Simplicity calls the shot

A new year, a new blogskin. Nope, I dint have a choice. My old blogskin crash. -.- but hey the new one is aint bad. Looking good so far. :D So yea. what a year. 2008.

Entered SRJC. Something different. New environment. Glad i manage to fit in rather fine. :D No problem with my academic so far, hoping it carries on till As. Well. Made great friends like max,tak kin, zx, aaron and the list goes on for all my classmates, pw group. They have been great people that make my life rather enjoyable and i wanna thank them. Thanks guys. :D

well looking back at my 2008 new resolutions.

1) Doing well in my studies

2) Becoming more cash rich

3) A hot bod

For the first one. I think i did rather fine and rather contented with my J1 results. however i know there is more to be done for next year. A levels and stuff. :D

For the second. I think.... I dint achieve it in anyway. No plans and actions on making money but rather spending, spending, spending the whole year round. Thats kinda bad. :s i will work on it.

For the third. It was rather not bad. When i first entered SR, and they told us that we are going to run 10km. i was like. thats impossible. But after months of changing. 10km is like peanuts. I started intense gyming with gym buddy, max, tk, and maybe zx. Thanks for being part of it. So yea. There is more for my bod to improve. Its gonna be tough. but i take away something i never thought i can.

So yea. heres my new resolution for next year. YEAR 2009!

1) Doing excellent works for my studies. getting As the piority.

2) Perfect score for nafa & complete 2 marathons plus 1 race.
3) Start my future rolling

4) Pay more attention to my family

So here are the 4 aims. Seems tough but marcus gonna handle it one step at a time. What i hope for 2009 is a year of endless joys and possiblities. Hope that it will be good for me so that on 31st dec 2009 i would dare say i had a great year. :D

Would like to end this post with all the best things I had or experienced this year.

My best buddy.

Swee Liang. Thanks for being such a great friend, senior, tutor, rtard. Thanks for all those tutoring of my studies, answering all my noob chem and math questions. Thanks for the runs we did together though i know after your army you should able to own me. Thanks for the guidance you gave. hope you have fun getting tekan in army. Its soon be me. HAHA!! :D cya on sat.

My great classmate

Max. ok. we. gym. train. stand chart. rock band. men healths. lead a healthy diet. go town. talk about workouts. sms ( LOL ). chicken rice. pull ups. biceps curls. and many more. together with me. Youre great with ur surpises. Hope you will get your As for As! Thanks!

My Awesome Grandma

Shes the best. what more can i ask for. Wish her the greatest health. :DD

So yup. That will conclude my last post of 2008. The next will be after 3rd Jan. Till then. Remember to.

1 (Cause the earth move slower now. so we having a time lag of 1 sec. :s)

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Marcus

Hello people. Its a long time since i blog so i decided i should now blog. Well my holidays was filled with endless mahjonging, reading book, playing game, a little of basketball, a little of shopping. But i not gonna blog all about it but rather the various party and events i had been over this 5 days. First Up.

Class 1s24 pre-christmas party

Met gwynna, jacq, wei tong along the way to maxi home. They look rather lost so i lead them to maxi home. On the way there, we met an astro boy.

Started off with some rock band 2 while waiting for the majority to come. Its kinda cool as maxi brought alot new songs. eg. paramore songs. After rock banding, we help set up the place at maxis cool 17th floor function rooom.

After the teachers arrived, we started eating and chatting around. We played some cool party games which was hosted by max, created by max, performed by tk. Well. It was really fun and it engages the spirit of teamwork, luck, friendship. Prizes was fully sponsored by Adidas and Nike. Kidding. Its was zi xiang who sponsored.

After that we exchanged presents and started packing up and most of the people started going home. Leaving max, briana, maxi, marcus. we had a round two of food at maxi home and they intro me a rather cool zombie game called. LEFT4DEAD. it was rather fun though at some part its rather scary. After which we cabbed home.

Band Festival 2008 For JC & Poly

Met up with max to get some flowers and met the rest at esplanade itself. So yea we got the center seat which was rather awesome. Anyway i shant comment on the bands as mistake was heard rather clearly at some point. But overall its rather ok. Great job to those who performed; Vera, yu xuan, limin, siew yew? ( I dint see you though your name was in the booklet ) and elis.

So we gathered after the concert for some dinner. Saw cat, greg and thier GCE hongkong people there also but sadly we dint combine if not its gonna be a crowded dinner. :D We had our dinner at MOF at marina. It was great eating there. I just love the place. The chawamushi, the soba crepe, awesomeness.

After dinner we did some window shopping and started making our way home.

