The Journey Of A Vision

Maturity ≠ Age

2009-12-12T23:20:00.000+08:00

Maturity ≠ Age

Influence

2009-09-13T11:22:00.001+08:00

Influence

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The Big Problem

2009-08-27T21:00:00.001+08:00

The Big Problem

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Honor the Honorable

2009-08-26T23:20:00.001+08:00

Honor the Honorable

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The Troubles of the Heart

2009-08-25T23:47:00.001+08:00

The Troubles of the Heart

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Parasites or Philanthropists.

2009-08-23T00:49:00.001+08:00

Parasites or Philanthropists.

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The Painful Truth

2009-08-16T01:23:00.002+08:00

With the passing of our aunt, my grandmother's youngest sister, came a sad realization. It made me reflect and think things through as I was seated there in the wake watching as people came in and looked at the coffin.

It made me think of a simple yet powerful question: what will I be remembered as when I die? Will I have done enough in my world so that I can really call my time on earth a worth it experience?

A lot of people don't think as far ahead; taking life in a very ignorant attitude. We sometimes look at things by the day and never look at the bigger picture. We tend not to plan ahead of time, forgetting the fact that our actions today have a great impact to our lives and the lives of others in the near future. We forget the fact that the future is made in the now.

I'm trying to imagine my funeral. How grand it will be, how many people are there, how my coffin will look like, how many people are crying, etc. It's not because of arrogance that I am thinking that but it's because of how the funeral will be like actually somehow determines the amount of things you have done in the duration of your life.

The amount of people who comes determines how much people you have impacted in your life. And somehow, the grander your funeral, the more successful you actually are.

Imagine. It's not that hard.

If you think that you haven't done enough yet to attain such a grand funeral, why not start doing things that will impact people and all walks of life?

For me, I think that I haven't done enough. I'm still imagining a very small wake with just family and relatives. I think I haven't done enough yet in the society to actually make my life well worth it. I'm still young with a lot more things that I can definitely do.

I think ultimately, the question that we really have to answer is: How do I want others to remember me as when I pass away?

This is for the loving memory of Mrs Estrella David Ferrer. Our dear Aunt and our grandmother's youngest sister.

The Historical truth?

2009-08-14T00:53:00.001+08:00

Last Monday, there was a guest speaker who came to talk about a
historical truth. His talk was mainly about what is really the cause
of the Mindanao conflict which is happening right now. Mr Pastor "Boy"
Saycon talked about some facts regarding how the spratly islands are
of most value because it is rich in oil and so the Americans are
trying to take it for themselves and profit themselves.

To me all of these looked to be somehow like conspiracy theories
against the USA. Though it looked real and believable, I still require
more facts before I can say that it is real or not.

However, the part which left me to most impacted was towards the end
when the floor was opened for some question and answer.

I was trully impacted by what he said that the youths are the future.
Plus his idea of NOTA or None Of The Above to be included in the
voting slip so that if we feel that no candidate can be worthy to be
president, they can choose NOTA to show that they disagree with the
candidates.

I love the idea a lot because it allows us to have the power to decide
on what to do. This is the true democracy.

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

Stupid No Life People

2009-08-07T22:54:00.001+08:00

Oh man. Today, or rather, tonight was really a great experience so
significant that it just have to be added in this journal of the
Journey of A Vision.

Tonight, there was a lot of firsts and a situation which made me think
about a growing problem in the youths today.

My friends went over to my house tonight because a certain someone had
a sister who was invited to a party and we were not so while we were
waiting for her sister, we decided to hang out at my place which was
the nearest. We were having lots of fun chatting around and I really
got a chance to get to know them even more. The clock stroke 9 and JL
had to go off home which is nearby as well.

We went out of the house and started walking towards his place. Behind
us, I noticed that there seems to be 3 youngsters who seemed to be
following us. We just walked and minded our own business. Then on our
path were these group of more youngsters who seems to be having a
drinking binge. They look really drunk and stupid.

We continued walking but the three idiots behind us started to say
some words, they were accusing us of some things that we did not
necessarily do. Then the hooligans who were seated on the makeshift
table having a drinking binge also stood up and started to corner the
4 of us. Since I had no experience in such a situation before, I kept
quiet. The others were apologizing over and over again for some stuffs
that we didn't necessarily do.

Fortunately, there were still some sober people and a fight was
abated. We walked and continued in our way but the experience left our
hearts pumping adrenaline in our system. It was an experience that I
will never forget.

But you see, these youngsters or hooligans or delinquents are there
and prevalent in here it's because there's a law that 'immune' minors
from being jailed or punished. They are also there because they have
practically no life, uneducated, low-life, who spends 3/4 of their
lives drinking and enjoying themselves. Gangs and fraternities. They
are one of the many epitomes of stupidity and cowardice.

They have totally no freaking life because they will take whatever
things that makes them happy. They are satisfied with where they are
at and they can never excel in their lives. These people does not
realize that what they do have a huge consequence to their future.
That's why I say they have no life and are practically futureless.
They will have a life doing below average things every single day
trying to survive on measly salaries that they will get because they
are losers without a life and freakishly uneducated.

But alright, they're not all to be blamed alone. It's their parents.
What kind of parents do they have that does not look after them? What
kind of parents will allow their children to go on drinking binges on
the weekends? What kind of parents did not teach these idiots some
moral values and ethics?

As they always say, the kids are the picture of their parents. If the
kids are idiots then the parents are idiots as well. They are
visionless parasites who are living off the leftovers of those on the
higher food chain.

I'm not discriminating them or saying that I'm off a higher level than
them. What I'm trying to say is that they have the capability and
opportunity to excel and succeed in life but they never ever take the
opportunity to work harder and discipline themselves more. All they do
is have fun and look where it takes them? Poverty.

That's what makes them so irritating stupid. An opportunity given
right in front of their faces but they don't take it.

They are uneducated, low-lifes that should be punished severely so
that they will learn their lessons. Teenagers rebel a lot. So
shouldn't you put a limit to that? Better enforcement of the police
power of the government should be exercised. Police doesn't do
anything much here.

These youths should be limited in what they can do. No matter how many
signs you put that says "No sale of liquor or Cigarettes to minors",
it seems that these underage retards are still able to get their
filthy hands on them. Destroying their body and of course their
future. But wait a second, do they even have a future to begin with?

Yes they do. But they're not nurtured properly. They become retards as
the time passes by.

They should be either jailed, punished or be subjected to corporal
punishments like caning.

Cowards and idiots. They're just "courageous" because they have a gang
and they can call them out. But if you look at it another way, they
are the biggest cowards and losers the world can ever see. They are
dirt. They are pieces of shit chewed by a horse spitted out and
trampled underfoot by a thousand bulls and crawled around by maggots.
They are the lowest of the low. Dirt bags and douche bags.

What's your opinion?

Intrigue and Scandals

2009-07-16T23:20:00.002+08:00

Have you ever been intrigued by something until you can't sleep?

Today is a really interesting day.

A friend of mine got a scholarship for free. As in free. No bonds.
Nothing.

What's the catch? No idea.

Isn't it really interesting? Someone just pops out of nowhere and says
that they'll provide scholarship for 3 years in school amounting to
almost $200k? In addition to that, there's no bonds which says that
you have to work for the company for 2 years or something like that.
Plus all you have to do is maintain a GPA of 2.5.

So amazing right?

It's really interesting because it goes against the very logic of the
human nature and secular business world where someone invests without
asking anything in return. It's like making a lost investment or more
simply, a donation. It has really intrigued me and my friend how this
scholarship work. I mean if it was you and it was explained to you
that you don't have to be attached to any bonds and you just have to
maintain a grade of 2.5, you'd certainly ask the person what the catch
is right?

To add on to that, why did the provider not give the opportunity to someone
poor and unable to pay for the fees? Why give it to someone rich and able?

It's really weird.

It is still bugging me until now.

What do you think about it?

Give me your comments on the tag board.

Oh!

Scandal!!

Imagine a couple. They haven't stead yet but the way they act
(cuddling, holding hands, etc) kind of sends signals that they are
already going steady. In addition the girl already has a boyfriend.
The guy is playing along anyway.

Argh it's so confusing.

