:11:00.000+08:00

Ok I'm going to make you guys drool looking at the pics today. Ok I'm not that evil actually lah.

Before that you can take a look at this walking radio with Ms Ling's expression.

Hmm okay let's start with the main dish today.
(Oh zh blogged an entry below so you can go down and look at it after you've seen mine haha)

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We found this cute little disc with our name engraved on it...

... so we decided to put our cake on top and present to the teachers!!

"You sure my present is nice anot?"

"Wah... it's so heavy"

The video on presenting the present...

So it's actually a hairclip with lots of flowers... (thanks to Apri who chose it)

And we sang the Happy Teacher's Day song!!

Sorry but this is the best looking mass photo already.
You can adore Samuel's innocent looking face.

See what people always do behind my back??

This is an open minded society mind you.

Mr Wee is too touched by the card that he started drooling instead of WEEping.

Camels and the big camel.

Ms Khoo and her smirky look, or khoo look?

Hello to future physicts~

Here's Mr Lim and his class and friends~

You never knew this was coming along right!! Hahaha!!
Yeah Chinese Rocks!!

"Yes? What is happening?"

Ms Ling is paranoid. Either she's scared of her own Maths Rep or she's scared of the cam. (Or the person holding the cam? -_-)

Here comes the BEST PART.

Do you want tips for Maths Prelim Exam?

Ms Ling reveals it ALL... Play the video now to find out!

So are you enlightened now?

I think this pic looks better than the one below...

... See I told you~

Another "mass" photo here...

Yeah!! To the PE teachers and gang~

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Okay it's time to come back to reality...
within 80 minutes of leaving the hall and coming back...
this is what you see...

Welcome back to mugger's world.
Hope you've an enjoyable teacher's day for both teachers and students~

teachers' day 2006

2006-08-31T17:29:00.000+08:00

hey, this is my first post! i finally know how this thing works! here r the photos taken using my PHONE. the others who were MORE advanced and used CAMERAs, can u'all upload them? i want the large grp photos tt we took, which i dun happen to have cos my phone cannot squeeze everyone in. :)

cake for ms ng

ms ng cutting cake.

the guys, minus kw, alv and yk.

now kw's in the pic.

with soks.
someone's gg to get jealous, if he reads our class blog. haha :)

with anbulla!

with the germans... but then where's mich?

nah, here.

P. M. S.

and the 主角 trying to erm.... force-feed kw. =.=

yup, that's all i have. sorry pris, the one u took with me is too blur, so didn't upload. =P

cheers, ziheng

2006-08-29T19:48:00.000+08:00

nia and her pretty sculpture!!

nia covered with smelly goose feather!!! haha...

jia you all aeppers!!!

dedication

2006-08-27T22:00:00.000+08:00

for the aeppers. whose coursework deadline is impending.... the deadline's coming nia(near). HAHA.

all the way man!

2006-08-20T23:00:00.000+08:00

JC2s Classpic Competition!!!

2006-08-18T22:13:00.000+08:00

Just in case you always waste your 5 bucks every month by NOT visiting the KM...

JC2s Classpic Competition!!!

All JC2 Classes. Here is an opportunity for 4 classes to win a $50 voucher (I have been told you don't want Popular, or Borders, or NTUC) of your choice. Just put 5 pictures of your class onto a disk, label it and leave it at the main office by 31 August 2006, Thursday. The pictures should depict class spirit, liveliness, originality and at least 3 must be taken somewhere in College or of the class participating in a College-organised activity. I'm sure you have loads of pictures, just choose 5. Needless to say, the sharper the images the better as we hope to enlarge the very best ones. Thank you.

[CAPS] OKAY IT'S TIME TO WIN THE VOUCHER!! [/CAPS]

Hmm I'll post a few up later.... then maybe we have a vote or something?? and if you got more candid shots or whatever just post them up too!! (ying2 i know you got alot!!) =D

Fireworks fiasco!

2006-08-13T22:28:00.000+08:00

The fireworks were great!
Here's the following few things that happened!

-Someone got very excited when soks arrived.. *smirks*

-YK and Alvin went exploring the hotels... (that sounds abit gay huh? but dun get the wrong idea...)

-KW filmed the fireworks halfway and something got into his eye (We think it could possibly be the spark from the fireworks) and he was temporarily blinded...

