Friday, July 01, 2005
bloggerial restructure
guys, i'm moving back to easyjournal after much deliberation. - http://jloe.easyjournal.com
see ya there
apologies for any inconveniences caused.
simply,
jloe
you will always have a part of me. i promise.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Under Rug Swept
Narcissus? Egotist? Self-centered? See my personality and judge it!
Your #1 Match: ISFJ
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The Nurturer
You have a strong need to belong, and you very loyal.A good listener, you excell at helping others in practical ways.In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music.You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for.
You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist. |
Your #2 Match: ISTJ
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The Duty Fulfiller
You are responsible, reliable, and hardworking - you get the job done.You prefer productive hobbies, like woodworking or knittings.Quiet and serious, you are well prepared for whatever life hands you.Conservative and down-to-earth, you hardly ever do anything crazy.
You would make a great business executive, accountant, or lawyer. |
Your #3 Match: ESFJ
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The Caregiver
You are sympathetic and caring, putting friends and family first.A creature of habit, you prefer routines and have trouble with change.You love being in groups - whether you're helping people or working on a project.You are good at listening, laughing, and bringing out the best in people.
You would make a great nurse, social worker, or teacher. |
Your #4 Match: ESTJ
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The Guardian
You're a natural leader and quick, logical decision maker.Goals are important in your life, and you take many steps to acheive them.You enjoy interacting with others, mostly through work related activities.Your high energy level means you are great at getting things done!
You would make a great teacher, judge, or police detective. |
Your #5 Match: INFJ
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The Protector
You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity.Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is.You are an excellent listener, with almost infinite patience.You have complex, deep feelings, and you take great care to express them.
You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher. |
you will always have a part of me. i promise.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Redemption
Hi, it's really been long since I've updated my blog. Really sorry for the extremely prolonged wait for this entry. Life these past few months is far more than a rocky roller coaster ride. Fortunately, I'm glad to say I've finally found the sense of equilibrium in my life. Today, I'll probably be telling you some of the pinnacle points of this school term.
This term I ran for Vice-president in Current Affairs on the second last week. Upon reflection, I thought I made a complete fool of myself and lost all the dignity I had in promoting myself shamelessly. Haha... Somehow, I don't seem to care about being classy anymore. I still don't know about the results and I don't really expect much either.
There was also Be Yourself Day, which was boring like hell and the irony was we couldn't even be ourselves.
I don't really want to dwell on this term because I had a very rough time.
However, my holidays seem to start with a BANG!
On the first day of the holidays, project eureka organized a nature trail, which sounds like a complete turn-off to me, that turned out surprisingly to be very fun. Lame jokes and stories were told along the way as we walked more than 8 km in about three hours. Nearing the end, I couldn't even talk; I had to focus all my energy on walking. Ha...
The experience was absolutely wonderful. I achieved something I thought I would never be able to. Perseverance was definitely an important lesson I learnt. Kudos to Project Eureka!
-thanks Annie for cheering me on during the trail.
On Monday, I visited Chern Fern in Hospital with my P& gang members Han Ying and Ling Xuan! Finally seeing them made me realized how much I missed them. We've not seen each other for the whole term already, and with Ee Sin leaving, I think just meeting up was a big consolation. Chern Fern is suffering from a sort-of Self-Immuniy Attack Disease which lowered her platelet count to 4! (normal count 190 plus) We chatted for about three hours and then I had to leave to meet GABRIEL!!!
I've also not seen him for a really long time. We were meeting to watch the fantastic movie Star Wars Episode 3 and I also had to pass him his belated birthday present. The movie was really nice. After that, I passed him the present and we separated ways and headed home. For the past weeks, Belinda and I have been hinting him on the present and he kept thinking it was an eraser from our school bookshop. (I'm not so cheapskate alright... ha...) The present was actually a bag of stationary worth $20 plus ok... ha. ( he called later to complain ha...)
Seeing them made me feel really nostalgic. Gone are the days when there were laughter and joy. But I'm quite glad to say at least I cherished the times I had with P7 and Gabriel well. Wish them all the best!
From Wednesday to Friday, it was Delta experience for the Class leaders. Since I was a class leader, it was sort of an obligation to attend the camp. Honestly, I resented the thought of the camp. I never liked camps - all the rules just make me feel like I'm a prisoner. And food sucks. However, the experience miraculously has since changed my perception.
