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To Hebe.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
in retrospect, at 11:28 PM
Hebe trys out folk and alternative. I think she came to know that I like folk. HAHA. I've listened to a song so far and it's not too bad. Though my bro says it isn't impressive. Going to start playing these songs on my iPod, I think I'll start to adore her after this. I mean, I did adore her, but lost it when US/UK songs flooded my iPod. My iPod's currently 85% English, 10% Mandarin and 5% Korean, Cantonese, Japanese and Thai. And it's full up. Like 0.03GB left available. After I deleted yet another 15 Mandarin songs today, to make space for Hebe and Glee.
Here's another show to get on after the A levels. New drama, staring Maggie Q. and a pretty girl, who, if you're observant enough, is actually the small girl at the start of (most) How I Met Your Mother episodes, the daughter on the couch. REAL PRETTY in Nikita. Anyway it's a great show, and that's kind of an understatement. I think it's better than Glee, but that's on different levels, of course. It's on till episode 3 now, so you could also be as cool as me and start watching it now, then have everyone else copycat you later and follow your trend. Oh yeah and I watched Resident Evil at JB yesterday, woah hell lot of girl action shows, hot stuff man. Resident Evil's actually good. First time catching the series, after As I'll go back and watch the previous few.
Oh yeah so in the past month that I haven't blog, quite a lot has happened. I studied quite a lot, I got a traffic ticket for jaywalking, I slept beside a cat, and the rest I can't be bothered to recall. I'm actually online almost everyday (night) but yeah I'm just lazy. What an extremely time consuming activity. I think A levels made us all really efficiency-concerned people. I get jittery on the train now if I'm not doing anything else besides listening to music. I have to slide my iPod Touch around and pretend I'm doing something, otherwise I'll feel bad. Even watching Glee, I tabbed away at the last part when Rachel sang that lame love song (cause it was so boring) and started browsing the net. Singaporeans have a too fast pace though. I was freaking chillin' and looking at the environment while walking back home, and the mall construction's created this pathway which could only allow single-file walking, and everyone else behind me was walking so fast and pressuring me to speed up. Extremely uncomfortable.
K I'll see you in maybe another month's time.
"Begging, begging youuuuu~"
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
in retrospect, at 8:34 AM
I ran for the first time in a month. Phew I did. Last time I did was when the electronic panel outside of Serangoon MRT told me it was a minute to my train coming, tuition at Hougang starts at 10.30am when it was already 10.29am. I ran down a flight of escalator, past the tap-in barrier, down another escalator and got into the train right before it closed. I stood in the train while it moved off and I felt like I was going to faint. Took the whole 5 minute train ride to recover.
My studying progress is... not too bad. It's not real fast, I'm not really driven, but this will do. It's totally possible to keep up my pace all the way till A levels. I should be able to do it. And it's totally stress-free. Studying like that (oh, powerful Scrabble Board) is great. But then I've been studying in school at the Scrabble Board forever, I can't start on anything at home. Reached home at 5 yesterday, all I did was 5 questions. OH I discovered this nice Thai song which I keep looping on my iPod.
SOT crash course these 2 days, I swear it beats everything I've learnt in GP lessons in school. Actually, I think I've learnt nothing in GP lessons in the past 2 years. On hindsight, they are completely useless. Might as well do something fun like LA lessons in Dunman High. Attending it was more sing-song-talk-cock with the classmates than paying attention anyway.
To Hebe.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
in retrospect, at 11:28 PM
Hebe trys out folk and alternative. I think she came to know that I like folk. HAHA. I've listened to a song so far and it's not too bad. Though my bro says it isn't impressive. Going to start playing these songs on my iPod, I think I'll start to adore her after this. I mean, I did adore her, but lost it when US/UK songs flooded my iPod. My iPod's currently 85% English, 10% Mandarin and 5% Korean, Cantonese, Japanese and Thai. And it's full up. Like 0.03GB left available. After I deleted yet another 15 Mandarin songs today, to make space for Hebe and Glee.
Here's another show to get on after the A levels. New drama, staring Maggie Q. and a pretty girl, who, if you're observant enough, is actually the small girl at the start of (most) How I Met Your Mother episodes, the daughter on the couch. REAL PRETTY in Nikita. Anyway it's a great show, and that's kind of an understatement. I think it's better than Glee, but that's on different levels, of course. It's on till episode 3 now, so you could also be as cool as me and start watching it now, then have everyone else copycat you later and follow your trend. Oh yeah and I watched Resident Evil at JB yesterday, woah hell lot of girl action shows, hot stuff man. Resident Evil's actually good. First time catching the series, after As I'll go back and watch the previous few.
Oh yeah so in the past month that I haven't blog, quite a lot has happened. I studied quite a lot, I got a traffic ticket for jaywalking, I slept beside a cat, and the rest I can't be bothered to recall. I'm actually online almost everyday (night) but yeah I'm just lazy. What an extremely time consuming activity. I think A levels made us all really efficiency-concerned people. I get jittery on the train now if I'm not doing anything else besides listening to music. I have to slide my iPod Touch around and pretend I'm doing something, otherwise I'll feel bad. Even watching Glee, I tabbed away at the last part when Rachel sang that lame love song (cause it was so boring) and started browsing the net. Singaporeans have a too fast pace though. I was freaking chillin' and looking at the environment while walking back home, and the mall construction's created this pathway which could only allow single-file walking, and everyone else behind me was walking so fast and pressuring me to speed up. Extremely uncomfortable.