But what do you think about this specific kind of situation?

Give me your comments and questions on the tag board.

That's all that really matters to me this cold rainy night of July 16,
2009. I'm Carlo and I'll see all of you again soon.

Personal Theory

2009-07-11T01:43:00.001+08:00

Girls are a waste of Time, Energy and Resources (aka Money). "The One" for me will be the one who proves that theory wrong.

That's all I really want to say this cold midnight of July 11, 2009. This is Carlo and I'll see you again soon.

Pragmatism and Consequences

2009-07-09T20:45:00.001+08:00

Welcome to the country that no citizen would want to be part of. This
is Philippines. A country full of corrupt government officials, dust,
dirt, pollution and many more! This is where you'll find beer bellies
and illegitimate children as much as you can imagine. A backward
underdeveloped country that pretends to do well. A country with subpar
leaders who look to their own needs and ignore the needs of millions
of people. A country who ignores the things required to be done and
focuses on things which will do nothing for the economy or the
citizens. This is Philippines. What's there not to love about this
place?

This is an experience. You can't just read stuff from the media and
say that you know what's happening around you already; you got to get
in there, you got to feel it for yourself, you got to see it, hear it
and even taste it for yourself, only then can you really say that you
know a particular thing well.

Philippines is a country like that. They only show the good things so
when you go in to the country, you receive a huge shock. They always
show beautiful sceneries, white pristine beaches, serene surroundings,
but when you go in, the first thing you will see is the thick dark
atmosphere of dust and pollution; the complete opposite of what they
always show you in the media.

The plights of the people are evident and clear but look what the
government is focusing on, ConAss or Constitutional Assembly. They
like asses so much that they have to Con some Ass.

Even today when times call for a more technologicaly advanced economy,
this country still relies heavily on paper and low tech mechanisms;
ignoring the efficiency and productivity required in a more fast paced
society today.

Full of crap. Argh. I'm just so frustrated. If I could, I'd raze the
whole bloody country to the ground. I hate this country super a lot.
No matter what history it had or troubles it went through, I'll never
be a complete patriotic citizen of this country. Heck, I even hate
being born here. If I can only take away the Filipino blood in me,
I'll do it wholeheartedly. I'm not proud to be a citizen here and I
will never be. Unless a change so mindblasting happens in here. But I
don't think it will happen anytime soon; especially with a crappy
government. I'm not going to hope much because I know that if I hope
even just a little bit for this douchy place, I'll just be
disappointed again and again.

I think some of you are asking right now after reading all those, why
I am so frustrated with the country and the government.

Ok let me tell you. I'll bring you through what happened in the day
including my observations. You be the judge whether what I have said
is agreeable to an extent.

Early morning, 0530hrs, I wake up to the smell of something burning.
After almost 2 months in here, I've gotten used to it already. I
always expected the smell of morning dew but after a few times, I've
lost hope to ever smell the fresh scent of morning dew.

I get off the bed and start to prepare myself and my things for
school. Food was alright. It was filling. I start to bathe. I turn on
the faucet and I'm jolted by the super cold water splashing all over
my body. Shit! There's no heater so there's never a hot water. You get
used to it after some time but this also means that falling sick
often, especially on cold rainy seasons, is a definite occurance. I
think to myself that I should drink more water lest I get sick and
decrease my productivity level.

I dress up and after which went in to the car to be sent to school. My
siblings are there as well. They'll be sent to school first. After a
short drive out of the compound, a heavy traffic met us. From there to
my sibling's school is around 10 minutes drive. But every morning, it
takes approximately 30minutes to get to their school because of
traffic conditions caused by manual toll booths. Going to my school
takes another 30 minutes due to traffic congestion as well.

I get to school. Ready for a great day ahead. But wait, there's a test
today. I laugh it off. I'm quite confident for this test because I
studied. I sit down on my seat and prepare some paper and a pen. The
teacher comes in 15minutes late. He didn't bring anything much but a
book and a piece of paper. I'm puzzled. Where's the question papers?
There's no exam today?

Well my questions were answered straight away. The piece of paper he
was carrying contained the questions. He's dictating 25 questions for
us to answer. What the douche? I'm suppose to listen for the question,
write the question and then answer it, all need to be done in less
than 5 minutes? This is awesome. Is 20 pages of paper for the
questions for 20 people too expensive? Then where is the almost $2k+
that my parents are paying for the tuition fees?

I heave a sigh of irritation and just shoved it off. Thank God that I
studied enough to be able to answer the questions immediately. After
the test ended, I went straight home to meet my dad to go get my IC
number and my student's license.

The place where I took my IC is not like the ICA building at Lavender,
it's an office setting filled with people rushing here and there and
piles of paper stacked on the tables. The space available for those
who are waiting is no more bigger than 2 toilets. There's like 40+
people in there so you can just imagine how squeezed up everyone is.

Fortunately my queue number was called immediately and the process
took no less than a minute but i could hardly hear the guy talking
through all the phone ringing and people's chatter. Next up on our
list was the Land and Transport Organization to get my student license.

I'll describe the setting of the place. It is a small run down
building, smelly and dirty, and the people have to wait in an open
area lacking of fans and packed with people. Seats are unavailable and
the hot sun is glaring down on you. You try to get a shade to at least
cool down a bit but you find that most have been taken up already by
others. You don't want to stay too near to them because you fear that
the next moment your wallet will be gone. You wait for 1 hour just to
get your picture taken. You wait another 30 minutes just to pay for
the fees. You wait another 1 because it turns out that the people are
taking their lunch break. You wait another 30 minutes to sign a damn
paper and get a receipt. In total, you spend around 3 hours waiting
due to slow processing and lack of technological assets to increase
productivity and efficiency. And yes, you wait in the scorching hot
sun and when the wind comes even for a short time, you feel as though
you're in heaven. At the end of everything, not only are you tired
from waiting and standing, you're hot, sticky and dirty as well.

This is basically all thanks to the government. They shouldn't be paid
as high as they are being paid now. In my opinion, their pay should be
cut in half and then used in something more meaningful like investing
more to educate more children. They don't deserve their current pay
because they're only working half of their job.

The government in my opinion is not pragmatic enough. Where Singapore
looks a few years ahead, Philippines only look until probably next
year. Call me brainwashed by the Singapore education system but you
can't help agree that it is better if you look at the society and
standard of living in both country.

Just take a look at the slum area in here. It's practically almost
everywhere! Even on the streets you drive in, children will knock on
you car window begging for alms. It's a sad sight especially when you
see them scavenging for food in rubbish dumps. How long more must
these children suffer for the sake of getting more money put in
officials money?

Oh by the way. Before I forget. The process in getting the license can
be shortened. You know by how? By under the table tactics or red
tapes. If you don't feel like taking the practical driving test, just
give the teacher around $15 and he'll pass you. You don't want to
attend safety lessons? Just pay the teacher again and he'll pass you
as well. You don't want to wait in the long process of getting the
license? Just find a friend working in the organization and ask him to
speed up the process as a favour, of course with some payment as well.

Welcome to the real picture. This is the real thing. No video editing.
No picture editing. No special words. This is raw. It's hard to
imagine all of these happening but it is.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't visit the Philippines when you go
for a vacation. Actually I implore you to visit so that at least some
help will come to the economy at last. In addition to that, the
country really has nice sceneries and sights. But some will just open
your eyes wide to what's happening in the world around you. Suddenly
you'll be out of your bubble world and see that a lot of people are
really suffering, more people than you could have imagined or known.
Those you see in CNN or National Geographic? They're just but a
fraction of the amount of people suffering in the world due to subpar
leadership.

That's all I really want to say this windy afternoon of July 9, 2009.
This is Carlo and I'll see you again soon.

I'm Back! xD

2009-07-06T18:45:00.001+08:00

Finally!

Remember the times when I used to irritate everyone to the max?
Remember I tweeted last time that I am turned into a very quiet and
goody goody student here?

Well guess what? I'm back to my irritating ways. I finally found a
friend that I can hang out with often. Awesome guy. We've been having
fun during the bore of a lesson, Religious Studies, and that's when I
became more open and talked more. Because that subject is really super
boring. 1.5 hours of non-stop drone coming from the teacher. So what
we do is we entertain ourselves.

