Just realised that today is 29th Feb. So happy birthday to all those 'leapers' out there. Wonder what would it be like to be one of them. But I'd rather have a normal birthday. Sigh..MU drew again! How are they going to catch up with Arsenal now? Like 9 points behind. When are they going to start winning again? Or rather..when are they going to start keeping clean sheets again? Sigh..my body's aching all over now, thanks to training yesterday. Played a doubles match - me and Shuping against Eliza and Wahid. We were actually supposed to play like 2 people against 1 match, then rotate..but then Wahid was too free, so he decided to partner Eliza. Obviously, me and Shuping lost..6-1. Wahid was quite mean..he kept on making us run like all the way from the baseline to the net. And served like 100+ km/h serves. Haha..luckily he kept on double-faulting against me, or sending all those huge serves to the net..so I didn't really get a chance to return one of those serves. Pure Shuping though.. Still, at least we managed to win a game..Wahid was quite sure we'd be trashed 6-0. Then PT was tough. We had to do those sprints from line to line like 25 times. 15 were bad enough, but 25 were absolutely horrible. no, more than that..oh well.. As if that weren't bad enough, he made us do 200 push-ups and 50 crunches. Like 200? My poor arms.. Halfway doing those push-ups, we were all like bargaining with Wahid to do crunches instead of push-ups, but of course he didn't let us. Then to top it off, we had to end with 50 kangaroo jumps. Man.. I really shouldn't have said that PT was getting slacker.. Oh well....
Just watched Survivor. It was quite an interesting episode actually and Rich got voted off. Haha. Oh well... this week's not been a very good week. It's been really tiring. Block Test is like in a week's time.. bleah.. and MU lost. How pathetic.
'O' level results came out today. Not really sure how my juniors did. But it's like so fast! I could imagine myself last year at the same time, in anxiety and nervousness anticipating for the results. That reminds me..AO results are going to be out soon. Oh great... hopefully I can get a decent result. I've made up my mind I'm not going to retake again. So hopefully, the mark will not look bad on certificate or something.
Anyway, I really really can't get this song out of my head. Don't know what's so special about it. In any case though, I'm just going to post the lyrics. I think the lyrics are well.. meaningful.
SAY IT ISN'T SO (Gareth Gates)
Skies are dark it's time for rain
Final call you board the train
Heading for tomorrow
I wave goodbye to yesterdays
Wipe the tears that hide your face
Blinded by the sorrow
How can I be smiling like before
When baby you don't love me anymore
Say it isn't so
Tell me you're not leaving
Say you've changed your mind now
That I am only dreaming
But this is not goodbye
This is starting over
If you wanna know
I don't wanna let go
So say it isn't so
Ten to five at least we tried
We're still alive but hope has died
As they closed the door behind you
Whistle blows the turns of steel
Shake the ground beneath the wheels
As I wish I'd never found you
How can I be smiling when you're gone
Will I be strong enough to carry on
Say it isn't so
Tell me you're not leaving
Say you've changed your mind now
That I am only dreaming
But this is not goodbye
This is starting over
If you wanna know
I don't wanna let go
So say it isn't so
Miles and miles to go
Before I can sing
Before I can lay my love for you to sleep
Oh darling no
I got miles and miles to go
Before anyone will ever hear me laugh again
Say it isn't so
Tell me you're not leaving
Say you've changed your mind now
That I am only dreaming
But this is not goodbye
This is starting over
If you wanna know
I don't wanna let go
So say it isn't so
Say you've changed your mind now
That I am only dreaming
But this is not goodbye
This is starting over
If you wanna know
I don't wanna let go
So say it isn't so
If you wanna know
I don't wanna let go
So say it isn't so
I don't know how many times MU have let me down and yesterday was no different. They could only drew 1-1 with Leeds, who are second from the bottom of the table. I was expecting a goalfest actually. And to make matters worse, Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 (again). My brother actually dreamt that Gudjohnsen would score a hat-trick and that Chelsea would beat Arsenal 3-1. Obviously...that didn't happen..Gudjohnsen only scored 1 goal and he was sent off later on. I was secretly hoping that his dream would somehow come true. Sigh.. the gap has now increased to 7 points. But I still believe that MU can win the title in the end, even though my youngest brother has given up on them winning. Whereas my other brother who is an Arsenal fan is still gloating...whatever... I hope Ferguson's words can come true..and not Keane's ones. But I must say MU's defence is really lousy now..blame that on Rio.
Anyway..enough on soccer. Had training yesterday. I must say the PT is getting slacker (thankfully). At least we don't have to do those triangles again. But Wahid is giving us more drills, especially volleys (which I hate). I personally prefer to play from baseline. But baseline drills can be horrible too... Never mind, at least now we get to play matches every training. I love playing matches..don't know why.. Anyway, playing matches is quite slack compared to drills.