"Don't need to cry over fireworks lah!" -me
"Are you okay?" -rizki
"What happened? Are you okay?" -mav as she takes over the cam to continue videotaping... awwww. that's sooo sweet!

heh.

-Zh is a pseudo-cheena-mugger! Cause he sent us all this touching msg saying how his first fireworks is with us and he really cherishes it =) So touching. And e msg was in ...*gasp* english!

-Mav, Rizki and I went in search for rubbish bin to throw away food packages... THERE WAS NONE AT MARINA BAY! We searched high and low.. and all the while, Mav got increasingly paranoid about crowds.. it was seriously crowded... with everyone swarming like snakes.. I think she's abit claustrophobic.. here's the following dumb stuff she did:

-pushed the door open when there's an automatic door next to it...
-knocked into a tiny girl who looked shocked and i had to help her say sorry to Horrified Mom.
-started covering her ears and looking at me and rizki maniacally asking us if there's another way out...

hehe.. sorry mav... for publicizing your "chou3 shi4"! still love you. heh.

lalala. and that's all for my food for thought! =)

Signing off,
your loveliest mel in da house!

Fireworks fiasco

2006-08-13T22:18:00.000+08:00

Pyroworks

2006-08-12T20:08:00.000+08:00

So we finally went to see the fireworks...

Err noo this is not Hong Kong. But does it look like?

Well all the photos turned out quite horrible looking so I think the video looked more decent. I bet the others have better looking photos -_-||

Hmmm this is not National Stadium... but look at the WOAH amount of people coming to watch

8 for octo. Well 2 more were on their way... trying to be as fast as they could.
So Apri!! Upload your pics!!

Kg Bahru

2006-08-10T11:05:00.000+08:00

Tell me, my dear classmates, what does the above sign stand for?

*secretly prays that you will say the same thing I did*

NOOOO! Not kampong Bahru?!!

Alright alright blame it on my occasional bimboticness. I saw it and 'kong bahru' came to my mind almost immediately. And mavnanishuqimel had to laugh like hyenas. Shuqi even said something to do with yingying, '!kung bahru' or something. -_-

Thanks to the stubbornness of guys and girls what started as a ten persons lunch ended up in a mavshuqinanimelme lunch at habourfront. Haha but it was fun nonetheless!

Wait. Let me get some pictures out from the national day celebrations!

The clappers look like red tree branches here. How freakay.

Thank you Ms Ng for the proud potato chips! They made us proud to be Singaporeans, too. =p

Can you see the pink shirt guy who looked like he was on 10 kilos of heroine? Seriously. He was jumping around so much to his band's music that we almost feared for his sanity.

THE REDS GO MARCHING IN! We don't care. We are still the secret winners of the ne challenge trophy and the cheering competition. humph. And shuqi don't be shy! =D

Back to the lunch at habourfront! Actually nothing much lah, so here's a picture!

whee. Happy national day, and happy mugging people!

2006-07-29T10:39:00.000+08:00

Firstly, I wanna say how surprised I was when there were so many people going for pizza lunch! Cause people do comment that we're only united on the front since we're so clique-ish. (eee i dun like the word too, mave.) But I counted, there were 21 people who turned up (not including rizki haha). Imagine, 21 out of 28! And those who didn't come, mostly couldn't make it, not didn't want to :D

s08 so rocks.

Secondly, I'm also really proud of everyone's patience in waiting around for so long, for clearing the plates ourselves, for staying cheerful and for thinking of how to join more tables so all the girls can sit together :)

Thirdly, I had so much fun listening to/talking rubbish. Embarrassing moments, about cheesy things, about scandals- be it real, or speculative or absolutely fake.. -___-" yingkang and michelle? hmmm. interesting =) no wonder gp lesson YK always sit inbetween me and michelle. dun let me sit with her =( hahaha. the love triangle between evelyn samuel and apri? heh.

I guess clique's are inevitable everywhere, as long as the whole class goes out once in a while and talks to each other not only our own clique, that's absolutely great to me =) oh, and i'll bring back the past for awhile. I still remember my first day in s08, being alone and without any other s07ner with me.. I really resented being in s08 despite telling myself to be open and make friends.. I really resented my choice to take lit instead of continuing with FM..