I was in ETA - comprising of members Debbie, Apek (pronounced Ah pek, funny right?), Soke Yee, Isadora (it actually means Goddess of Fertility), Michele, Kelvin and Zhi Cong. They are a very nice bunch of people and we bonded very well.
On the first day, we played typical orientation games and by the second game, we were already able to work together as a team. We finished a task in 12 minutes when the allocated time was 30 minutes. Excellent right! Ha...
The most special thing was we arranged to meet up at 3 am to tell ghost stories!!! And we really did! I tell you ah... my heart was pouncing so hard when we were sneaking out. As you can see, I'm an obedient boy who seldom breaks rules, so doing something so extraordinary is not my usual practice. (now u understand how I feel) We shared about 20 plus really freaky stories ( pontianak, ghost on the fence... AH!!!) until we all had goosebumps. Then we stargazed with valuable information provided by the astro-enthu Soke Yee who told us about the galaxies and etc. (stars are not five-sided figures do u know?) It was a beautiful night with a tinge of horror.
On the second day, all campers were finally punished severely for our constant tardiness. That caused us about 9 rounds around the track plus all the boring warm-ups and cool-downs.
After breakfast, we went for a SL experience at Lion's Befriender - a centre for elderly. I learnt a tremendous lot from the facilitator, Miss Siti. She actually joined the social service sector due to her grandfather that she was very close to. Her grandfather had passed away and she felt the need to help people while she still could. She was awe-inspiring and no doubt an excellent facilitator.
On the same day, we saw a group of old women in the dance session and we joined in with them! We learnt the simple Cha-Cha dance that we kept dancing to it even in school. I realized that dancing really isn't my forte and I look stupid while dancing.
On that night, we arranged to meet again - same time, same place, same channel (our lingo). This time, I was really exhausted and slept for most of the time. Ha...
The third day was quite normal. Debriefs and debriefs... then BREAK CAMP. Although I loved the Delta experience, I missed my bed even more. Ha... But I'm very happy that I got to know such interesting people. We all had very distinctive personalities but we were able to blend together very well. I wouldn't trade anything for it.
Other than the camp food - it still sucks. Ha...
I'm praying that my holidays will get more interesting. And my 17th birthday is approaching(june 14)! ha... wonder how it will feel like being sweet seventeen... ha. tell u my birthday tots next entry. Ok, I've gotta end here. Thanks for reading. Enjoy your holidays too!!!
Simply,
Joel
PS: thanks ETA ( for the wonderful time), Ivan(for yr concern!really appreciate it. miss seeing u too!) and Chern Fern- get well soon-Cat welfare in December ah!
you will always have a part of me. i promise.
Friday, April 01, 2005
Long, Long Road
For the past week, it has been physically strenuous for me and i find myself falling asleep unconsciously after i return from school. Maybe the lessons are just to mundane and arid - like a bad lullaby sending me to dreamland. In addition, i got to meet with my new class - we are still in the infancy stage of bonding together and i truly hope everything will work out fine. Elizabeth, Krystelle and I kept saying we miss 16 alot and it's really true - the chemistry we had was undeniably great. But nothing last forever, i'm make do with what i have and attempt to change the state we are in now.
I"ll show you the pictures of my new class if there's one.
The weather nowadays is getting extremely oppressive, with alternate periods of hot sun and heavy rain. I even feel that my body is failing me. Hopefully, i get past the bad weather - as they as, you have to put up with the rain before you can see the rainbow!
Today i'll be meeting up with my PHS 4e classmates - i actually deliberated for a long time whether to go or not. I hope that the animosity that existed between some people(who don't get along with me well) will be eliminated for good through this meeting. I also want to cherish this given opportunity to see my friends again - i guess i probably won't have the chance to do so when their's and my actual timetables start.
After all, it had been part of my life, good or bad, I still have to face it. If it's the end, i want to end it on a good note, not an unfinished note.
Speaking of reminiscing about the past, i had a chat with one of my primary school friends a few nights back. We brought up the past and asked about some of classmates whereabouts now. I really like the 6D class in Townsville but i think the chance of getting together again is slimmer than SLIM 10. I feel so nostalgic just talking about it. It makes me sad to know that i did not maximise my time with my friends in the past.
