Thursday, August 05, 2004

Growing old?

now that i am 18 i shall make this grandieose list of things that i have done; things that i want to do and things to do before a certain dateline...hmmmz... 25.

Things that I have wanted to do and have accomplished
1) passed my PSLE with a proper score - 280 unbelievable hahaha
2) beat RI in 'C' Div nationals - yep.
3) get exempted from 3 examination subjects in the sec2 EOYs - check
4) make it to triple science - check
5) survive secondary 3 despite struggling with bio, math and physics - check
6) get over someone in the middle of sec4 - check
7) do weights often despite preparing for O's - check (and i shall do it for A's too)
8) do well for Prelims and O levels to make it to RJC - check
9) survive skipping classes and not getting along with class in J1 - check (but now i know that you guys rock!)
10) Get 1 'S' Paper and pass math for Promos - check
11) play for the national team - erh...check? we got our ass whoped
12) Win the A division title with Raffles Rugby '04 - CHECK (WE WHOPED EVERYONE'S ASS) [check section on people i would like to thank]
13) do what's right by explaining

Things i will never be able to do -sigh-
1) run away and join the French Foreign Legion
2) go to West Point/Annapolis/Colorado Springs
3) be a running back
4) play ice hockey
5) be a kid again

Things that I didn't do
1) get attached HAHAHAHAHA....what a LOSER...but its ok
2) win the 'C' and 'B' divisions and 1 more 'A' Division title
shit i can't think of anymore!!!!!!

Things that i intend to do
1)Do well for Prelims and A levels - 4As GP A1 [DAMN SOON]
2)Matriculate in Georgetown's Walsh School of Foreign Service [2006]
3)Go clubbing in a wild place! Bali? Hot Australian chicks! KL Zouk? anymore suggestions? [end 2004]
4)Go on holiday with my friends
5) Watch the Rugby World Cup '07 in France
6) Backpack Eastern Europe ( Warsaw, Prague, St. Petersburg, Moscow etc. )not sure when
7) work and live in America after i graduate
8) get married ... ok must get girlfriend first...
9) earn a starting basic pay of 100,000 US dollars a year
10) Be a CIA analyst/investment banker/etc. those sorta jobs....

Now i would like to thank...
my parents, and my friends, specifically everyone who has shared a class with me from primary 6 till now or I know in some way or another like e ex-chinese high ruggers like chaozhang,mervyn,aaron,mikail,mark etc., Hc polo guys, rj hockey guys, hua zhong di-s of class 2002 esp. Beebam, jimmy, donald, benny, terence, arif (though i have not seen u in a long time),and many many more you all know who you are! those of e class of 2001 like jiale, derui, hongcheong, brendan etc. all the teachers who have taught me, esp. e memorable ones like ALL MY SEC4 teachers, mr mc., mr rollason, mr leong, miss chen, mr purvis who taught me a few classes on the spiritual and religious nature of Passage to India. oh and all the coaches who have coached me, marcus, ray, damien, faizal... RJC peeps, basically everyone who i say hi to in school! sheila who fetches me to school. heh.. my class esp. weiming weiyang cheechong tim lynette brandon oh n clara tung who's in NJ now! other friends like gillian, yaxin,alison, and many others! last but not least...Raffles rugby '03 n '04. couldn't have asked to serve with better men than you guys were. mr. chew, ningyan, tziyang - he's da MAN, justin - we call him satan, frodo, sijie, sherman, david, alvin tan, daryl, joel-s, e muds, oh and all the ancient seniors too. this list could keep going on cause all these people have shaped my life and i'm thankful for every bit of it.

positive note of being 18: life's ahead of me and i have a rough idea on how i'm going to lead it the way i want to.legal age for alchohol. HAHHA
negative note:gym entrance is now 2.50 =|

happy birthday to hongcheong and albert who have birthdays on august 5th too!

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