K I'll see you in maybe another month's time.
"Begging, begging youuuuu~"
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
in retrospect, at 8:34 AM
I ran for the first time in a month. Phew I did. Last time I did was when the electronic panel outside of Serangoon MRT told me it was a minute to my train coming, tuition at Hougang starts at 10.30am when it was already 10.29am. I ran down a flight of escalator, past the tap-in barrier, down another escalator and got into the train right before it closed. I stood in the train while it moved off and I felt like I was going to faint. Took the whole 5 minute train ride to recover.
My studying progress is... not too bad. It's not real fast, I'm not really driven, but this will do. It's totally possible to keep up my pace all the way till A levels. I should be able to do it. And it's totally stress-free. Studying like that (oh, powerful Scrabble Board) is great. But then I've been studying in school at the Scrabble Board forever, I can't start on anything at home. Reached home at 5 yesterday, all I did was 5 questions. OH I discovered this nice Thai song which I keep looping on my iPod.
SOT crash course these 2 days, I swear it beats everything I've learnt in GP lessons in school. Actually, I think I've learnt nothing in GP lessons in the past 2 years. On hindsight, they are completely useless. Might as well do something fun like LA lessons in Dunman High. Attending it was more sing-song-talk-cock with the classmates than paying attention anyway.
Before you read this,
This blog is not going to be about cheery encounters, sizzling gossips or interesting current affairs.
So if you're looking for any of the above three, do 'x' this page. That was a warning - before you waste your time here.
The author of this blog is pretty much a narcissist, and most of the posts here would be constantly lamenting about tiny things in his head which wouldn't concern you, nor the world.
Instead, the further he serves his two-years compulsory bond of being born a Singaporean son - National Service - the more tiresome and self-absorbed his posts will get.
The only intended audience for the blog is the author himself, and perhaps those who care enough.
Take this as a warning, so if you're looking for entertainment, this really isn't the right place. I've warned you...
P.S. I know this blog template's absolutely narcissistic.
More About Me
Chew Bolong, Singaporean. Would have to emphasize on that point at times cause you're not exactly the first one thinking that my name's PRC.
Oh, yes, my name's a Mandarin translation. Get on with life already.
I graduated from Dunman High School, then Victoria Junior College and I'm currently spending the next year and a half of my life (brainless), in National Service.
I have interests in designing and art [note: interest doesn't mean ability], (indie rock / folk) music, nature, long walks at night and making friends - sounds like a weird combination to say but those are things I associate myself to.
I'm an
ENTP but at times an introvert. I love deep conversations with people.
I'm always in a dilemma deciding whether or not to change this description about myself, so I've decided that additional details shall be listed under.
27 Random Facts you HAVE to know about me
1. I used to suffer from insomnia cause annoying tunes would be stuck in my head or I tend to think through every event that's happened in the day, so I wouldn't be able to fall asleep. But in NS that doesn't apply anymore, cause I'm always tired. Don't think that's a good thing.
2. I like long walks alone at night, because it gives me a good opportunity to reflect, let my mind wander into deep stuff and just immerse in nature and the surroundings. That's provided the place I'm at is quiet and green. Yeah that's parks, garden, and most of Serangoon. Unfortunately, since NS, my mind's been pretty empty most of the time.
3. I told myself that by 37 years old I must have a (big) house complete with a billard table, a home-theatre system, a cosy round table and 4 armchairs in a corner of my (huge) living room, a secret hideout with natural lighting to chill and read books, a tiny bartender corner, a walk-in wardrobe and a useable kitchen amongst all other things. But my definition of future success only encompasses one thing - happiness. Yeah, it's a cliche but there must be a reason why it's a cliche right?
4. I enjoy people-watching. Behavioral science. You can actually tell a lot from that.
5. A part of my body I hate the most? My calves for sure. If you're a consistent reader of my blog I'm sure you would have heard of it already. But yeah, I'm standing at merely 165+ but I'd rather have thinner calves than be taller.
6. I (secretly) detest the Secondary 1, 2 me cause I was way too childish and immature. Not that secretive anymore, but I could have better spent that 2 years doing something else rather than doing lame things and attracting attention. I don't exactly like to mention this cause it's unglamorous, so lucky you.
7. I'm extremely afraid of cats. Like as if you don't know that already.
8. I can't take plain white bread. Nor powder formulated (warm) milk. They really make me wanna puke, cause they've that gooey feeling and they get stuck between or under your teeth. Which is disgusting. That's probably one of the reasons why I'm so short. I didn't know fresh milk existed when I was young, so I didn't drink milk for around a decade.