For example, we would irritate the girl sitting in front of us,
calling her a loser. Even a while ago when I was waiting our next
class with him in the student lounge, we were irritating that girl by
calling her loser and giving her random guys to have a crush on.

Today is really a super fun day. Even the MT Midterms that happened
not long ago seems to be nothing. It's like it never happened at all.
What I remember is the fun times that I had today.

That's all I really want to say this evening of July 6, 2009. This is
Carlo and I'll see you again soon right here in The Journey Of A Vision.

The Problem with Convenience

2009-07-05T22:50:00.001+08:00

Have you ever thought, over all the complains that you make, about what happens when the things you complain about actually disappears? Aside from not having any more things to complain about, how do you think it actually will affect your life?

I've lived in Singapore for nearly 10 years and I have grown accustomed to the life there; the life of convenience. Everything is practically right in front of us like for example public transport, malls, parks, etc. But somehow we are still not happy. We complain that the bus is too hot, we complain that the bus is too crowded, we complain that going from Tampines to Paya Lebar is too far, we complain that the parks are too boring. We complain about a lot of things.

But what if those things we complain about actually disappears? We tend to look at things so negatively that we forget that we're living a life in convenience where you just have to wait for the bus, where the mall is just 5 minutes away from where you stay, where the park has different recreational spots for you to hang out in.

Personally for me, because I've gotten too used to the convenience of life in Singapore, I found it hard to adjust in the life full of inconvenience here in the Philippines. Here there's no malls which are nearby; the nearest mall lies an hour away from where I stay. The public transport here is crap because as you ride it, you bathe in the pollution and dust ridden air of the land (that's even taking the fact that I'm living in the province area and not in the city). You don't have designated spots to actually wait for the public transport like a bus stop or a bus terminal (the closest things here to a bus is a coach that will take you across the country, not across the street). You don't have the luxury of free flowing traffic. You don't have the luxury of a pothole-less road.

But through all that, I've personally learned that I can't really be too convenient in life. I got to have greater expectations in myself and the things around me. I also have to treasure things more and complain less because you won't know when those convenience will actually be taken away from you and then you'll start living in a world of convenience. Personally, it's hard. I should have treasured the things I have. I shouldn't have complained so much.

This is a turning point in my life though. A point where you realize the things which are already there in your life should be treasured. A point where you learn that you shouldn't always be easily content and convenient with the things that are around you.

I'm going to work more on this aspect of my life. I can't always be like this. It's a part of my growing process.

That's all I really want to say this night of July 5, 2009. I am Carlo and I'll see you again next time.

Blogging on my iPod Touch at 430am

2009-06-28T04:29:00.001+08:00

Alright I'm just testing this out. If it really works really well then you'll see a blog which is updated more often again since I'm always more often with my iPod Touch.

Anyway, it's 430am so I should be sleeping by now. I just finished playing yugioh on the psp. I think I'm addicted to that game already. Lol

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That's more regularly updated.

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That's all I really want to say this early morning of June 27, 2009. This is Carlo and I'll see you soon.

Hopefully^^

Unexpected Friendship (Part 2)

2009-06-13T23:41:00.003+08:00

Here's the continuation of the Short Story that I'm doing.

I know it's a little overdue but I've been busy.

Hope you like it.

Continue to give me comments about it.

He knew fairly well that this was indeed an opportunity he must not miss. An opportunity to impart what knowledge he have to his juniors but more than that he knew that he had to go. He had been waiting for this opportunity for months. He couldn’t miss this. He shouldn’t.

With a huge ogre like groan, he threw his blanket aside and sat up, blood quickly rushing out of his head. He felt his world spinning for a moment. His sight started to black out and he felt faint but he got a hold of himself before falling back into the bed.

“That happens to you almost every morning yet you still keep doing that. What’s wrong with you,” he was starting to get irritated by that constant nagging. “What a nag. He’s worse than my mother,” he thought with a sigh. Emmanuel knew that he shouldn’t have had that party the day before. He knew yet he still went ahead with it.

The party had been a blast. His friends knew what a celebration truly means, loud music with dancing and of course lots of booze. Emmanuel planned for a little reunion party with his secondary school classmates. He meant it to be a simple gathering filled with reminiscing about all the idiosyncrasies that all of them had done but he should have expected better. As the first few of the guys came in his house, behind them were packs of beers. Each of them was carrying three packs of beers. It was a wonder how these 17 year olds managed to purchase so much alcoholic drinks.

The evening progressed and before you knew it, everyone was walking on a slant while some were talking about how back then they did something really silly to a teacher like collect spit in his mouth and purposely say a word starting with the letter ‘F’ resulting in the teacher receiving a really wet dose of spit on her face. Emmanuel smiled and silently said, ”well at least there’s reminiscing.”

Emmanuel didn’t drink, though a lot of his friends were forcing him to drink. He was a Christian and he had his convictions. Instead, he held in his hand a cup of sprite. By the time people started leaving, it was already half past midnight. Many couldn’t even walk towards the door and Emmanuel started to wonder how they were going to go home. For all he knew, he might just find them sprawled on the ground at the foyer below his house. Everyone left, all except for one.

That's all I really want to say this warm night of June 13 2009.

This is Carlo and I'll see you again soon.

CARPET.. Oops.. I meant CARPER

2009-06-11T15:58:00.001+08:00

There was a screening of a documentary last Monday, "Lupang Hinarang"
or Land Blocked [literally].

It was about this farmers who were prevented from getting farm lands
which they rightfully own but because richer landowners "own" it, they
are prevented from earning a livelihood because of the landowners
taking the profits earned from the fruit of the land.

So the CARPER (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension
with Reforms) bill was made so that the farmers will rightfully get
the land which they deserve and earn a livelihood from. However,
government officials who are themselves landowners, continue to
filibuster this bill so that they will not lose their riches.

So the farmers, wanting to just earn a humble quality of living for
themselves and their children, forms a protest to get the bill to be
passed. From speeches from certain individuals to a hunger strike,
they did all that to earn what they deserved.

All was good when the bill was passed but when all seems to be well
and happy after getting their land back, lackeys of the landowners
ambushed the farmers and killed a few of them.

And now, it's back to the rallies and strikes.

Welcome to the Philippines! ^^

I may not actually know the whole story but from what I just related
to you, that is what I know. That's the problem here, the government
is so self-seeking and ignorant that they forget the one reason that
they have been elected and placed in their positions, which is to
ultimately serve the people of the nation. However, some of the
officials, once seated, become self-serving and they forget the
transparency that is required so that people will know why they do
what they do. To me, it's as if they belittle the intelligence of the
people in understanding the policies that are put in place. It's as if
they are in their own world and they pass bills that will only make
them profitable, forgetting the people.

Hence, now the mindset of students here about the definition of
politics, rings from coast to coast: corruption.

Thank you Philippine Government for such an insight!

There's a lot wrong thing that is happening here. Firstly, and most
probably the most obvious is the unethical compromise of principles
and values. In a catholic state, you would have expected them to
actually know the true meaning of: "do unto others as you would want
others to do unto you" or "love one another as I have loved you". But no,
rather, what they know is: "use my power to gain what I want, who cares
about the people".

That's why values are quickly diminishing, creating a culture of "do
whatever I want and get away with it". Instead of the government helping
the citizens, they only help themselves and their family. There are a few
politicians who sincerely do good and serve the people, but there are more
who are corrupted and evil, and that spoils it even for the rest of us; it's
a dirt in the beautiful flag of the Philippines that's very hard to take away
even with the strongest stain remover there is in the world.

Secondly, the people can also be blamed a little bit. The timidness and
fear of the people towards the higher ups, motivates this corrupt individuals.
If the people come together as one, who can stop the voices of millions
calling for change? But if there's no voice at all, how can there be a change?
If the people are too afraid to speak up and stand up for their principles, beliefs
and values, how can there be a voice?