Party at Clement home

Met up with manfred to get booze for the party. Brought one bottle of bacardi spirit and 24 cans of beer. So we reached there and i was surpised to see some faces there. Started of with some Little noya with pizza and heineken. Got ask to played at the mahjong table and i walked away with $13.50 within 8 rounds. 2 max tai ftw.

After which the party hit the peak when wei lun and gary reached. we started drinking and drinking while playing a little bj and after which the main event. Poker. Won about $28 before i doze off from the drinks. woke up one hour later and continued the game and ended off rather quick as the sun started rising.

Went home earlier with the hougang people and breakfast at plaza. After which went home and prepare for the next event.

S149 group outing.

So yea. with one hour of sleep and alittle hangover i went to meet up with my group members for some escape themepark. Started off with GoKart. Max finished first followed by me and then gwynna. Gwynna being the first time player did rather ok, except for the couple of bangs she did at the parking bay. 0.0!

Next we wet&wild. Max and I pose for the picture and its SUPER nice! If its aint $15 i would have brought it. After which we played some more windy rides like VIKING.! HAHA! i just love viking. Its great to feel the feeling of free fall. Gwynna was really funny with her reaction. HAHA!!

Took other rides which was rather boring. Escape have to improve on thier rides. So yea. we ended off with another round of viking before making our way to movie.

YES MAN! its a really really must watch comedy! It has the traits of a good comedy; lameness, retardness, deep jokes and etc. I really had a good laugh during the movie. A really must watch comedy of the year. 4.1/5.

After movie we mrt-ed down to cathay for some aston. queued for like 90 and waited for another 30 min for the food to arrive. Aston at cathay might wanna improve on that. But still the food was great though i was so deprived of sleep.

We get some great soya milk at the rochor soya milk and make our way home. I slept for 14 hours.

Now. I have to prepare to make my way to my mums place for some christmas party with my aunty and cousins. Hope to watch some great movie with my mums awesome home movie set up. Its awesome. Shall blog after christmas then. in the meanwhile. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Marcus

Yesterday went out with 1/3 class to celebrate gwynna birthday. As usual the most of the guys were late. HAHA! ate at cartel. Then we bus-ed down to yx home for some chilling. Played some mahjong while the rest karaoked. After which we went home after watching little noya. We tried to crash at tk home but it seems that we dont know its home unit number. It was retarded. So yea, went home and continue my twilight reading.

So today, no plans or so whatever but! i have a things i have to do. SHOP FOR PRESENTS! grrr. partys going on all require a form a present. I am so lazy to do that. Haha! Okie dokie. I shall start asking people out now. Ciao.

Marcus

P.S: " My heart yearns for ur sight."

Wooo. 21.1km!! I am a half-marathon finisher. YAY! Its my first time so i am excited about it. Well the journey was rather tough. I was breezing through the first 14km, after which i kinda lose my focus and i was breathing inconsistently. That result in internal abrasion at my gut. It was freaking painful. So then every kilometre was a challenge. I nearly wanted to walk, but i saw this signage. "For the pride you gain, the pain is worth it." That motivate me to keep going and I did it. The feeling was... AWESOME but painful. My legs are aching. Roar.!! After home, I did some reflection and guess what. I decide to go for Adidas Sundown Marathon. :D

Tommorrow is a better day. Ciao

Marcus

Sup people. Back from Shanghai! Missed me? Kidding. Yup. It was great and i shall blog about it. :D

Day 1

We went to The Bund. It is a famous waterfront in Shanghai beautified by many foreign financial institutions it occupied in the past. Whats so cool about it has to be the the euporean architecture of the building blending into the chinese style of the city. So yea. we took a couple of pictures there as its kinda cool.

Next up we went to cruise on the Huangpu River; the most significant river in Shanghai. Well. It was rather cool, the wind was just nice, the view was great. Saw a couple of other JC people there too. I think its either MJC or PJC. I think we are the better ambassador. So yea.

After which was Shikumen Residences. Rather cool place. Its like a kind of housing with the blend of the west and the east. It was once a residential place but now its has cafes and label shops. The evisu jeans cost $700. 0.0! yea. but what interest me was the Starbucks there. Brought Tropical Nut Latte. Its tasted the same as Singapore. So yup.

After dinner, we went back to our hotel and did reflections. Soon after Group E did some STUFF.