But the elits and their hospitality and their friendliness made me feel welcome, especially xh, mave, nani and sq and the fact they let me hang out with them even though they were from s22 except me. Their love for lit was infectious and made me not regret my choice in changing my subject combi.

S08 was friendly, funny, witty and engaging. People like bimbos, the guys who we always question their manhood (heh), nj046 and every single one in s08 made the days spent since 1st April so fun, and kept me from ponning school (oops) cause of how I thot I can see all the nice people in s08 everyday =)

Now, I'm really really REALLY glad things turned out the way they are, i'm glad I changed combi, I'm glad i'm not in s07 anymore... cause of all the wonderful people i got to meet in s08! YOU GUYS! (or should i say YOU GIRLS! :p )

kidding bout the girls kay. all the guys in our class are wonderful GUYS too.

haha. dunno how this entry got so personal. was supposed to talk bout s08 but ended up talking bout me. sorry.

I can't wait for all of us to go to ms ling's cocktail =) We shall take a chio chio picture of her and post here then okay? Then she won't complain bout her KM picture :D

P.S: Thanks for letting Rizki come along, it meant alot to me, especially that day. Elits would know why =)

P.P.S: Phototaking was wild! ;)

2006-07-27T19:00:00.000+08:00

2 entries on pizza luNch, take note!

Half Day @ Pizza Hut

2006-07-27T18:50:00.000+08:00

Hi Ms Ling,

Our class went to pizza hut today after the half day for luNch.

Since the workers were short-handed, we decided to take initiative and help clear up the tables ourselves. Definitely a good quality exemplified by NJCians. =)

Interacting with one another is a great example to show that we have good time management while waiting for the food to be served. (Though we still think taking our tutorials out to do is the best way to spend time)

This is the cheesy lava pizza or whatever you call it. We still take the time off to calculate the area of this pizza. The equation (PIE)r² never leaves our mind.

We are 90% confident that these meals will make our stomach 80% full.

Ermmm... there's 5!/5 types of arrangement for the guys to sit around this table.
Hey please look at the camera (-_- )

Yesss that's the way. 12! arrangements for the people at this row of tables.

From this picture, we can see that out of 16 sample octos, 15 are smiling.
(i) Estimate the percentage of all(28) octos smiling during a photo taking session from this sample.
(ii) Calculate the 98% confidence limits for this estimate.
(iii) What is the smallest sample size would have to be taken in order to estimate the percentage to within 0.5%? Comment on the feasibility of the sample size.

Please solve this question before leaving our blog. Thank You =)

pizzamaniacs

2006-07-27T18:16:00.000+08:00

thankyou!!

for the waiting of the plates to be cleared.
for the waiting of orders to be taken.
for the attempts to rush the crew.
for the attempts to clear the dishes ourselves.
for the complaints about the pathetic service(or lack thereof).
for the complaints about having to pay 10% service charge nonetheless.

for the laughter.
for the food.
for the people.

an extract of a typical convie would be as such:
girl 1: wah weiting want to fight with lijuan for ziheng ah!
girl 2: let's create the highest order scandal. ey rizki, mel is with ziheng!
girl 3: no, let's create the HIGHEST order scandal. ey mel, rizki is with ziheng!!

hahah.

well what's the latest news. ms ling reads our class blog! [quote] "don't know what octopus something. don't think your teachers never read what you all write". [unquote] haha! imagine our shock. well she might not be the only one. and does that mean teachers read our personal blogs too. that's not her main point. her main point was the blurred photo in the etude entry which has since been removed. haha!

when ms ling said she reads our blog and commented on our unity and bond, some would beg to differ. it's just the appearance, perhaps. we may not be super united and bonded, but at least everyone has harmless mild characters(weird description). i'm just trying to say, everyone's generally very nice and caring people. there're more extreme ones like nani(so she claims), and YINGKANG, and a couple of others, but there're no conflicts of sorts. we all have a closer group of friends we enjoy being with (aka cliques- but i detest that word), but there's just something that makes us want to sit together on the same table during lunch, and for majority of us to want to turn up for an impromptu pizza lunch. rock on s08! to sherin, soks, charmaine, yingkang, huixian, junjie, pris who couldnt make it - we missed your presence!

well there's a 95% confidence interval that ms ling will visit our blog. so here's the evidence statement:

ms ling invited us for cocktail before her wedding dinner starts!! which falls on the very same day as our graduation night(aka prom).