It's not all that bad here in the Philippines. It has beautiful scenery, wonderful friendly people, rich cultural history and it's a home every citizen can be proud of. However,
the instability and corruption of the government spoils it all. It's like wearing
a "Barong" and then a tiny piece of dirt gets splashed on it. It's not the
beauty of the design of the shirt that you'll see, but you'll see that small
0.5cm spot of dirt instead and that's where all the attention is focused.
So in the end, just because of that small spot, the whole shirt becomes
ugly.

It's time for a change

Others before self.

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

* Click -here- to know what a Barong is

Impetus et Somnium

2009-06-11T00:47:00.001+08:00

This is one of the blog posts that I have to do for one of my classes,
Computers in Society. I have to do 3; What is my passion, dreams and
what i thought about a documentary screening which happened on monday.

I've decided to talk about my passion and dreams first before I start
talking about the Documentary screening; I may be going to be tackling
a few controversial issues there so it's better to save the best for
last.

So let's start shall we?

The first 2 will be short because I'm sure most of my followers know
me well enough and knows my dreams and passions so this is just going
to be kind of a repeat for my class.

It's going to be short but detailed.

I have a lot of passion, but I think I'll mention 3 of my passions for
this post.

The first passion that I have is probably teaching. I've always liked
the times that I was training students during events where I am
invited to train the students in terms of leadership and all of that.
Every time during these training, I've always felt a sense of
excitement and enthusiasm and after the workshops, I've always felt
really accomplished and satisfied. It's those feelings that drive me
to really do my best and do more in this profession. But it's not just
that you see, it's actually the fact that I helped caused a change in
the person for the better that really motivates me. By providing new
insights on each of their life; that's what really drives this passion
of mine.

The 2nd passion that i have is probably music or anything that have to
do with aesthetics. I've always enjoyed learning new instruments and
learning to sing and dance as well. I also enjoy watching choir
concerts, band, orchestras, etc. As an avid fan of classical music, I
really enjoy and even get really in to the music as it plays. It's
relaxing and somehow gives a sense of serenity. But most of all, I'm a
huge fan of youth showing their talent. That's why among all of those
that I've heard perform, it was the performances of youths that really
sparked this interest and passion to ignite in me.

The 3rd passion I have is probably God. He is definitely my passion.
Serving God and being surrendered to Him wholeheartedly, that is a
true passion that really drives me in every single aspect of my life.
Everything I do, I do it for Him! I'm just thankful that He found me.
I really can't imagine where I will be right now if I don't have that
driving faith and passion to serve God with all my heart.

So yes. Those are a few of my passions! There a lot more that drives
me to do what I do. But maybe I'll just leave it up to you to find it
out for yourself! ^^

Dreams/Visions are the picture of your future. That's why for me
having a vision is very important because that vision will direct my
whole life to where I'm going to head to.

A few of the dreams that I have is to have a great family; great wife
(possibly an architect) and a son (he'll receive the best things only
and nothing sub-par, he'll also be named either Michael or Emmanuel)
then I also dream to start a business that will grow to be a part of
Fortune 500 then I want to live in Marine Parade, Singapore in a house
built and possibly designed by us! Then in addition to having and
owning a business, I plan to teach english in a secondary school (for
those who knows me well, you'll know which school that is^^)

But of course, the vision that really drives me the most, the one that
is part of my DNA, the vision i share with my home, the vision of my
Church, Heart of God Church:

> "Raise up a generation of people who are willing to give God the
> best years of their lives and God will use this generation to impact
> all levels of society and all walks of life"

That's the vision that is most important to me and the thing that
guides me to where I will go in life.

That's all I really want to say in this post this Thursday morning of
June 11, 2009. This is Carlo and I'll see you again later.

Oh No!

2009-06-04T15:11:00.003+08:00

Another write up for class. Bear with me alright?

I promise I'll post the continuation of the short story later on.

I have to create a discussion on the issue revolving Internet Plagiarism.

How should schools deal with internet plagiarism?

Let's begin

*

In my opinion Internet Plagiarism in schools should be dealt with severely.
As the generation moves forward to a more high tech society, more classes
would be using the internet as a medium for educational purposes. If students
are not punished severely for taking reports and projects which are not theirs,
wouldn't that lose the purpose of the project? Students are supposed to be
trained to be more analytical and inquiring but because of plagiarism, they
are merely trained to be good copiers!

Education is the one factor that will determine whether you will have a great
future in life. It is a waste of time and resources if you don't learn anything at all.

So how severe is severe? Subtraction of marks? Expulsion? I think expulsion is
too severe and a mere subtraction of a few marks is too lenient. My vote goes
to giving the student a full blown perfect 0! I think it's deserving because it's not
even their work! Why should I give them marks for work which they did not do?

I believe that as we move forward, we have to be more hardworking because
more and more things around us are becoming too convenient; if we have any
questions, we just ask Google which may then lead us to Wikipedia. We should
work even harder to achieve our visions. This is a part and parcel of The Journey
Of A Vision. If we work harder now, we'll be in the cutting edge of things and progress
smoother in this Journey.

Yeah maybe the people who cheated will progress faster but as they always say,
you reap what you sow. Their progress might be fast, but it will be filled with
problems that they will not be able to solve because they are not properly trained
for that situation hence as fast as they rose, as fast they shall fall. Whereas you,
you'll rise and continue to rise, never faltering.

Therefore, Schools really should take on this cheats with an iron fist. The future
is made in the now! Schools have the responsibility of creating leaders that
will shape our nation. If this problem remains rampant in our education system,
we'll be left with sub-par leaders who are incapable and inexperienced to lead us
nowhere. If the blind leads another blind person, both shall fall into the ditch.

*

That's all I really want to say this tiring Thursday of June 4 2009. This is Carlo and
I'll see you again soon.

An Unexpected Friendship

2009-06-01T20:51:00.003+08:00

This is the first part of the short story! I hope that all of you really enjoy it.

Give me comments and do follow my tweets and blog to get updates of

when I post the continuation of the stories.

Thanks in advance for all your support!

And now… The end is here… And so I face the final curtain

He groaned. Emmanuel knew what that sound meant.

My friend… I’ll say it clear…

“I’m awake,” he turned to his side and moaned.

I’ll state my case… Of which I’m certain… I’ve lived… A life that’s full

“Quickly! We’re going to be late for work and school,” an overly familiar voice rang in his head.

I travelled each… And every highway…

“I feel like skipping school today,” he tried to open his eyes but the bright sunshine prevented him. The weather was relatively cold today. It was a surprise especially in such a hot climate of Singapore. He pulled the blanket over his head, cuddled his bolster tighter and started to fall asleep again.

And more… Much more than this… I did it my way

“No! There’s a test on accounts today! You can’t skip that,” that voice was starting to get irritating. He didn’t need reminding. He knew and he hated it. He didn’t study for it at all. He was ready to fail and he didn’t want to waste further time by taking that test that he’ll surely fail. “Might as well stay in and sleep rather than waste time,” he thought.

The song stopped. But a new tune started playing. It was so familiar. He hears it every morning. It was suppose to totally wake him up but this time it just played on with him still curled up under his blanket.

“Come on! Remember that this is your first day on the job as a relief teacher as well! Do you want to miss this opportunity of a lifetime?”

Please post your response on the tag board or @reply me on Twitter.

All help in making this short story successful will be greatly appreaciated.

Thanks xD

Another One for Class

2009-06-01T15:09:00.002+08:00

Here's another post that's suppose to be for class.
This is difficult. My mind is not tuned to exposition
essays at the moment. I'm still thinking of how to
continue the short story that I was writing and
that's a narrative.

I just hate experiencing a writer's block. I got to
observe my surroundings more and garner some
awesome inspiration from all around me.

Alright here are the 3 topics that I need to write
about right now. I hope it doesn't bore you to death.
Bear with me on this. I promise later on I'll blog
something less boring and more interesting and
personal.

The 3 topics are:

1) Create a write-up about the internet and its history.
2) As it speeds into the future, what do you think are the implications it will create in our society?
3) Discuss how the internet and the world wide web works.

In times like this, Wikipedia becomes my ultimate
best friend. Hooray for Wikipedia!

Let's begin....

*

The internet was started by a group of visionary people
in the early 1960s. These people saw great potential in
connecting people by allowing computers to share
information on research and development in scientific
and military fields.

