daryl

sports dayyyy

01May08

something to keep my blog alive.

pics from yesterdays combined sports meet.

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#lab.

14Apr08

this is for YISHUN! who voluntarily dedicated half an hour of his time to help me with my photography project(:

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my life revolves around dy/dx, E. coli, M. luteus, Ethyl Acetate, Human rights, electromagnetism, current electricity, practical electricity, eye, homeostasis, anti-duretic hormone, electroplating, electrolysis, energy changes, 50% ethanol extract, aboriginal, Rudd administration, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sunnis vs Shi’ites.

I’M GOING BERSERK SHIT.

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separated.

20Mar08

kak parti has left us.

really saddening to see her go, and i could sense that she couldnt bear to leave this place. i stood there, and watched her hurriedly walking down the flight of steps, slowly disappearing away from my sight. thanks to those who tried to comfort me, smsed me and so on. it was then i received a sms from tongjing and i have really got to agree with her. i’m sure she doesnt want you to be sad too. well, now its all about continuing life per normal, and try to contact/phone/letters/pictures kak parti whenever i could, and really try to keep in touch, find out how she’s coping back there and so on. gahhh.

on the brighter side, i finally got my flash (sb800), which i have saved up for so so long. i think buying from money order is so much more worth it than going to the stores to get it. same thing, same service, cheaper price. tried my sb800 and fell in love with it quite instantaneously.

i dont feel like typing anymore. guess i’ll stop here.

goodbye/goodnight kak parti.

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kak parti the hero.

19Mar08

wasnt really in the best of mood the past week.

many things happened at home, which made me emo, as kenneth would put it. my maid has cancer. colorectal cancer. all started when she started to lose weight drastically, losing like 10kg over half a year, and she started to have problems in the toilet too. all gone unnoticed by us, and she kept mum about it. I wouldnt blame her for that, for who would demand the employer to bring her to see a doctor for what was perceived to be stomachache? things got worse, doctors diagnosed her with stage 3 colorectal cancer near end of term 1, and she underwent surgery to remove the tumour. i prayed real hard everyday, asking for the surgery to be successful and hopefully she will be cured. then, i roughly know its almost time for us to part. she has her own family, her own son which she hardly sees (like once every 1-2 years). she needs to spent more time with her family, more time with her son. she needs time, but she might not have the time.

surgery went alright, she came back looking strong, in the pink of health, and thats when i was much relieved. but yesterday, dad broke the news that she needed chemotherapy, which means going back to Indonesia. chemo will pretty much make her weak and she definitely needs the care and encouragement of her family to pull through the treatment. and she had to leave soon for treatment, which means by the end of this week. i was pretty devastated upon hearing that, and i did felt tears welling upon my eyes. i repeatedly asked myself, why did she have to leave so soon?

kak parti has been with my family, by my side for the past 11 years. i still vividly remember the first day she stepped into our house. i was just a 5 year old kiddo sitting at the dining table eating my chicken rice when my dad brought a very young short haired lady into our house. then a total stranger, now like family. i can still remember how we played badminton almost everyday, how she would fetch me from school, cooked our meals for us, played with us, make us laugh. all these memories i cherish will definitely be with me forever. she was almost like a mother to me. if i had any problems, feeling down, i would go look for her and have a nice chat. i still remember times when i would argue with my family to include her in family events such as cousins weddings, to make her a part of our family and not just regarded as a maid. i would always ask if we wanted to bring kak parti along to outside meals at restaurants.

she’s leaving early tomorrow morning. when my dad broke the news to me yesterday, all i did was to walk to my room, and cry my hearts out. yeah i did. i really dont want her to leave, but there’s this bit in me that wants her to go, be reunited with her family, enjoy the rest of her life, get the support and encouragement needed to go through her next part of treatment. i really wished i could have a nice long chat with her, but no, i dont have the time. granny told me she said she couldnt bear to leave this household, but still she displays a cheery disposition which makes me want to cry everytime i see her. i really dont know how life will be without kak parti. all i can do now, and was what i did anyway, was to take photos with her, get her home address, telephone number, hopefully we’ll still be in contact. i really do want to go visit her some time in indonesia, but i know parents will not allow. hopefully we’ll still be in touch even though we’re physically separated.

kak parti the hero. <3

live strong kak parti. i love you.

p/s: yes i cried as i typed this out, painfully.

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flowing respect and force.