Day 2

Fudan University was the first stop. It was rather surpising for me. Being the 3rd best uni in shanghai, the facilities are aint that good, or rather unpleasant. Thier domes are rather rundown and it caters to 6 students per room. 6! Goodness. On top of thier facilities, thier largest lecture room can only hold 230 students. 230 students compared to LT5 that hold at least 700 students. I feel rather dissapointed by the state of the university but nevertheless the local students there are contented and proud to be in Fudan; that is what matter most. :D

After lunch, we went for another round of sight seeing, now from an eagle point of view. First up. at 263 metre tall. The Oriental Pearl Tower. World number 3 tallest broadcasting tower. It was quite ok. Nothing much except for some photo taking. It was rather warm there though. :(

Next up, standing at 492 metres tall. Shanghai World Financial Centre; a glass skyscraper. It was rather cool. The lift was freaking fast for a start. Secondly the view was awesome, we were able to see the difference in development in Pudong and Pusi. It was cool there.

After which dinner and reflection.

Day 3

This is the educational day. First, we went to Baosteel Corparation. It is China's most competitive steel producer. Well this is one of the funny part of the trip. When we arrive, we went to this place where the process of steel was shown. It was rather ok at that moment. took some pics and went back to the bus, expecting to go to another place within the factory. But guess what. After around 15mins of the bus trip, the thing just end so abruptly. So all those sleeping in the bus like jan,sy and matt was like. "Huh? Finished already?". It was very funny then. :DD

So after lunch we went to a Singapore based company called Hyflux. Its a rather famous company in Singapore. A water treatment company that does the NEWater for Singapore. So yea. I expected more from it as it was like watching video all the way.

After that, Shopping!! everyone was looking forward to it. Nanjing street. Its like the orchard road of Singapore. Dint really get much stuff from there except for a hoodie. on the contary, sy, matt, janice brought quite a bit. Shoes and stuff. It was rather funny then as we are like rushing through shops and stuff as we got quite a little time to shop. At least elis and me brought 2 coke bottles each. Shanghai style. :D

Day 4

This is best day of all. First. We went to Shanghai High School. Its the most prestigious high school in Shaghai or China. Its like the RI in Singapore. We were welcome by the headmaster or something. He gave us a great introduction of thier school, culture , lifestyle. Its kinda cool as thier systems is rather similar to Singapore educational system. So we tour around the school. Saw some cute children studying and stuff. Thier school environment is so greeny, very nice blend of trees and flora. :D It feels good to be there. :D

After which we went to Shanghai Museum. A super cool place. All the history stuff was there. There are seals, currency, pottery and stuff. Very cool stuff. I like the seals and currency the most. I am wow-ed by the evolution of ancient chinese and how they handle things in life. Yup. Enough said about the museum. So yea we were given like 4-5 hours to tour around the museum but we took around like 2 hours plus to tour most of it, and we decide to sneak out to shop. Guess what, along the way we saw the other cliques already shopping. -.- so we were like the last clique to leave the museum. It was rather funny as the 3 shoppers, jan,sy,matt were like complaining we were being fooled. So yea. It was very funny then. :D

After dinner then, we went to catch a multimillion circus performance called "ERA Intersection of Time" Quite a interesting performance. alot of acrobat and stuff. But one thing that spoiled the mood was that, some freaking korean lady put her feet on elis and my seat. So we were like, sitting forward to avoid the feet. Freaking inconsiderate bunch of people. Rarr.

Day 5

The last day of our trip. The main event was definitely Yuyuan. Its like the chinatown of Singapore. First we tour-ed the residential area of the chinese official if I am aint wrong. After which it was shopping for the entire group. Matt, Jan, Sy and practically everyone went back with bags and more bags of stuffs. (Wonder what did they buy). A couple of us, elis, me, dint really brought much. Nothing really interest me there. I was just savouring the moments I had in Shanghai while the rest rush to get last minutes stuffs. :D

After that we head back to the airport through the Maglev train. Its the world fastest train; faster than a bullet train, FYI. It was freaking cool travelling up to 431 km/hr. :) After that its goodbye Shanghai & hello Singapore.

So yea. It has been a great trip for me. I learnt many new stuff from this trip, the culture of people, the history china, the lifestyles of local, how things can relate to Singapore. It benefitted me in one way or the other and I know in future such things I learnt will come in handy.

It wasnt only the educational part (and the shopping) of it that make this trip so enriching but the ones that accompany me makes it better. They are sy,matt,janice,jt,joanne and especially elis and many more. I had a fun time with you guys & looking forward for more. :DDD maybe a trip to sentosa for some under the sun fun someday? :D

So yea. It took me quite some time to blog this out as there are many things I had to do since I reached home. Well, one of them is my preparation for my half marathon this Sunday, 7 dec. The night after reached home, I ran about 15-17km. I was quite contented that i manage to hit such a distance after eating those oily food I had in Shanghai. Anway I just collected my race pack today and yea gonna do some training again later. Hope to hit like 17-19 km today. :D

P.S: ~~Marcus~~ ( Whats nexts )