J.C.R Licklider of MIT proposed a global network of computers.
Leonard Kleinrock of MIT developed the theory of packet
switching. Lawrence Roberts was the first one to connect
a Massachusetts computer with a California computer in 1965
over dial-up telephone lines. These visionaries and many more
left unnamed here are the real founders of the internet.

From there Emails, ftps, archives and many more arise. Then in 1993,
a graphical browser, Mosaic, was developed. They produced
the most successful browser until Microsoft decided to declare
war.

Bill Gates seeing the potential of the internet, developed
Windows 98 in June 1998 which was well integrated to
the desktop. During this period, businesses struggled to
find economic models that would work.

Right now a current trend with major implications on the
future is the growth of high speed connections. From 56K
modems, which were deemed too slow to carry multimedia,
to cable modems and Digital Subscriber Lines.

As the world becomes smaller and smaller because of the
capabilities and opportunities the Internet has brought us,
more and more dangers are posed to those who are not
prepared for this electronic revolution. The world that we
live in now is covered in this World Wide Web and it connects
all of us no matter where we are. Work times are now getting
diminished because the Web transcends time and crosses

over time zones of different countries.

But as the internet becomes more and more convenient,

new dangers present itself. As my Pastors have always

said: "New Levels, New Devils"

No one really knows the implications of internet to society

at large. But even if we do not know, I believe that we should

still be more prepared and vigilant as ever.

I really have no idea how the technicalities of the Internet

and how it works but here's something from Wikipedia

to expand your knowledge on the matter at hand.

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks. A computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast number of servers and other computers. An Internet connection also allows the computer to send information onto the network; that information may be saved and ultimately accessed by a variety of servers and other computers. Much of the widely accessible information on the Internet consists of the interlinked hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW). Web users typically send and receive information using a web browser; other software for interacting with computer networks includes specialized programs for electronic mail, online chat, file transfer and file sharing.
Information is moved around the Internet by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other technologies.

Click the whole passage to go to the site.

That's all I really want to say this tiring night of June 1 2009,

I am Carlo and I'll see you again next time.

It's been 32 Days Since I left Singapore. I miss you guys!

I'll be back home soon! I miss Heart Of God Church!

I miss Pastors! I miss D3! I miss D5!

Keep following my tweets! xD

Eternal ramblings of a not so spotless mind.

2009-05-30T03:23:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone! Surprised that I'm blogging today? Don't worry, I'm even
surprise myself. I just have to take out a few things out from my
mind. It has been bugging me so I want to get it out so that I'm can
think more clearly.

It's been bothering me how friendships are sometimes perceived and
defined. It also bothers me how people are so hard to satisfy.

Ok here's the scenario. You had a friend, a very close friend. You've
done almost everything together. You have done a lot for your friend
to the point where you almost give your whole life to him/her. It's
all ok with you. You care a lot for him/her.

But here's the thing: he/she treats you badly. You know that he/she's
just playing with you but he/she have never shown any signs of
gratitude. He/she just keeps hurting you everytime but to you it's
alright. To you, you take the "whatever makes you happy" approach.

All you want from your friend is to be real and honest in his/her
answers. Instead of hiding everything. You just want to know because
you care.

Now what's been bugging me?

Should you still hang out with this fren and tolerate everything or
decide that he/she is not worth all your efforts at all? So what do
you think?

It's 0140 so I'll go to sleep already. Don't forget to tag the answers
in my tag board.

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

Computers and Society

2009-05-28T15:33:00.005+08:00

It's been a long time since I last blogged. I ask your forgiveness. But
There's really nothing much to blog about.

Anyway, I have to do this activity where I have to blog about Two
topics which I chose to be:

1) Is Computer Gaming More Good than Bad?
2) Who is Responsible for Identity Theft?

So let's start shall we? I have to admit, these topics are hard even for
me. But I'll manage.

Hopefully.

*

So is Computer Gaming good or bad? For me I think it's neither good
nor bad. It's good because it allows groups of people to come together
to de-stress and have fun especially after long weeks riddled with lots
of exams and projects due. However, it becomes bad when it becomes
an addiction. Just like any kind of drugs, the more you go at it, the
worse your health and lifestyle becomes.

Nothing really good comes out of addiction. It turns you into a ravenous
monster whose wants becomes a need. It not only ruins your life but
maybe even the people around you. There is another side to this argument.
Some of you would say that it's a passion; something which you like doing
a lot with your mind and soul into it. But you have to understand one thing.
There is a thin line between addiction and passion. Passion is when you have
control of what you are doing so once what you are doing controls you then that
turns it into an addiction.

Computer gaming is a good way to have fun but we need to, like most things,
do it in moderation. We have to control what we are doing and make the choices
that will have a significant and phenomenal effect to our future and success.

*

Who is responsible for identity theft? We can always blame the suspects but I
believe that the responsibility is with us.

As the years go by, new generation rises so we can expect new technologies,
policies, governance, principles, etc. New challenges requires new solutions.
Therefore it is important that we are always prepared and up to date with
all the updates in technologies, current affairs and more. Like what has
always been said:

"Prevention is better than cure"

If we are vigilant and prepared, we will be able to avoid having our identities
stolen from us. Some scenarios are unavoidable like maybe a super hacker
got into your bank account or something but things like email scams and
pop-ads, we can avoid. But that will only happen if we are global minded
enough to know what is happening in the world around us; current trends
and such as that.

But some of us take it for granted and stops learning after we've reached a
certain age. This is unacceptable because we should only stop learning when
we die! We should always inculcate in ourselves the value of a lifelong learner.
I mean, there's so much things in the world that we have still to understand,
why stop the excitement of learning new things? Why live a mundane and boring life?

That's why partly it is our responsibility to be vigilant and prepared from identity
thefts. It is our own gullibility and naivety that motivates these perpetrators.
If we are prepared then they'll naturally stop because we're to hard to trick;)

*

I hope I didn't digress much. This is after all something that was done in less than
30 minutes. Hope you enjoy it though and keep following me on Facebook/Twitter.

*

That's all I really want to say this Hot Thursday afternoon of May 28, 2009.
This is Carlo and I'll see you again.

Can you believe it?

2009-05-11T19:37:00.002+08:00

I was going to do up a vlog today but due to safety reasons I did

not take out my handphone. My grandmother and I went to the

wet market this afternoon to buy things for dinner. It was an

interesting experience but that's all. I wouldn't go as far as to say

that it was nice and wonderful.

The whole market was super dirty; from mud to flies. It was

a relief that I didn't see a cockroach. It was also super smelly.

But the thing in there is that there's a huge variety to choose

from; be it fish, pork or beef. Some of the fishes are really huge.

If you think you've seen huge fishes in the Singapore wet market

before then you ain't seen nothing yet.

The choice of travel there? The Tricycle. If you've seen my very

first vlog, you'll know what it is. I just got to say that it is damn

too small for me. Seriously. I want to take a video of the whole

travel but the road is so rough and bumpy, I was scared that I'll

drop my phone while recording.

Anyway tomorrow I'll be going to my future school to schedule

for an entrance exam. I'll try to make a vlog or take lots of

pictures so that all of you can see how nice it really is. So watch

out for it.

That's all I really want to say this Monday Night of May 11, 2009.

This is Carlo and I'll see you then.

A sneak peek on the new Journey

2009-05-10T02:38:00.002+08:00

Hey everyone! I finally got around to doing a written post. I just
have a few things which I want to say out which I didn't manage to say
in my vlog today.

My family went over to where we were supposingly going to be staying.
One thing you will notice is that travelling there from my
grandmother's place takes almost around 2 hours. Our house is located
somewhere in the province area away from the hustle and bustle of the
city life. But one thing is that although it is the province area, it
is already quite developed but not developed to the point where it's
like a city.

It's a cozy little place. I think I'm going to like the peacefulness
of the whole area.

Now the house is really small. Super d duper small. But the thing
about small houses like this is it's simple and and cozy. One of the
things that I really like is the simplicity of things. I like things
simple and this place have certainly made a nice impression to me.

The town centre is amazing. It's really cool with lots of food outlets
and hang outs. If you want a clear picture. Try to imagine east coast
park area where there's mcdonalds and subway and stuffs. It looks like
that but around 5 times the size of that whole place. It's really cool
and cozy looking.