9. I find people who have good fashion sense and natural leadership emanating from them incredibly sexy.
10. I like girls with slightly reddish long hair and colourful sun dresses.
11. I have an inevitably heavy breathing, and it always gets worse when I start to notice it. Instead, I just reminded myself of it and am having a hard time trying to regulate my breathing right now. Plus I only breathe through my mouth. Although I've a big nose, my nostrils are probably small cause I have a blocked nose 24/7. BUT somehow when I fall asleep my body will force myself to breathe through my nose. Which is the reason why I snore in lectures. It's not even a snore actually - just heavy breathing sounds. I know I sound defensive right now. But no. True story.
12. I think the first gush of air from the air-conditioning system of a car is extremely addictive and pleasant. I'm pretty surprised some of my friends thought so too.
13. Crocs look ugly, but they smell really awesome to me. That fresh smell of sweet rubber. Everytime I walk past a Crocs outlet my heart melts a bit. No one seems to agree with me on this though.
14. The standard pen I use is a Pilot G2 0.5 ballpoint, and I write with such force on paper that Mr Ken Leong once commented on my essay: "braille?". The problem's so severe I need to use a cardboard piece (or a stack of paper of at least 5 pieces) as padding whenever I'm writing on paper. I switched to Uniball 0.38s in JC2. I am now using the Uniball to sketch as well.
15. I'm fully equipped in the skills of martial arts: junior black belt in Taekwondo as well as 6 years of Wushu. But I haven't even so much as laid a punch or slap on anyone. Okay I think I've slapped my brother a couple of times but that doesn't count cause I don't use my full force on him. One day I'd really like to try and punch someone. See if he even feel it hurts.
16. I'm guilty of judging people by a first impression (or just a quick scan). Don't everyone do?
17. Though I do say that, I find that my first 'evaluation' of someone is always pretty accurate. If I don't like someone, after time others will find it the same too.
18. I really like to whine and complain. I've been trying to tone it down recently because I realised that I feel better after I let it all out, but yet it only spreads the gloominess to my friends. I'd hate it if my friends were always whiney too, so I'll tone it down. I'll try.
19. I don't know why but I'm much more expressive online. I spill out secrets more often. I blog about things I don't even tell my close friends. So yeah, do read more when you still have the chance to. :D I suppose I'll stop blogging once I'm off the "student" label. Once I enter the workforce, when things are really so much more political and shit.
20. I've a weird habit of munching off the circumference of my burgers before I savour the centre of it. Don't laugh.
21. I have slight lisps. I wouldn't exactly call it that really, cause I refuse to admit it as a flaw, but pronouncing things with "esses" usually results in my tongue sticking out between my teeth and what comes out really sounds more like a "th". Yes, you can mock me about it for all your eternity of a boring, insipid life because I've came to terms with it. Booyah.
22. I believe that if someone isn't vain, he/she probably doesn't look good either. So yeah, come join me in being vain.
23. I'm quite a perfectionist about my companion, love and relationships, so I don't date easily.
24. I'm a huge nature lover. I want to walk Singapore's city at night with my friends. I want to camp under the stars with my friends. I want to live in the mountains without civilization. With a close friend or alone. My future half would probably have to love nature as well. Not like hiking-nature or climbing-nature, but really just the nature all around you. Even in the city.
25. My friend once said that I like to "fix broken dolls" as a boyfriend. In some ways it sounds apt, cause I think that girls with... a bit of emotional damage are deep and... more exciting to be with. I sound like I've dated before, but no, I've always been single. Evergreen, if you play that 'traffic light' game in University. Don't be weirded-out by me please.
25(ii). So yeah, if you're someone (or you know someone) who likes nature, likes long walks at night, likes folk / indie music, slightly emo / reflective at times but friendly otherwise, call me.
26. I listen to folk, alternative rock and indie music. I hate it when the artists I like gets famous and extremely mainstream. And that's not just a childish thought. It's because I think there's this special bond shared between you and the artist (and his / her music), and when it gets mainstream, the bond you had gets shared with all the other millions of people in the world, and it's no longer special. Kinda like what you'd say with relationships.
27. Finally, I fancy a good laugh everyday. My friends have given me that, and that's why I love them so much.
Not your usual Bucket-list
Yes, in order of 'want'.
1. 1 month backpacking trip to Europe / cold climate areas with a close pal (or two). The less civilization the better.
2. Is wanting something illegal illegal in itself? Yes, drugs - at least once. LSD, to be exact.
3. Making (good) friends with someone insane. I mean, mental. But I don't want to make it sound derogatory. There's something strikingly beautiful about insanity, like experiencing another dimension of some sorts.
4. The Killers' concert.
5. A folk / acoustic concert - say Iron & Wine, Bombay Bicycle Club, Inch Chua or Zee Avi.
6. Camping under the stars in the city (Padang?) and listening to acoustic sounds.
7. Experience the Glastonbury / Lollapalooza / Woodstock / Coachella festivals.
8. Bungee-jumping.
9. Scuba-diving.
10. Going for a real Broadway production.
I know - I'm weird, right?
emails: chew.bolong.2009@vjc.sg (main) / bolong02@hotmail.com (dominated by junk mail)
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bolong
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