I’m trying to study.
Stop visiting my blog and distracting me.
I CAN FEEL YOU.
*continues scratching and muttering to self*
Freshly Salted Wounds
“Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind..”
Performance
Today, I was mostly a nervous wreck. Performing in a band setting for the first time was a scary thing. We ended up doing a lot of things wrong, but it all turned out sort of fine in the end. Some voices cracked, some went out of sing, we had the wrong guitar tone here and there, wrong lyrics, wrong song sheets, but mostly no one noticed.
What I learnt? Trust in God and things have a way of working themselves out.
..also make sure to fake perfection when you screw up on stage 
Happy Valentine’s.
Apparently..
..someone in SMRT or something took an interest to my previous post and forwarded the link to a certain ngmeilin[at]smrt[dot]com[dot]sg.
However, it was a local IP address (192.165. something) and I can’t access and view the message.
Upcoming trains for Singapore’s MRT.
I was reading up on Singapore’s transport system in Wikipedia (don’t ask me why, I have no idea either) and found out a few interesting things. First of all, two people have committed suicide and had their video recordings leaked onto the internet, at Yishun and Admiralty, by crawling out underneath and jumping ahead of the train respectively. morbid. but interesting. Read here and here.
On to less sickening stuff. Further down the line, I read that the majority of our train cars have been operating since 1987, which is a pretty long time, and that the original batch of them have been refurbished between 2006-2009, with a completion on the 2nd of January 2009. Not bad. Also, Singapore boasts the largest rail depot, the Kim Chuan Depot, which costed $297 million and reaches a depth of up to 24m, with a holding capacity of 77 trains and employs 300 staff.
Also, the Circle Line that is currently in place has 31 stations planned, although currently only 5 are operational (which is Stage 3 of the line). It will also be the world’s longest fully automated metro line. I see the government sure likes to break records.
Finally, the most interesting bit(for me, at least), is that Singapore has ordered a newer model of trains, the Bombardier MOVIA, which is scheduled to start arriving in the last quarter of 2012 and they should all be operating on the Downtown line in 2013. The cool thing about the new model is that it will feature a dynamic route map display, which ought to be quite pointless but fun to stare at while you do nothing in the MRT. Also notable is that it has a new design of straphangers to replace the shitty unstable ones we have right now.
This article has been all words and chock full of pointless information, so it’s definitely time for some images of the new train I stole from Google and local forums. Hurray.
Outside View
New straphangers
Sexay route display
End seats
..wow. I feel all patriotic and shit, while at the same time also guilty for wasting away hours I should’ve spent studying.
You ought to be grateful.
Are you advertising for SMRT?
no.
50 Things To Do At A Movie
The most hilarious shit I’ve read all week. Credit to Jed Saba, whoever the hell he is. You sir, are a genius.
I’ve bolded the ones that I found especially amusing.
1. Try to start a wave
2. Gasp every time there is a swear word.
3. Wear a huge Afro wig.
4. Every 15 minutes stand up and then sit back down.
5. Yell out to the screen “Don’t Do It!”
6. If there is a love scene, reach over in front of you and cover a random person’s eyes.
7. Stand in front of the screen motionless and face the audience the entire movie.
8. Scalp tickets outside the theater.
9. If a catchy song plays in the movie stand up and dance.
10. Bring an attachable seat-belt. Strap it to your seat and then clip it on yourself. Turn to the person next to you and say, “you never know”.
11. Talk really loud on your cell phone.
12. Demand that somebody puts the volume up.
13. Sit at the back, raise your arms to the projector and make shadow puppets on the screen.
14. Bring a laser pen and shoot it at the screen.
15. Wear 3D glasses…no matter what the movie is.
16. Every time something crazy happens, turn to a random person and say, “did you see that?!”
17. Sit criss cross on the floor in the very front of the theater and look up at the screen.
18. Stand in the front corner facing the audience and do sign language translations.
19. Do the same thing stated above (#18) except translate the movie into Spanish for the audience.
20. As people enter the theater, make nametags for them.
21. After the movie go back to the ticket counter and demand a refund because the movie was terrible. Whether or not they give you a refund, buy another ticket for the same movie at a later showing.
22. Half way through the movie run down to the screen, touch it, and then run back to your seat
yelling, “I touched the screen! I touched the screen!”
23. Repeat the lines in the movie.
24. Accuse the person behind you of kicking your seat. Constantly demand that they stop even though they aren’t really kicking your seat.
