Armoury-77

It’s the last day of the June hols for me, and looking back, I’ve certainly hated it. Long hours of zombie killing, xeno (alien) killing, mugging, doing projects, skateboarding… sounds a bit fun to you, but in actual fact, stretch that over a whole month and you get BORING…

I don’t really have much to write in the way of recorded events and reflections.

I’ve had my fair share of procrastination and well, of all the holiday homework, I didn’t even finish half of it, of course not entirely due to the fact that I procrastinate too =P

Quotable quotes this holiday:

- “Liberty is one of imagination’s most precious possessions”

- “Map out your future, but do it in pencil”

- Before the transformers movie, my sister pulls out a huge lump of popcorn and goes “MEGACORN!!!”… megatron + popcorn = megacorn…

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Being a photographer, I think the best way to commemorate the past month is by showing you what I’ve been through. Here’s a whole bunch of photos that can describe my holiday.

Enjoy!

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A display of all the thumbdrives I’ve had. The black Cruzer was just a stand-in for my new Cruzer Titanium.

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This is called “shitty drafts for Geography project”

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During one of my numerous returns to school for project meetings, a monitor lizard decidedly to add some variety to my day and cross the path =)

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Barricading out the zombies in CS Source Zombiemod

And I met a cute chick called Samus Aran while hiding

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Caught some bugs and made very nice macro shots (not THAT nice hahaha)

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Revisited my childhood toys. This magnificent aircraft carrier was bought 10 years ago… and its still the best aircraft carrier there ever was on the market.

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Went bowling, I suck at it, but when I actually land my power-shots, I smash pins all over =)

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Turned into an avid Transformers fan overnight and met Optimus Prime

Went down to watch it on 23rd June with me, cos I seriously couldn’t wait for official opening day (even when it was only tomorrow)

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Went skateboarding, although I”m still a totaly noob, I’m trying as hard as I can =)

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In transition to a Samsung F480

Got a new handphone!!! Fine, the model isn’t the latest, but I like it, and its much better than my previous one.

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Let a good game of Risk degenerate into a game of “real-time combat”

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Work on an experimental algae bio-reactor

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Hang out with my totally cool cousins

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Found a handphone keychain as big as the handphone itself

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Caught up with friends to play DOW2

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Essentially doing a lot of homework… =P

Sigh… what a holiday. It’s come and gone, and I still have a loonngg bumpy road of hardships to face, but at least I’ve got God and her by my side…

It’s the last day of the June hols for me, and looking back, I’ve certainly hated it. Long hours of zombie killing, xeno (alien) killing, mugging, doing projects, skateboarding… sounds a bit fun to you, but in actual fact, stretch that over a whole month and you get BORING…

I don’t really have much to write in the way of recorded events and reflections.

I’ve had my fair share of procrastination and well, of all the holiday homework, I didn’t even finish half of it, of course not entirely due to the fact that I procrastinate too

Quotable quotes this holiday:

- “Liberty is one of imagination’s most precious possessions”

- “Map out your future, but do it in pencil”

- Before the transformers movie, my sister pulls out a huge lump of popcorn and goes “MEGACORN!!!”… megatron + popcorn = megacorn…

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Being a photographer, I think the best way to commemorate the past month is by showing you what I’ve been through. Here’s a whole bunch of photos that can describe my holiday.

Enjoy!

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A display of all the thumbdrives I’ve had. The black Cruzer was just a stand-in for my new Cruzer Titanium.

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This is called “shitty drafts for Geography project”

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During one of my numerous returns to school for project meetings, a monitor lizard decidedly to add some variety to my day and cross the path 

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Barricading out the zombies in CS Source Zombiemod

And I met a cute chick called Samus Aran while hiding

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Caught some bugs and made very nice macro shots (not THAT nice hahaha)

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Revisited my childhood toys. This magnificent aircraft carrier was bought 10 years ago… and its still the best aircraft carrier there ever was on the market.

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Went bowling, I suck at it, but when I actually land my power-shots, I smash pins all over 

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Turned into an avid Transformers fan overnight and met Optimus Prime

Went down to watch it on 23rd June with me, cos I seriously couldn’t wait for official opening day (even when it was only tomorrow)

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Went skateboarding, although I”m still a totaly noob, I’m trying as hard as I can

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In transition to a Samsung F480

Got a new handphone!!! Fine, the model isn’t the latest, but I like it, and its much better than my previous one.