Thank goodness the brown stains left by the potassium permanganate on my fingers are slowly going away. Anyway, Say It Isn't So is totally stuck in my head. I guess it's maybe partly because everyone seems to be singing the song, but yar..I find myself singing the chorus like all the time. I'm not even a big fan of Gareth Gates. But I think the lyrics of the song are nice. Anyway, I taped the MTV Asia Awards, but somehow the VCR didn't tape. Argh!!! Only managed to watch the last part in which Linkin Park and Blue won and Black Eyed Peas performed because I happened to stay up until quite late that night. Sigh..
Today has been one of the most bizarre days of school so far. And it's all because of chem prac. When I was throwing the used filter papers away, I accidentally touched the potassium permanganate that was there. I don't know what else I touched, but when I went back to my bench, I saw that there was a large white patch on my third finger, and also brown stains left by the permanganate. I'm still not sure why there was that white patch. It's the kind you get when you've soaked your finger in water for a long time. I think I must have burned my finger or something. Anyway I had to apply the burn cream. The white patch was gone after that, but until now, those hideous, disgusting large brown stains are still on my fingers. And I can't get rid of them, even after washing my finger tons of times. Sigh.. I hope they'll be gone soon. Anyway, I think I must have also inhaled quite a bit of the pungent, rather poisonous chlorine and sulphur dioxide gases. Feeling a bit sick with headache now.
Anyway, I'm still contemplating whether I should drop Physics 'S'. I thought my mind was pretty set on dropping it, but I guess that's not the case. I wish I can be more decisive. I think I'm like quite gullible...I pretty much believe what everyone says about how slack Physics S is and that dropping it is quite a waste. I've tried to reason it out.. if logic prevails, I should drop it right now. But still, there's that something that's holding me back from doing it. It's like this fear that I may regret dropping it. Oh well.. I've been complaining about Physics S so much that I guess everyone is pretty sick of it. Shall decide soon...hopefully...
I watched Moulin Rouge on Sunday night. Didn't watch the whole movie because I have the DVD; only watched the last half hour. And yes, the ending did bring me to tears. I personally don't like those kind of endings where the protagonists die at the end of the movie. And it's worse if couples are torn apart at the end of the movie, as in the case in Moulin Rouge. Oh well...
COME WHAT MAY (Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman)
Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to furnish inside your kiss
Everyday I love you more and more
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change, winter to spring
But I love you, until the end of time
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you
And there's no mountain too high, no river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather and stars may go by
But I love you (I love you), until the end (until the end) of time
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Oh come what may
Come what may
I will love you (I will love you)
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Today's been a whirlwind day at school. Everyone was giving everyone else Valentine's Day gifts. Now i've got quite a few chocolates, sweets, flowers and a cauliflower. Hehe. Oh yah..and also the jelly and the little cards =). My mortal gave me Clay's CD and key chain. But it was fun though to give stuff and watch everyone else giving their presents all in the spirit of friendship. Thanks everyone for all the valentine's day gifts.
Tomorrow's valentine's day and i've got training. As we'd said before, we've got a 'date' with wahid. I'm so looking forward to it... it'll be a painful and exhausting time for me tomorrow.
Sigh..i've been slacking like nobody's business. Seriously. I've been spending so much time in front of the monitor (thanks to ivle) and been sleeping really late recently. Sigh.. now i'm left with a mountain of homework to clear. I hate playing the catch-up game.
Anyway, just want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!
IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER (Diana Ross)
Don't lose your way
With each passing day
You've come so far
Don't throw it away
Live believing
Dreams are for weaving
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith, hope and glory
Hold to the truth in your heart
If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I
Souls in the wind
Must learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valley, mountain
There is a fountain
Washes our tears all away
Words are swaying
Somebody is praying
Please let us come home to stay
If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I
When we are out there in the dark
We'll dream about the sun
In the dark we'll feel the light
Warm our hearts, everyone
If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
As high as souls can fly
The clouds roll by
For you and I
We're supposed to stay home today to log on to IVLE instead of going to school. I've already given up with the system already. I think the idea of staying at home for one day just for IVLE sucks. I mean I ended up waking up quite early anyway instead of sleeping in. Shall stop complaining about IVLE. Was quite sick of it, so I went out to buy Valentine's Day present instead.
Watched the Grammys last night. Well, not the whole thing. Only watched the first half then taped the rest. I think the performances were great. I like Justin's performance, Black Eyed Peas', Beyonce's and of course, Outkast's.