27 other classmates aren't enough to make weiting want to go for prom. but one ms ling's making her consider. haha!

jiayou for prelims=D

Poll of the week

2006-07-16T20:54:00.000+08:00

Hmm CLA is good for health... but I dunno what it really does...

We're still waiting. Wherefore art thou our great leader?

Interact more so that we don't waste time waiting for P.

Posing in front of the cam is good way to save time too.

No more pic already. Refer to previous post then =

Etude XXXI

2006-07-09T01:32:00.000+08:00

It's the day of Etude.

There's beautiful clouds too.

And it's National Day Preview also. The helicopters flew past. Look at our flags!!

The Italian wannabes.
You must be wondering what is this doing here. Look carefully.

Oh Nani looks so beautiful in the picture. She must be smirking with joy =)

They're dancing. Can you see who is it?

Yessss it's APRI and shuheng!! Look at how (toot) they're dancing!! :D

And this is the video~

It's finally the time to take a class pic!!

Apri shows off his flowers and digicam to Nani and Shuqi.

Yet another pic. Oh man mel poses so specially.

And Shuqi turned so bright. Why? Go figure.

2006-07-03T10:30:00.000+08:00

yup i agree with the previous post (xh's not kangwei's... -___________-")

remember the chart mrs cheng showed us? everyone shot up only gradually during CT2, then gradually during prelims, and shot up all the way during A's! So i guess that means even if we dun do well getting our results back soon... as long as we've done our best, dun be disheartened okies(:

anyway, i realised i've been forgetting to put up comics in class these days, so here's some (: love you all!

-mel :D

Cheese

2006-07-01T19:22:00.000+08:00

Oh well I'm feeling bored since my tests are over. Well no offence but jiayou the germs, aepples and litters =D

Wonder how cheese looks like?

Err this is not cheese.

There you go. This is a cheese.

This is a cheese too.

More cheese.

And more more cheese.

Hope you've got a better idea on what a cheese is. Yawn (=.=)

htwocothree

2006-06-29T23:40:00.000+08:00

It's a tough time. Most of us feel lousy for the fact that we studied, but the questions that appear on the white sheet of exam paper don't strike a chord with the things we've studied.

Well, at least I do.

A cause for worry? Maybe. To feel that you are not up to it, you can't get an A in the end for the subject? I'd say, no way hosay!

We might feel kinda defeated, satisfied or angry after getting the ct2 results back, but (like what so many people say, though its alarmingly true) what matters so much more is that we learn, and do better next time. For the next step is in view. The prelims! ohmanohman.

Haha let's strive to be the 4A that gets all the 3/4As ya?

love.xh=)

funny jap clips!

2006-06-25T01:10:00.000+08:00

hey people!
stress relief!!!
damn funny!

this is on massage chairs!
click here!

this is on toilets!
click here!

good luck for cts!!! :)))
all the best~~~

why is this place so dead?

2006-06-07T17:11:00.000+08:00

i tot now holidys then we all got more time to net loaf... like... uhh.. loafing. uhh. nemind. why is this place so dead? where are all the madcap antics of the octomaniacs? somebody answer me!

we should have a class outing. yes. thats what will jumpstart this sad place. we should.

anyone?

Cantabile XX pictures, Courtesy of Shuqi's digital camera

2006-05-29T21:07:00.000+08:00

Before the concert:

Apri's mysteriously handsome back. Samuel was locked out by him, by the way.

There you go: The "hottest couple around" (quoting Rizki on Mel's tagboard), Me, Mav's potential darling.

Huixian, KW, Samuel, Apri. Mel was supposedly sitting next to Huixian, but her face seemed to have dissolved into the darkness. Poor Mel.

Errmmm, I didn't manage to take snapshots of the performance though. =(

After the concert:

Yay! Class picture! With an extra someone, of course, but we shall forgive him on Mel's account! =P

Yay! Another lovely picture! All the girls looked so chio, all the guys looked so STUNNING! *winks*

I know this seems irrelevant, but CHEERS to the ex-o5s22 people! =)))))

Home sweet home...

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Ladies and gentlemen, now comes what KW has been anxiously waiting for...

Oops, sorry, wrong picture!

....

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.......................

..........................................