25. Tape “reserved” signs on every single seat before the movie starts.
26. Get a large group of people and act out a wedding scene. (As if a couple were getting married in the theater) Make sure everyone is in costume, and that there is a bride, groom, priest, bridesmaids, best man, etc. Use the theater aisle as if it were a Church aisle and have a bride walk down to meet the groom standing at the front. Act out the entire scene as if they actually were getting married.
27. Sneak in chickens (find a way) then let them run around freely during the movie.
28. Laugh extremely loud at a line that wasn’t meant to be funny.
29. Wear a white sheet over yourself and cut holes for eyes (like a ghost) then creepily walk around with your arms out chanting “OOOoooOOOOO I am the ghost of the theater! ooooOOOOOooooOOOO!”
30. Ask the person who sells you the ticket to give you his/her autograph
31. Ask for a discount because you are single and entering alone
32. Wear sunglasses and a white cane and ask them how a blind person would be accommodated.
33. Bargain with the ticket price
34. Turn around to the person behind you and say, “Excuse me, can you please kick my seat? Thanks.” Once they start kicking your seat yell “HARDER! HARDER!”
35. Every so often, do an awkward moan.
36. Get the entire theater to sing happy birthday to a random person.
37. Every 10 minutes pretend something has impacted your life. Put your hand on your chest. Gasp, and as you nod your head look at the person next to you and say ”mmmmmmm!”
38. Stare at a random person next to you the entire time.
39. When buying your ticket, ask to pay half the price because you will be leaving half way through the movie.
40. Half way through the movie stand up and yell “DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!?” and then run off.
41. Ask a random person next to you to explain the movie because you don’t get it.
42. Ask a random person to go buy you popcorn because you don’t want to miss the movie.
43. Before the movie starts get everyone to bow their heads as you lead them in prayer. Pray for the movie. While praying, extend your hands towards the screen.
44. Stand up in the middle of the movie and start a head count.
45. Run up and down the aisles making rocket ship noises
46. Eat the popcorn from a random person sitting next to you.
47. Yell out loud demanding that they pause the movie because you need to use the bathroom.
48. When something is really funny, don’t laugh, instead point at the screen and scream: “L-O-L L-O-L L-O-L!!!!”
49. Blow your nose into a tissue and then show the contents of the tissue to a random person sitting next to you saying, “Look what I did!”
50. As the credits roll and people start to leave yell, “No! Everyone! Don’t Go! There is Something After the Credits!” After the credits roll and there is nothing say “Just Kidding!” Then run out giggling.
Another smelly incident
About 4/5 months ago, I made a post about some idiot who brought his (most likely) urine on board the bus, making the whole bus smell like utter hell.
Today, someone beat him by shitting on the bus.
D:
What went down: I was just outside Sim Lim Square after purchasing a new keyboard-
the cheap ($19) sexy beast
- and looking for a straight bus to Yishun. I had never tried that route before, and decided to just take the first bus to Yishun that I saw. Which happened to be 851.
The bus was quite crowded, but with two seats that were side by side left notably empty. I decided I might as well sit on it and relieve the people of their burden of an empty seat. Got within two inches of it – then the stench hit me like a steel pipe to the face.
It was pure, unadulterated FECAL matter. No doubt. It was the smell you get after you let loose your shit/feces/butt drool/chocolate explosion/boulders/ass goblins/fudge nuggets/colon cannonballs/hershey’s kisses/chocolate cream/supernovas
you get the idea.
What’s up with you uncivilised Singaporeans? Here I was all proud to be a Singaporean with our great economy and government and shit and now you have to shit on my shit and ruin my day with your shit.
What’s funny though, was that these four female poly students got on the bus all dressed up in formal business wear, and chit-chatting all the way to the seats, they sat down absentmindedly on the seats before one of them screamed in horror and sat up. Of course, everyone in the bus ended up staring at them for the remainder of the journey. Awkward, but oh-so-amusing.
My blog is full of shit.
I embarked on a Photoshopping spree…
..and I returned at 1am with this:
Failed Attempt
which was supposed to look like this:
WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET
Anyway, it’s my new display picture which shows up at every post. Yay for stupid reasons to stay up at night.
Aims.
Mathematics – A1.
Geography – A1.
Biology – A2/B3.
three subjects this year, while everyone else is taking seven or eight. no excuses.
studaay