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Let a good game of Risk degenerate into a game of “real-time combat”

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Work on an experimental algae bio-reactor

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Hang out with my totally cool cousins

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Found a handphone keychain as big as the handphone itself

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Caught up with friends to play DOW2

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Essentially doing a lot of homework…

Sigh… what a holiday. It’s come and gone, and I still have a loonngg bumpy road of hardships to face, but at least I’ve got God and her by my side…

 Man what an awesome movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dragged my sister down to watch the 23rd June preview just so I can catch the fun before everyone else in class. The movie is just undescribably cool. GO WATCH IT!!!

I also got this nice banner from the official website:

   
make your own here

OMG, the first week of the holidays has come and gone so fast!!! And I have done very little for all my holiday HW cos everyone involved is fcking AT CAMP OR HAVING OVERSEAS TRIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY THE **** ARE YOU (RI ppl) STILL GOING FOR OVERSEAS HOLIDAYS WHEN YOU HAVE 7 GRADED PROJECTS AND BARELY 3 WEEKS LEFT TO FINISH IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s just part 1 of the story.

The other thing that pisses me off is all the CCAs and the camps that follow. I think the school thinks we think (bleh bleh messy) about 10+ hours a week spent doing non-work-related, non-grades-affecting, non-productive-for-people-doing-work-with-you activities are OK on our schedules. Do you know how much can be accomplished in 10 hours?

Camps camps camps, now those are even WORSE than CCAs on their own… nearly 60% of my project work group members are gone on CCA camps, and those span a few days, and what does that mean????? MORE THAN 72 HOURS WASTED TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Am I not going to be able to have any sense of “holiday” this month?

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Quite a while ago (haha forgot to post), I went up the Singapore Flyer with my parents!!! Well, its really quite boring, as most ferris wheels are… but the view is awesome!!!

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Yes… “june holidays”. So much for the holidays when we have 7 graded assignments complete with a full suite of homework to complete. I don’t think anyone has anymore time to holiday anymore…

Just to briefly cover what interesting has happened in the time between the start of the holidays and my last post, there were a few very very memorable events.

First and foremost, the massive outdoor event for all the youths of my church!!!!!!!! I forgot what it was called alr (haiz…) but its alright! Had lots and lots of fun, tho no photos of it cos I was so caught up playing in the events! However, I did get photos of the awesome stage during the 2-hour long praise and worship session!

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Right after that, on 26th May Monday, I had my Interschool Taekwondo Nationals!!! This is a somewhat bigger competition than the previous one I won gold for so as you can assume, competition is a LOT harder…

I was seriously playing “tanker” the whole tournament: I tie my opponent down 0-0 till the sudden death round (when both fighters are tied) where the 1st person to score a point wins. AHH… then is when I usually kill my opponents in 5 sec, usually cos I’ve taken the time during the 1st 3 rounds to memorize their fight-patterns.

Unfortunately for all, no photos of this event cos my supporters didn’t make it down until my final match, and no one brought a camera…

My final opponent was pretty tough, and was almost exactly like my opponent that thrashed me during my 1st ever tournament. I went on to blockxors all his power-kicks and tied 0-0, even through sudden death. In the end, he won cos he was more aggressive, but hey! Points to the one who resisted all the attacks in the first place rite???? =P

I got a cool glass medal!

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Just on Saturday, I got my skateboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I refuse to buy the usually-inferior completes and went to build a fully custom pro skateboard., although the price tag went sky-high after that…

My parts are as follows:

- Element Featherlight “Shock”

- Speed Demons trucks (that match my skateboard)

- Speed Demons ABEC-5 bearings and some blank 54mm street wheels

And the result is a pretty slick skateboard that cost me $250 SGD and is very much capable of doing anything most of the pros at the skate-park do.

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And after a couple of days or two of hard practice, the edges are worn a bit already, and I got my first crash injury on my palm and knee!

Note the wood showing thru at the top of the black part, and the wheels aren’t white anymore. And the dent! T_T sobz…

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Was going down a slope at ultra high-speed (yeah I even got scared when things became super fast) and hit a rock…