My school also looks very nice. The location of the school was also
awesome. You should have been there. Travelling just to get there
takes around 5 minutes drive. Yes drive and not walk. The school is
located at the very end of the road and it's somehow in the middle of
big open fields as far as the eye can see. Ok imagine you standing
in the middle of the school field. Yeah that's almost how the school
is located.

I really love the location because it's going to be really peaceful,
cooling, clean air and really relaxing in a way. Some how I'm actually
getting excited about living here. Getting excited about the whole new
Journey that I am going to trek on.

Although it's really going to be different and I'll miss Singapore
people like mad, I'm looking forward to the new challenges and
adventure God is going to take me in this Journey of a vision.

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

A Typhoon is Coming!!!

2009-05-07T17:36:00.002+08:00

Hello! Same as Previous post! Vlog!

Don't worry. If you like reading so much, I promise I'll write something.

I need to keep my writing skills in practice constantly anyway.

That's all I really want to say this rainy Thursday afternoon of May 7, 2009.

This is Carlo and I'll see you then.

Welcome to the Neighborhood

2009-05-06T09:47:00.005+08:00

Hi guys! No written post today. Let the video do the talking xD

That's all I really want to say this early Morning of May 6, 2009. This is Carlo

and you've just been slapped with my prata.

Welcome to the Philippines

2009-05-03T13:31:00.000+08:00

Hello people! This is the first time I'm blogging right here in the Philippines!

I wanted to blog when I arrived here but I was seriously having some

tremendous motion sickness. It's not caused by the plane ride though.

The plane ride was uber smooth. It was mainly caused by the almost 2 hr

car travel from the airport to my grandmother's house.

It was super irritating. Cars were cutting lanes like nobody's business.

In addition to that, they were all not using any light signals whenever they turn!

There were traffic lights but some are broken while some are just plainly

ignored by those stupid drivers.

My dad just kept doing sudden breaks and the roads were not smooth at all!

Those things just accumulated to my motion sickness.

After getting home, I just went online and tweeted. I was so relieved

that there was wireless internet here. My iPod Touch is definitely

going to be used more often.

2nd day was alright I guess. There was this super huge spread for lunch.

A fish almost half the size of the table (The table is able to fit 8 People).

Some grilled Pork belly. Braised Pork Trotters. There's so much more.

And there I was thinking how fat I'm going to definitely be after the 3 years.

So I'm resolving to really follow a regular exercise regiment.

After lunch my family went to this uber gigantor of a mall. It was really

big until I ultimately got tired of walking around it at the end of the day.

But my relatives say that there's an even bigger mall than that one. I was

like wth?!

I was going to blog last night but because I bought a new Earpiece for my

iPod Touch, Earpiece with remote and Mic, I went to try out Skype and

had a super touching and fun chat with Malcolm Lee for almost 3 hours.

Missed him a lot.

So for all of those who want to Skype with me. You can always add me

and tell me on twitter whether you want to call. Just don't call every

Saturday, 9pm onwards. That time have been set aside.

It's going to take a lot of getting used to especially the lifestyle here.

So many changes in how I've been doing things and how I've been living

my everyday life. Somehow here is kind of more carefree. It doesn't have

the much hustle and bustle in Singapore until Time actually seems to pass

by ever so slowly in here. Sometimes I will think that it was already around

midnight but actually it was still 9pm.

It's really weird.

I have no idea why.

Anyway. I think I'll be able to survive here. Although there a few things

that will certainly help me survive here in the "wilderness".

Carlo's Survival Kit:

1) Internet (Facebook, Twitter, MSN, Skype)

2) My Macbook and iPod Touch

3) Pastor's Sermons and HOGC Updates!

4) Malcolm's incessant insults over Skype and Twitter xD

5) Pastor's Tweets

6) Everybody else's tweets.

Yups. If I have all of those. I'm going to be happy.

I would like to thank everyone who sent me off 2 days ago. It was

a really touching experience. I was trying really hard to not cry.

But like what Valerie said, just like a Domino, after one cries, the rest

also starts to cry.

But there's nothing much to cry about. As what Pastor How told me

before I left.

"You're not leaving. You're merely going to study overseas and come back home after 3 years"

Yeah man! I'm going to come back home after I study here. Singapore

is my home. But more specifically, Heart Of God Church is my home.

It's where I grew and learned so much. I'll definitely miss Church. Even now

I feel really weird because I should be going to Church right about now!

I'll miss you guys so much! Remain in contact ok! Don't let time erode the

memorable times that we had together!

That's all I really want to say this HOT Sunday afternoon of May 3, 2009.

This is Carlo and you've just been slapped with my prata.

PS I think I got to change that outro. Give me suggestions alright?

Bye xD

Special Post!

2009-04-21T13:41:00.002+08:00

Today's Tuesday and the Chinese Orchestra SYF Competition is going on

right now.

Today's post will be a little bit special in conjunction of the ongoing

CO SYF. But more specifically about my Ex-School's Chinese Orchestra,

Pasir Ris Secondary School Chinese Orchestra.

First and foremost, I would like to congratulate PRSSCO for clinching

Gold with Honors for the 2nd year running. They are really making history.

The very first time they got Gold with Honors, it really was breathtaking.

Being the first Neighborhood School to achieve the top award granted in

the competition, they really made history.

But now, they made another achievement by being the 1st Neighborhood

School to clinch the Gold with Honors twice consecutively.

Some have doubted, saying that we got the first Gold with Honors out of

pure luck but we certainly proved them wrong. It's one of those 'In Your Face!'

moments.

Yesterday was filled with lots of excitement and hyperactivity.

I was just so excited right after they went up on stage. I was literally seated

on the edge of my seat.

It was just such an exciting moment that I am speechless until now.

* That's all I really want to say this Tuesday Afternoon of April 21, 2009.

This Is Carlo and you've just been slapped with my prata

Jamie Foxx peed on Miley Cyrus' snake while watching YouTube?

2009-04-16T14:12:00.003+08:00

It’s Thursday! Otherwise known as the day before Friday!

So which of these stories will you be talking about today or tomorrow or whatever makes you happy?

Jamie Foxx peed on Miley Cyrus' snake while watching Susan Boyle become a huge YouTube hit?

Hahahahas.. Right....

Comedian and actor Jamie Foxx has apologized to Miley Cyrus for urging her to “make a sex tape and grow up”.

Wow.

That’s pretty amazing! For a father of a 13 year old daughter! He noted that “sometimes as comedians, you know, we go a little too far”. Well, sir. That’s not little. That’s further than far. I guess Mr Foxx didn’t realize that he was a father of a teenager as well. I wonder what he will feel if someone told his daughter to go “make a sex tape”?

Totally uncalled for.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Have you ever watched the excruciatingly painful to watch movie, Snakes on a Plane? It was corny and oh so boring. You know why? Because it’s a movie!

Now just imagine that happening in real life. Now that’s even more exciting!

A Qantas airliner was grounder after finding out that 4 snakes were missing from the cargo hold on the passenger flight. Twelve baby pythons were packed but upon arrival to its destination, there were only 8! Reptile experts suggested that some of the baby pythons have eaten the others because apparently it’s not uncommon for them to eat each other.

The corporate manager asked whether these snakes were endangered and after finding out that they were not, decided to take the plane out of service and fumigate it so that just in case the snakes do turn up, “they will be very much dead snakes”

-Click Here For The Full Report-

On other news but kind of the same topic. A Kenyan man bit a python after it tried to haul him up a tree and constrict him. The python reportedly coiled itself around the man’s upper body so he didn’t have much choice but to resort to desperate measures. When the tail waggled by his mouth, he bit it hard. The man survived with damaged lips and bruising.

The snake was then moved into a bird and snake sanctuary, but it escaped and now remains at large. Reminds of Mas Selamat.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

If your bladder is full and have tried your best to contain your urine, what else can you do? Run to the nearest toilet! Or if you really can’t hold it in much longer, stand up on your seat and start urinating at the passenger besides you!

That’s just what a 28 year old man did and he have been sentenced to three weeks in jail.

