Hop Like a Kangaroo, Cling Like a Monkey

Cheers everyone!

As usual, the long anticipated (I hope! =) update.

Had the Archery lesson yesterday, and got the second inner circle on my first try! Yay! Then the trainer came along, 'helped me', and I completely missed the circle... -_- 1 and a 1/2 hours wasted, just shooting 10 arrows. Then the surprise activity, that is supposedly free of charge, sponsored by the school. Special shoe things that look something like rollerskates, except it was 2 bent pieces of plastic, (Think: rocking chair) instead. Very unstable. Fell down twice, by hopping over the hurdles on the obstacle course. Then the activity OFFICIALLY ended.

Took the bus back, clung like a monkey onto the pole, because it was very crowded. Well, there you have it. The motivation behind the title, and the story of yesterday. (:

Right now, I'm multitasking; updating, studying for Science, and preparing for Tuesday's interclass debate. Speaking of which, it's 2 SE VS. 2 GR, the motion is THW negotiate with terrorists. Ying ying's doing first, I'm second, and Yi Ann's third. Go SE! (:

Quote:

"Once a chance, twice a coincidence, thrice an enemy action."

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Blackout

When I close my eyes
When I turn out the light

Blackout.

When I’m left in an abyss of darkness
all by my lonesome self

Blackout.

When the sun goes to bed
When the rain-washes away my strength

Blackout.

When Hope has given up on me
and I on it

Blackout.

When I wasn’t meant to see tomorrow
and the days and months and years after that

Blackout.

Life is full of blackouts.
Irregardless, we ourselves sometimes have to be the ones
who turn on the lights.

Enlighten up.

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Procrastinated. (and) Eliminated.

Hello again! Before I begin, I would like to apologize for the lack of updates. It so happens that I have been, shall we say, addicted to Fanfiction for the past few days, and busy for the remaining, hence the delay. On to the post!

Here are some links:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3427085/1/Stand_and_Watch_It_Burn
(Stand and Watch It Burn is one of my favourite stories, and it's about HP, just in case you were wondering. So read and get hooked!)

http://www.stevencravis.com/
(For Natalie, who admires pianists. It's a series of beautiful songs I stumbled on recently. "Through the Kaleidoscope" and "The Shining Star" are awesome!)

Though there's no common test tomorrow, I still have to complete 2 weeks' worth of Musical Theory homework (*gasp*), so I'm afraid this is where I leave you, for this post.

But fret not, for The Charlatan will return! (:

Quote:

"Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."

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Like a Bird Without Wings

like a bird without wings
I am stuck in a Transparent Dome
so many things are going on outside
I want to find out what’s going on

flying.
away
away
away…

but this Shell…
it encases me
in my own little world

like a bird without wings
I yearn to soar
take flight
break free of this Invisible Barrier

but I cannot
for I am only
a bird without wings

the Plastic Bubble safeguards me
but it also restricts me

I am a bird without wings
doomed never to fly

flying.
high
higher
even higher…

and like a bird without wings
I make a strangled cry
then crash, slowly, onto the

Ground.

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Of Challenges and Clinical Checkups (Note the Alliteration)

Hi again!

I apologize for the lack of updates recently, but it was because I was really, truly busy. Hmm... Let's see what I have been up to in the past few days...

Wednesday 1/8-Went to the Polyclinic to do my asthma review and see a doctor about my knee problem, then got referred to KK Hospital. Came back at around 6+.

Thursday 2/8-Went to KK Hospital for my checkup, found out that I had to come back for a review and go for physiotherapy. Came back at 6+, nearly 7. Brilliant, right? The 'fun' things never stop.

Friday 3/8-Went to ACS (I) for a concert and came back at 10+.

See? Therefore, I cannot be blamed for the lack of updates. =)

During yesterday's recess, Ms Sie called for a meeting and we kind of finalized the details on the book. So far, we have decided on:

a) Writing poems on whatever we want (instead of for the visually handicapped)

b) Recording our voices when we read our poems onto an audio CD (since the visually handicapped prefer listening)

c) Writing a short autobiography (before our poems)

d) Having our 'candid' pictures above our autobiography, and

e) Having a 'profound' quote, thought up by the Prof. (of course)

That's about it for now.

Anyways, I found out that our school has a long way to improve, in terms of visual asthetics, when I visited ACS (I) yesterday. They have a soccer field (which we don't have), statues (which we also don't have), glossy, tiled floors and huge open spaces (sadly, we have neither), and most of all, an Arts' Festival!

I was thinking, why can't we have an Arts' Festival too, especially since our school's niche is in the Arts? I am seriously going to raise it as a suggestion at the end of the year; SC without an Arts' Fest. just doesn't seem right!

Quote:

"Think of a person of "average" intelligence. Then think that half the world is dumber than that."

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Scars-For Dilys

Half moon marks dug deep into pale, pearly skin.
Crimson liquid leaked out of the many orifices.
Splattered by heavier, resounding drops.
Typical.

Grieve and mourn.
Live and let live.
And so we move on.

Scars are not signs of the weak.
They are the markings of the brave, the heroic.
of those who fought, but perished,
of those who survived, but just barely.

They show the paths in our lives
the wrong turns we took
and the choices Destiny made for us.

Scars.
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