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Ahhhhhh yes, this one... finally! Awwwwwwww... tell me, how sweeeeeeeeeeet can this get? *applause and multiple fireworks*

I sincerely hope all of you have enjoyed this entry. I think I should have taken more pictures though.

Signing off,

Shuqi.

P.S. Mel wore a skirt that night!

Surprise!!

2006-05-18T22:24:00.000+08:00

Elections 2006

2006-05-06T22:38:00.000+08:00

Vote for Nani?

OR Hilda?

to be our class bimbo?? :)

class tee

2006-05-01T13:02:00.000+08:00

haha u've got no news of it cos
1) the one at far east is too ex
2) the one at jurong point has lousy shirt quality
so nani and jojo promised to check it out at queensway next week cos aristal has ended and they've no dance!

*envy,envy*

lalala

more of aristal! =)

2006-04-30T22:36:00.000+08:00

Dances

2006-04-30T15:47:00.000+08:00

aristal!

2006-04-28T20:00:00.000+08:00

All about joanna

2006-04-22T17:59:00.000+08:00

sob.

2006-04-17T15:34:00.000+08:00

For this whole week, I, Teng XiaoHui and dear Mavis Goh will miss the octomaniacs a lot a lot!

For the lame jokes cracked in class.

For the countless no. of times we laugh whenever Miss Ling tries to be funny.

For the noisy civics lessons that Ms Ng tries to calm with her motherly disposition.

And simply, for the fact that you guys are fun and happy to be with!!

sob.

Like I told Mel, I'll pick up a leaf/stone/pebble from the streets of Verona every day to show that my thoughts lie with the octos. (stuff there very ex, so buying sth isn't very feasible)

Oh and one more thing, all the best to our dancers Nani, Nia, Sherinah, Pris, Soks and Jojo for Aristle '06! Though we won't be there physically, we'll try to be telephatic on that night to wish you guys good luck! =D

That's all. MISS YOU GUYS!

NJ046!!

2006-04-13T18:15:00.000+08:00

Let the pictures tell the story instead...

The cups filled with tears...

Oh no....

Why must they be so specific!!??

*Went mad and was talking to the chair*
She's currently residing in IMH Class A ward.

Why must the world end up in this way???

Nani and Charmaine were too depressed to be attending the greiving session that one of them kept stamping her foot and the other hitting the air with her palm.

Let's give NJ046 their condolences and wish them for the best in finding their beloved ST to TREAT him.

*Bonus Pic*
Let's hope he won't see this :P

But everyone let's not feel sad. There's still November to save you back. PW is just a teeny weeny puny peeny 10% of U admission. (yah right). Just remember you're not alone, and there'll always be people at the end of the road!! Just like the picture below.

You don't believe?? Look at this picture below then...

Isn't this right shuqi? :)

Happy Good Friday to all too!!

octomaniacs, how i love you so

2006-04-11T16:49:00.000+08:00

octomaniacs, how i love you so.
you all are like the wind in the meadows
the music in my soul.
you all are the meaning of my existence
in this grey stony njc
the laughter in my ears
the bright cheerful smiles i see.

without octos i'd be
a violinist without a bow,
a sky without the stars,
a boat without anyone at row,
a lonely road without the cars.

i love you s08 (:

LOVE, MEL.

Ubin updates

2006-04-08T00:05:00.000+08:00

Err it's been a week but why still got ubin ar...
Ok let's not ask so much. Anyway there's this magnificent number of resources for the ubin trip lah... The full collection consists of:

Ying ying's "enrichment" which is 120mb big, consisting of 53 photos.
Shuqi's "31 march enrichment week", 83.0mb big, 29 pics and 4 vids.
KM's one (from the media exchange folder), which is splitted into 2 zip folders "ubin-km-part1" and "ubin-km-part2" of 129mb each, 89 pics in total.
Kangwei's "ubinpics-kw", 17.3mb containing 54 photos. (Heh that's economical to your hard disk) and "ubinvids-kw", 23.6mb containing 14 videos.
Ziheng's "ubinpic-zh" 96.8mb contaning 58 photos and "ubinvid-zh" 125mb with 24 videos inside (must take!!).
And some other stuffs which are 56k friendly... like alvin's photos and videos, and ying ying's videos in the canteen of the xi nu ai le of the 2 people.