I've self-reflected umpteen times and i think i've not played my part dutifully as a friend.
Am i a good friend? I don't think so. It's up to you to think upon the times you've spent with me and consider if i'm a good friend. Tell me if you wish to.
I'll end here... have a nice day ahead.
Simply,
joel
you will always have a part of me. i promise.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Laptop Crazy
this is actually my first entry written on a laptop le.. hee. My uncle lent it to me so that i can try to use it. Previously, i would only get to try it when i go to alvin's house. Feel so good to be able to type at ease in my own room - this really shows the noise made my idiotic brother is really a disturbance.
So, wednesday and thursday was orientation and it was really refreshing to make even more new friends and i feel really excited that my dwelling contained people from my 3months class! Further more i was in my desired tribe, VESTA!!! Wednesday was an extremely long day, we had subject talk for the first FIVE (i didn't type wrongly) hours which sent to the the land of boredom once again and after that it was a dance session. Krystelle and i kept annoying each other and my dance partner was Jolene. It was really a fun experience. even though i'm doing it again.
Thurs was hell of a fun day. Fortunately, my dwelling contained people who were willing to cheer and get the fun going. Seemingly, all the cheers were a little vulgar with words like chio bu and shuai ke - basically a combination of dialects, languages and ah beng accents. hehe. We won four rounds of rotation games and drawed for two. An exceptionally outstanding performance!
NOw that i have fully settled down into Anderson, there is almost no chance to think about leaving - i love the people in anderson. Alright, i'll see ya again, wanna slack! hehe
simply,
jloe
you will always have a part of me. i promise.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
In six thousand years what would this mean......
if my life was as pure...
if i lived in my favourite london...
if my life was as captivating as it is...
if my life was as colourful...
if my life was as bright and sparkly...
if my life was as relaxing and had no worries...
would i be happier?
you will always have a part of me. i promise.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Missing You
I can safely say for the past three days, the boredom curse cast on me had been lifted.
Tuesday was an extremely memorable day for me. Tuesday was a day i had been anticipating for a while - Vogaje concert by AJC's choir. But most importantly, another reunion between me and my friends (P7 and SiJia)! We met at 430 at city hall mrt and went around window-shopping and have an early KFC dinner. After that, we headed straight to Victoria concert hall where the concert was held.
The concert was rather engaging and certain songs sent shivers down my spine. One song that really moved me was "childhood" from the free willy soundtrack. Below was one verse that deeply touched me.
Before you judge me,
try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?
After the concert, we went backstage to give the flowers that we had bought for Hannah and Yuk Lum to them. It was rather exciting and seeing their happy responses made my day end with a nice note.
Thereafter, we headed to the mrt station and on the way, we took several pictures. How i wished the time could have stopped and i could spend forever with my beloved friends. As they say, all goods things must come to an end...
On wednesday, i had interact club. I was extremely reluctant to go cause i had to play the role as a group leader and from my past experiences i have already concluded that i would never be a good one. Furthermore, i wasn't in the mood for cheers and lots and lots of games.
I was in charge of a group called CLEMETIA. My group members were laughing during the start of the cheers cause we had to use CLEMENT in the cheers as most cheers could only fit in 2-syllabus names. Fortunately, we changed it to CT to ease all the laughter.
In the first game, i was wrapped in newspaper so that i would look like a mummy and risked of being wet. It was very embarrassing but i managed to contain my pride and continue till the end of the game. Out of a total of five games, we won 3 games, lost one game and got second for the last game. Rather impressive considering i was the leader. Hehe...
At the end, we clinched the thrid prize (even though we thought we would be first)! I was very relieved my group members participated enthusiastically in all games and we worked cohesively as a team.
Thank you to all my group members and the interact club for enriching my life experiences.
When i thought i was going to spend the whole Thursday doing nothing, fortunately, my good friend Alvin eased my boredom by calling me suddenly. We walked around AMK central and i treated him to bubble tea, ice-cream and lotsa sarcasm. Ha. We talked about his future academic endeavours (and even his sisters'), our friends and almost everything friends would talk about.
I love chatting to him as he tends to make me feel very comfortable. I hope he can get into his desired course. Good luck!
I so hate the fact that holidays are ending! Don't even have time to rest. ha... enjoy the rest of your holidays ok? see ya....!
Simply,
jloe
you will always have a part of me. i promise.