He allegedly urinated on a 66 year old woman during a flight last month from Los Angeles to Honolulu. She was watching the in-flight movie when this guy stood up and began urinating at her!

And that is why Mr Jerome Kenneth Kingzio is our Douche Bag of the Day!

If you got to pee real badly, pee on you pants.

Or rather.

If you can’t old your bladder, don’t drink at all Douche Bag! (He have been allegedly drinking on the flight)

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Google Top Searches

Among the top searches in Google:

Ted Failon

A philippine broadcast journalist, his wife was found to have committed suicide. But recent news indicates that evidence points out that it was not actually a suicide but (unconfirmed) homicide. Apparently, in most suicide cases, shots fired are on contact but the one that was fired on her was determined to not be a contact shot because gun powder was found on her head.

Police are further investigating the cause of her being in a critical and unstable condition in the hospital.

Maris Stella High School

Recently, there has been a badminton match between Anglican High School and Maris Stella High School. In this match, a controversial line call was made which caused a confusion on who won the championship.

What was supposed to be ‘in’ was called by the umpire to be out. MSH students celebrated their win and started cheering when the umpire decided to walk over to AHS corner and talk to them. The next thing that the MHS supporters knew, AHS supporters were breaking out in cheer.

Puzzled, the umpire turned to the MSH students and told them that they lost.

This is a controversial call because the linesman said that he was very sure that the shuttlecock was in. Even spectators from various schools like Victoria School and St Joseph’s institution testified that they saw clearly that the shuttlecock was ‘well inside the line’. Supporters also reported that the umpire kept quite immediately after the match.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

As a bonus segment today I would like to show all of you a video.

This video is about a 47 year old spinster, Susan Boyle, who joined Britain’s Got Talent show.

Just watch it and be Wowed. I think the whole video speaks for itself.

A further proof of the age old adage: Don’t judge a book by its cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

At the beginning you can tell from the people’s faces that they didn’t really like her and was kind of giving all those condescending look. But when she sang, every one gave her a standing ovation. A huge shocker and a huge inspiration to millions of people.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

That's all I really want to say this awesome Thursday afternoon of April 16, 2009. This is Carlo and you've just been slapped with my prata.

Let's Get Personal! >:(

2009-04-15T17:03:00.002+08:00

I've been gone for a pretty long time. I can tell. Not only because I see that

my last post was on April 8 and now is April 15, but because my unique

views dropped dramatically. Maybe if more people actually view this blog,

I'll be more motivated to actually update it!

Nah I'm just messing with you. I've been rather busy this past few weeks,

more specifically because of the upcoming SYF 2009 Competition for

my Ex-School/CCA, Pasir Ris Secondary School Chinese Orchestra. I've

been helping them out in terms of logistics and also helping the percussion

section, the section I was Sectional Leader of last time, in terms of

expressions and the occasional enemy, Tai Feng or (Correct me if I'm

wrong) Stage Presence.

If you haven't, Follow my Twitter @carlo_miguel to see regular updates

on what is happening every single moment in time. Around me that is.

Kind of, as Ranford tells it, Narcissistic. Well, all I can really say is:

HooRay for Narcissism?

There won't be any news today which you can talk about among your

friends or use as a conversation opener. This is because I don't want to

post such a long article today until you get bored to death reading so

much materials. But I will definitely not leave out today's Douche Bag

of The Day so watch out for it!

Anyway. Now that all those little "announcements" are over, let me now

"talk". I just would like to share something very personal so I hope all

of you would just bear with me a little bit. I know that you're very excited

to find out who our Douche Bag of the Day is.

If all of you follow my Tweets, you'll know that I'll be leaving Singapore

to migrate back to my home country, the Philippines, on April 30, 2009.

As that day draw ever closer, the more "depressed" I feel. Living my

teenage years here in Singapore, it's easy to figure out why I'd want to stay

in a country ruled by 1 political party since 1969 (Not that I'm complaining.

I'm actually for it). This is where I "grew up" and found all my friends,

friends that have stuck by me (no matter how irritating I am) through

thick and thin. This is where I also found my 2nd home and family,

Heart of God Church.

The teenage years is a transition period; transiting from an innocent

kid to a responsible adult. Correct me if I'm wrong but is it not true that

most of the adults don't remember their Kid years but more of their

teenage years, grappling with raging hormones and other juvenile issues.

For me, I don't even remember the times when I was a child. It's almost as

though it never happened at all; like somehow I was born and the next day

I'm 13 years old straight away.

It's hard, especially when you leave friends behind. I've only really felt the

FULL impact of that last night! 5 SMS from one person was all it took for

me to really break down in tears and feel that impact. It doesn't matter

how much this person kept reiterating that I should not cry but the words

in the messages were just too touching to comprehend.

I'm not going to post those messages here lest you cry as well and I don't

want to be the center of inflammatory remarks because your keyboard

could not function anymore due to your tears making it wet.

But it really made me think. This feeling. The feeling after knowing

that you have caused a good change in another person's life, is a

"super-d-duper" feeling. Now I really know why my leaders do what they

do without asking anything for return.

Once I leave, I'll certainly miss several things; Heart of God Church and my

CGs but of course this certain person. I think I shall end this here for now

because even as I type all of these out, tears start to well up in my eyes and

I don't want to suddenly start crying out of nowhere here in the office. They'll

think I'm mad or something.

How do I really feel about migrating?

Happy, Sad, Excited and Uncertain combined together. Just a whole flurry

of emotions that even I myself can't fathom. Is there any one word equivalent

that describes all that?

All right.

I know that all of you are waiting for this segment.

Yesterday, at around 1445 a boy from Changkat Changi Secondary School

allegedly punched a Bus Captain on the nose after the latter chased after

him for deliberately littering on the bus. According to the Stomper who

reported this incident, the Bus Captain stopped the bus and went to the

back of the bus, where the School boy was sitting and took a disposable

cup, gave it to the boy and asked him nicely to throw it in the appropriate

rubbish bin.

But apparently this boy threw the cup back and alighted. The Bus Captain

then picked up the cup and chased after the kid. To make the long story

short, the boy was rude and full of crap so he punched the Bus Captain

on the nose.

I'm not really sure who to award the Douche Bag of the Day to; either

the kid, the school or his parents. But I think you get my drift so I'll

just award it to this Crude, Immature, Irresponsible kid who have nothing

else to do but punch people on the nose and apparently intimidate them

even more.

But do you agree that the parents or even the school have a take in this?

Somehow this kid is not properly taught on how to properly dispose his

trash (although I'm sure whenever he talks, he can choke up the garbage

chute) and of course not properly taught that it's a no-no to punch people

when you're in the wrong.

My Take on this? I better hope that Changkat Changi Secondary School,

do something about it, cane him or something.

So our Douche Bag of the Day goes to this Changkat Changi Secondary School

Kid!

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Let us now move on to the Top 3 searches in Google.sg

In No 3

Amanda Singapore

A student who named herself Amanda have been reported to be selling

her body in the internet to pay for her school fees. She have been reported

to have been doing this "side activity over two months and served 10

customers to date".

-Click Here For The Full Report-

I think a lot of people are searching for this because as you can see from

the report, it doesn't really look like a report. It looks more like an

advertisement to help her out and that's just sick. So as usual, people's

interest have been piqued and they're searching for that adult forum

to either check out the credibility of that report or to actually "help her

out"

In No 2 and No 1

The Peak Singapore

The Peak Toa Payoh

They're linked together. The Peak @ Toa Payoh comes under the Design,

Build, Sell Scheme (DBSS) and offers premium fittings. But unlike Private

Condominiums these projects do not have facilities like swimming pools

and gyms. The Peak is the fifth DBSS project, the sixth being in Simei

expected to be released for sale soon

That's all I really want to say this awesome Wednesday Afternoon of

April 15, 2009. This is Carlo and you've just been slapped with my Prata^^

I am the Douche Bag of the Day!

2009-04-08T01:04:00.000+08:00

So sorry that I haven't been blogging these past week, but I've just
been so busy. There's so much that I have to do and so little time.
But, to satisfy all of you, there's always twitter! Follow me on
twitter to receive news updates of the weirdest kind and other
breaking news regularly because I tweet regularly!