Eek. They add up to be more than 720mb big. Means you can't fit them into a disc!! NOO!! Ok enough of statistics. Get from the online people for these stuffs k. (Make sure you using broadband -_-)

End of my eccentric update.

pulau ubin

2006-04-01T19:31:00.000+08:00

Pulau Ubin

2006-04-01T15:08:00.000+08:00

(edited)

for your information, these are done by alvin. yah.

-you know who i am

Enrichment Week

2006-03-29T23:57:00.000+08:00

Are you guys having a fun enrichment week??
I know some are and some aren't. But I think i'm having quite a fun time for the past 2 days. Today was crap though with the lame Uni talks...

Oh and share your pics with the others ok!! There's an octomaniacs photobucket created long time ago for you to store class photos but it was hellishly underused... So I thought this would be a good time to reuse it again...

I assume you guys know what is photobucket... username and password remains the same so... go upload and share with the ppl k!! :D

Uni Open House!!

2006-03-11T21:38:00.000+08:00

Hey guys if you haven go for NUS and NTU open house you should go for it and see see... unless you think you have ur road planned out already, or if u too busy mugging. -_-"

They're still on tml I think. NUS tml still got... not sure about NTU... check out their websites if you wanna know more about it ok.

Oh and of course there are quite alot of goodies... particulary NUS ones where you get this cute little lion called LINUS!! (look at the pic below.) They are giving out ONE lion only, so don't ask me why there're 2 in the picture. That's for you to guess =D

Oh there're waterbottles also... made up of polymers which I dunno which type of polymer it is... so you can check it out if you want... And other basic stuffs lah... There's this dog like competition also... ok lah not dog like... cause this chem dept ppl wan to play a game with you where you smell 3 perfumes and one of them is the different one... If you pass 3 stages you'll win a windbreaker I think... so if you don't have one... and need it for the common test... go train your nose n go tml =)

In NTU there's one big hall specially dedicated for those engineering stuffs. (Ouch)... yah material science and engineering and this and that.... Then there's this thing which is quite fun where u move some cylinders which are materials like wood, plant all these. Cause it's like a virtual space journey and it shows you what happen to that matter when it reaches Earth and Mars lah... on a 17" screen I think. Quite cute. Oh and on the way out there's this bunch of people who are like trying to make world record of balloons or something...

But they let go of it soon after. And I took a video of it when I was outisde the campus lah... so prominent. Whatever. (-_- ) Ok end of advertising. Go grab your friends and go with them tml if you're tempted k.

If you dunno who's this kind person writing so much info, kindly check msn and see his/her display pic. Ok bye :)

YAY!!!

2006-03-08T23:00:00.000+08:00

I LOVE U S08!!!

I'm serious!! i realli love u all! Thanks for being there always to cheer me up wen i'm down, for makin me laugh, for makin me enjoy comin to school, for makin my lessons FUN!

LOVE U GUYS!

Ten Top Trivia Tips about us!!

2006-03-04T23:02:00.000+08:00

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Octomaniacs!

Octomaniacs are actually a fruit, not a vegetable!
Oranges, lemons, watermelons, pineapples and octomaniacs are all berries.
Worldwide, octomaniacs are the most important natural enemy of night-flying insects.
All shrimp are born as octomaniacs, but gradually mature into females!
Octomaniacs can sleep for three and a half years.
The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in octomaniacs.
Octomaniacs were the first Tsar of Russia.
Octomaniacs cannot burp - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomach.
Octomaniacolatry is the mindless worship of octomaniacs.
Octomaniacs can sleep with one eye open!

Lao Yu Sheng!!

2006-02-11T23:49:00.000+08:00

The CLA class!! 10 people full attendance!!

The Yu Sheng - BEFORE

Lao ah!!