11Mar08

g’day! hah yes i know i havent been updating for like damn long. ohwell. just got back from melbourne for my sabbaticals. had some HP program with the university of melbourne, and its pretty fun even though i’m not from HP (humanities programme, in case you dont know). australia damn shuang, especially when you can walk 1km down the road in a sweater and not sweat a bit, eat and eat and amazingly didnt gain a single kg (neither did i lose). lifestyle there is super carefree, shops close at 5pm, school starts late, weather’s nice, ppl are nice. no wonder so many ppl migrate to australia.

day 1!
i was among the lucky 11! to be flying with ms teo on thai airways (yes a touch of thai), so which means longer flight (fly through bangkok), reach melbourne earlier and leave melbourne later. i love thai airways for now cos the food on the plane is so yummy and got so many videos and games to play and watch. but i was fell asleep for almost the entire flight >< and they give out great playing cards, which xining gladly took 4 from the air stewardess D:

reached melbourne at 2pm and we went straight to our accomodation: YHA metro melbourne! some youth hostel which is quite coolios actually. it had a mini pool table, internet and a lounge like sitting area, and of course a GREAT rooftop. room mates with chengaik, pohcheng and girvan! then immediately, it was walk walk walk to melbourne central to buy groceries. and that was when, i saw. yes i saw KRISPY KREMES! haha yes, and that was how the 6 of us ended up carting 5 dozen donuts back to singapore. but more of that later xD then it was back to the hostel for DINNER. you go to melbourne hoping to get some decent pasta/lazanga, but not until you see the lady standing behind the hostel’s cafeteria counter is actually a CHINESE >< so you can imagine the type of pasta we tasted laa, our first meal in melbourne >< but the chinese food she cooked subsequently a few days later was not bad! went to the rooftop with roomies and was like OMGish from the nice nice view of the sunset! you can see it below.

ok enough said. i shall blog bout the other days some other time. pictures first!

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BAD DAY.

16Feb08

do you think you really know me that well? at least i dont really think so.

i’m tired. mentally and physically.
sick of all these nonsense.

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GO FLY KITE.

12Feb08

i love mondays!

lessons end at 1.20pm and its freeeee for the rest of the day. went for my once a month visit to the dentist for my braces, and guess what, the not-so-petite nurse is back! ahhh i remember when i went for my first treatment, she told me “if you dont bring your toothbrush next time, heh heh heh” and she starts laughing hysterically. okay maybe i exaggerated. anyway after that encounter, she disappeared. only to return today. but i must admit, she’s quite nice laa. note to self: bring toothbrush for next visit.

after that was slc meeting. first progs meeting for 14slc. the committee is so so so so small with only 7 people, and it doesnt help that they’re like 1 month behind schedule? ahh lets just hope that the legacy left by the past 13slc, including 13thslc!, shall live on(:

off to do bio.

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WHEN WILL I SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN.

10Feb08

not very satisfied with my shots of day 1 of the river hongbao fireworks (its in the previous post), i made my way down on sat to have another shot. how smart can i get when i have found a perfect spot, set up my tripod, mounted my camera, all ready to take fireworks when i realised my camera couldnt turn on. I FORGOTTEN MY BATTERY. clever right. forget it, the fireworks is not that nice anyway xD

time to do maths maths maths, bio bio bio…

edit: i didnt know you were there too.

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JENNY

09Feb08

and i have the sudden impulse to revive my blog again..

chinese new year doesnt feel like chinese new year to me. this is my first year spending chinese new year in singapore i think, and i do miss the mad rush to get to the airport on time on chinese new year eve just to fly over to penang for new year; where loads of people throng over to granddad’s house to bai nian and visit my great grandma. all’s over when great grandma passed away 2 years ago after a long long battle with cancer. now hardly anybody goes up to penang, much less granddad’s house, including us sigh.

cny celebrations in school were pretty much the same. lion dance, co performance, wushu and what not. and i was waiting for progs gathering alright! and sadly, its like ohmygosh 4 people turned up wow. and shanna ahem ahem asked everybody to turned up and ahem ahem didnt turned up herself tsk. was pretty much lazy to go back to nanhua, afterall i dont really recognise all the teachers there anymore. nobody went back too i think.

spent my new year’s day in jb wearing the council shirt (okay so i dont have red shirts but who cares). went to my uncle’s house and met my eldest cousin for the first time in my entire 16 year life. guess our age difference. 25 years wow xD. hahahah he’s actually like 5 years younger than my dad. although it was pretty much slacking in the house and playing nfs, it was great catching up with cousins and family even though our age difference is like woah.

now for some pics from cny fireworks.