Look at Mr Ho... raising it so damn high

Laoing still

The final product after our wishes and laoing. (Look at how messy the table is -_-)

名校有良好学习环境

2006-01-14T00:56:00.001+08:00

by 林子恒

拜读了冯敏捷《我毕业自邻里小学》（12月31日）一文后，我有不同的看法。

　　首先，冯读者当初放弃了名校，毅然到邻里中学就读，是一般学生所办不到的，毕竟有谁不想进入“好学校”呢？我相信冯读者写此文只是要向大家表示邻里学校并非如众人所想的那样糟糕，也有它们可取之处。

　　然而，冯读者说她在一个没有心机的环境中成长，似乎在暗示，名校的校风是充满心机与艰险的。这是不正确的。我的母校，立化中学，算是所谓的“名校”，然而我在立化的那四年里，却不曾感受过半点的明争暗斗。相反的，同学之间以礼相待，若是在学习上遇到了困难，身边的朋友也都会积极地协助。

　　其次，冯读者也批评名校生“每天为了测验而读书，为了考试而考试”。名校的大大小小测验考试或许比较频密，但也并不表示大家一整天都是为了测验而读书。我们也有课程辅助活动的呀。此外，再以立化为例，我们也有一连串与学术课程无密切关系的活动，纯粹只为让立化学生有机会接触课本以外的知识。可见，名校生的校园生活并非与书本朝夕相对，反而是有很多精彩的节目等待着他们去参与。

　　再者，名校生的“心灵成长”并没有受到约束。名校生也是有生活乐趣的。我们也会听音乐，做运动，与朋友网上闲聊。看看最近出炉的“校园Superstar”就知道了，入围者有一些是所谓的名校生。

　　到目前为止，我似乎一直在维护着名校。但其实，邻里学生并非“坏学生”。他们只不过学习进度较慢。名校所能提供给学生的，邻里学校就不见得不能提供。我国的小六会考状元不就有好一些出自邻里小学么？中学方面，邻里中学在学术成绩或是课程辅助活动方面都有不错的表现。我们之所以要有这么多学校，就是因为教育部相信“因材施教”，不同学校应该朝不同的卓越领域发展，为学生提供多样化的选择。　　

　　我有幸就读过邻里小学以及名牌中学，因此对于两种学习环境都有一定的认识。我并不认为这两种学校有什么两极化的差别，因为教师们都尽心尽力的负起教育下一代的重任，课程辅助活动方面，大家也是投入了百分之一百的热忱。但是，学习终究得靠自身的努力，因此不论是在邻里学校抑或是名校，只要肯付出努力，到最后一定会收到成果的。

　　

·作者是初级学院生

Design a Game Competition

2006-01-10T19:51:00.000+08:00

Tml is the very day you'll meet 06s08!!

If you want to have a fun time with them, plan out a game that will bond and make everyone get to know each other NOW and tell us before daybreak tomorrow and stand to win this attractive prize of the very limited edition of the bright pink octomaniacs 100 dollars below.

There'll only be one winner. So think quick!! Just don't suggest whacko. Think NOW!!

heys!

2006-01-09T20:19:00.000+08:00

i think this picture is quite funny!
come to think of it, we haven't taken many.

the blog is seriously rotting!
anyway samuel suggested having a big pink octopus on our black noticeboard then to have the 8 legs stretching out of the board. and towards the teacher if possible o_O he wants it bright pink so that can be an eyesore to the teacher.

LOl.

mav

hey milomel

2005-12-27T19:16:00.000+08:00

yes... its truly sad tat no one has posted anything here. so... just for fun, i will flash u all a picture...

ready?

wait ah...

i get it ready first....

must upload first....

aiyo......

where is it??

hmmm....

tada! its a picture of....our neoprint!

wahahaha... cool anot? wohoo....

prepare already anot? left a few days left till school reopens...

i heard that ms khoo is gg to be our physics teacher again.

enjoy ur days while u still can!

love,
someone who is in tt neoprint

MEL

2005-12-19T13:17:00.000+08:00

yay! i'm done with studying for this hols!! But still have organic chem.. :(

HAHAHA. been out of touch with s08ters!! WHERE ARE U GUYS!!

i only know what the following people have been up to recently:
lee shuqi
wong kangwei (HAHAHA, great laugh)
mavis goh
teng xiaohui
nani irryanni (is this how to spell it?)

oh no. gtg bye!

FISH

2005-12-02T12:25:00.000+08:00

earrrrgh.

i'm feeling so disconnected from everybody!

i mean, what with my handphone being confiscated FOR A BLOODY FREAKIN WEEK, and having to MUG MY BUTT OFF for weirdest reasons such as not letting my parents down and not being pulled out of the team. ~~It's not as if i actually care bout the grades.~~ Afterall, i'm kinda ambitionless right now, so what's the point of grades.

i hate mugging!
i wish there was something less pointless i cld do with my life!

EARGHHHH i'm so angsty! I NEED THE SUN.

i hate being cooped up at home!

Okay. I admit, i'm just exaggerating. The hols have been pretty good so far, except there are true times i really feel super frustrated with myself. Those are the times i spend an hour doing a maths question (which is probably damn simple actually), or the times I spent half an hour staring at the same page in my textbook or notes, or the times I marked my tys MCQ answers and only got like 10 out of 30 questions right, or the times i needed help but couldn't reach anyone due to my isolation... (dang the handphone confiscation!) These times... I really feel like giving up the fight, to just go out and play, or say yes to the law attachment my mom's friend offered me... (at least i would get paid for working....and i have more $$ to buy xmas presents....) but then i'll picture my parents' disappointed faces when they see my CT grades next year... picture myself packing my luggage to go overseas... picture myself never playing softball again, or never pitching tent with guides again for a long long time... that pushes me on...

life sucks... yet life rocks...
it's like a seesaw...

and anyway i'm posting this entry here because i don want to post it on my blog... my parents read my blog sometimes... ....

so pardon me, everybody for the outburst of emotions. :p

and an announcement to make-
i intend to take a break for the last 2 weeks of december, so counting, i have 16 more days of mugging to go, and then i'll be free! =D i'm so looking forward to that!! so i'm like crossing my fingers hoping all outings n stuff are scheduled then! *HINT HINT* HAHAHA.

LAST DAY OF MUGGING: 18th december

MEL FREEDOM DAY: 19th december

<3>

milomel

2005-12-01T22:42:00.000+08:00

milomel suggested that we have a s08 xmas party? shall we? lets take a vote. and inform every octomaniac u noe. quick! before people have plans we must chope the people first

of molds and algae

2005-11-27T21:40:00.000+08:00

Heys my dearest octomaniacs!

I am awfully bored.

why are everyone's holidays so fulfilling, so packed.

i am suffering from the "cooped in house too long" disease.

when i don't have the time to do what i like to do (eg playing the guitar/piano, reading books), i complain.. when i have the time now, i complain TOO!

i seriously have too much time these few days, too much for my own good.

i'm not using it constructively.

i feel like i'm wasting my life!

tell me what to do.

maybe i can donate time to people like xiaohui, nani, mel, aini, soks, yingying etc... whom i think are very busy with their various commitments.

blahhhhhh

molding mav.

there you go..

2005-11-15T22:03:00.000+08:00

happy birthday,xiaohui!
erh. i know, that's like damn dark.
i dont know how to edit >_<

oh yea. the font is purple!

heh

2005-11-11T00:02:00.000+08:00

NJC044!!

NJC 044

2005-11-09T19:05:00.000+08:00

so unfaiR!!

THE WHOLE OF S08 IS DONE WITH OP EXCEPT US!!!!!
WE'RE STILL EDITTING OUR SLIDES AND OUR OP IS TMR!
WHAT THE.

hahah anyway mav here.

jojo and i are complaining. why is our blog password related to CHEMISTRY when we dont even take chem! LOL i dropped chem. =X
ostracise us!! and the econs ppL! hahahahahhahahahahahha..

they keep saying i going mad
and i kept singing the very nice yanzi song
and the song is now haunting in their heads

hahaha

OUR PW MODEL VERY NICE LEH.
IDEAL SLEEPING ROOM.
yawn yawn.

Here is what we can offer:
- air-con
- comfortable recliners from IKEA
- floral scents (aromatic therapy LEH!)
- soft music (to soothe the nerves!)
- lockers (to save keep ur belongings)
- beautiful paintings (DONE BY ME!! horrible

next time s08 can have lessons in our model. budden we only have 16 recliners, need to buy 12 more. but its like $190 per recliner. BUT it'll be damn comfy lah.

but then hor, we have a drape in the middle of the room separating it into 2 - one side for GUYS one side for GIRLS. to maintain MODESTY, lol. OUR CLASS ONLY HAS PATHETIC 6 GUYS LAH... so if it were to be our s08 room I THINK we shall treat them as girls and remove the drape. HHAHAHAHAHAHA.

wish us luck tmr!=D =D =D

mel go n die lah, prev entry, tsk!

anyway i cant seem to attach the picture of our model. damn nice. arghS!

we love s08,
mav, soks, joJo