If you also want to know what's happening in my life at specific
moments in time in real time, make sure to follow me on twitter.
That's where I update regularly about the things I see, observe and
feel throughout the day!

Today, for our special segment. A special person have suggested the
Douche Bag of the Day.

This special person (No sarcasm there. He really is special and a
great awesome friend) wants me to name myself as the Douche Bag of the
Day!

So I proudly take up the award of being named as the Douche Bag of the
Day! I've been put as the DBOTD for the reason that everytime I look
at him I have the typical Douche Bag face. There are also a lot of
other reasons that he have stated but I've forgotten.

If you're reading this, special person, feel free to tag me to remind
me xD

That's all I really want to say this late Tuesday. This Carlo and
you've been slapped with my prata!

April 20th PRSSCO SYF. I was in practice just now and I'm proud of how
much they have improved. Now really Gold with Honors is within grasp.
More than that, I a tually feel prouder of PRSSCO because even though
they don't have Grades like the other top schools, they can still
emerge as the 3rd best CO currently. Where will PRSSCO be next?

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

Watch Out For April 1!!

2009-03-31T18:00:00.002+08:00

Today's Post will be short and sweet. I have no time to produce a long one

that has news updates today. I'm really sorry.

So let's start with something that most of you look forward to.

The Douche Bag Of The Day!

Our Douche Bag Of The Day is a man from Pennsylvania. If you're going

to rob someone (I'm not saying you should), most probably you shouldn't do

it somewhere where over 300 Police Officers are having their convention.

Just imagine trying to rob a person in the toilet and that person turn out

to be a Police Officer.

The Police Officer at first played along, giving his money and mobile phone,

but after the robber ran, the police officer ran after him while asking his

fellow police officers along.

Can you just imagine the stupidity of that. The sheer stupidity of the robber,

just earned him the Douche Bag Of The Day award!

-Click Here For The Full Report-

In today's Hottest Google Trend, On No3 we have

Han Mi Ok

Han Mi Ok is a Korean woman who was so addicted to Plastic Surgery

that she took to injecting cooking oil and paraffin into her face when

now surgeon would touch her anymore.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

On No 2

Discussion Essay

This is most definitely a classic case of students trying to plagiarize.

Currently, If I'm not wrong students, especially secondary school students,

are going through discussion essays for English Paper 1. Most probably

students who are rushing to do their homework are turning to Google to

help them finish their work.

And at the Top of the Google Trends we have

Singcert

With the news that the worm, Conficker C would be evolving on April 1,

Many people are going to Singcert to find out more about the Computer

Worm and the precautions that they should do in protecting their computer

from this worm.

SingCERT means Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team.

SingCERT is a one-stop centre for security incident response in Singapore.

It was set up to facilitate the detection, resolution and prevention of

security related incidents on the internet.

-Click Here To Go To SingCERT-

That's all I really want to say this great Tuesday evening of March 31 2009.

This is Carlo and you've just been slapped with my prata.

I'll be turning my post into audio soon. So keep checking out my blog!

'Special' Massage Services!

2009-03-30T18:00:00.000+08:00

Let's start this post with something really weird.

A Spanish Transexual became pregnant. So imagine someone who looks

like a guy, pregnant. If he wasn't transsexual, he'll probably just look like

someone who has a beer belly. A pretty huge one at that. I'm wondering.

What if the news didn't cover this story? Will people actually look at him

and just see a man with an extremely huge beer belly or will they think

he's really pregnant?

It's just weird to me. I have no idea why people do this kind of things.

And that's our Question of the Day.

What do you think is the cause of why certain people have qualms with

their sexuality?

-Click Here For The Full Report-

If you had a sibling, you'll understand all about sibling rivalry and how

at times you just want to strangle your siblings. Right?

Well. An American Man took that statement literally and up to another

level by decapitating his 5-Year-Old Sister, fatally stabbed his 17-Year-Old

Sister and was about to attack his 9-Year-Old Sister when police officers

shot him dead on his tracks.

No one really knew why he did that. But that's just taking Sibling Rivalry

to a whole new level. New Level of barbarism. The sickest part was that

he decapitated his sister in front of the policemen. As though he was

enjoying what he was doing.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

To think that you'll only find sleaze in Geylang is just being ignorant.

I admit that I am ignorant because Parklane mall have been turned

into a sleaze mall. Massage Parlors which provides 'Extra' services can

be found around the mall. According to the reporter, 6 out of 10 of these

shops found on the 3rd to 5th floors offer 'Special' Services.

They should put a sign in front of the mall which says:

Enter At Your Own Risk.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Ok. Guys. If the girls now know how to tell whether we like them or not

just by the duration we look at them, it's only fair that we know something

about them as well right? Well now we do!

Have you ever had the problem of girls having PMS and stuff like that? Well,

now scientists have found that shopping habits are linked to their Menstrual

Cycle. Girls spends more on shopping during these times to cheer themselves

up whenever they're depressed or stressed.

So that means, whenever you think that your partner is having mood swings,

bring her out for a shopping trip. Although, do it at your own risk, more likely

your wallet will turn out emptier after that ordeal compared to before. You'll

never know, maybe she'll actually treat you for once. But that's rare, girls more

likely just asks to be treated.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Remember Josef Fritzl? The Austrian who locked up his daughter in a dungeon

to rape her and also fathered several children from her? Remember that Douche

Bag?

Well, if someone follows suit, he's even more of a Douche Bag right?

Well that's exactly why our Douche Bag of the Day is this Colombian man

who abused his daughter and fathered 8 children from her. Deja Vu right?

This kind of people make me sick. Come on. What are you possibly thinking?

What the heck would want to make you want to rape your own daughter?

Are you that desperate? That's sick and people like this shouldn't get life

imprisonment. They should get the death sentence!

Wait a second. Which is worse? Life imprisonment or death?

Anyway. This colombian man is our Douche Bag of the Day!

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Let's now move on to our Google Top Search!

On No 3 we have

New Creation Church.

Founded in 1984, its congregation have grown to over 18000 in the year

2009. It is one of the mega churches that can be found in Singapore including

City Harvest Church and Faith Community Baptist Church.

New Creation Church recently hit the news because it raised $19 Million

in less than 24 hours amidst the Global Recession and even more recently

NCC have been featured again because of they payed one employee between

500001 to 550000 in the fiscal year ended March 31 2008.

In No 2

JPAE

JPAE mean Joint Polytechnic Admission Exercise. I think that's kind of

straight forward. I think a lot of people have been checking their posting

results for polytechnics.

Today's top search in Google:

Lisa S

I have totally no idea who or what she does. I've come to the conclusion

that Singaporeans mainly use Google for convenience because they're

lazy to type the URL. You know how I know? Because I do that as well! ^^

That's all I really want to say this busy Monday Evening. I'm Carlo and You've

just been slapped with my prata!

Here's a really awesome video for all of you to enjoy!

Douche Bag Marketing Prostitutes! Slap him!!!

2009-03-27T18:00:00.003+08:00

Good Evening fellow readers! Friday is here and the weekend is right at

our doorstep and it's time for hang outs, reunions and just plain having fun.

TGIF! Thank God It's Friday!

Work for me today's not so slack like the usual days. Quite a few problems

cropped up in the past reports that was done by the previous part timer.

Is it really fair for the Newbie Part Timers to take on that task of reconciling

the reports which the previous staff made a mistake on? I mean I don't even

know what's happening in that particular report. I only know the reports

that was done by me because I did it and I know how I did it. But If you take the

previous reports which you didn't do, how are you suppose to know where the mistake

lie? Go through all the piles of reports again? Gosh.

I feel like awarding the previous Part Timer here the Douche Bag of the Day but

No that will come later.

So Let's start with the news that will make your Fridays better.

I hope.

Remember the song by Britney Spears, 'Ooops I did it again'?

What If we change that title to 'Oops China did it again'? Because today another

scandal has hit the country yet again. And to think that the Melamine Scandal was

over already, a new scandal emerges.

Imagine losing a highly dangerous radioactive material and saying that it

was all under control and that people don't need to worry because it's no threat

to human health.

Come on. Who will believe that? Radioactive material = Not Dangerous. That can

most certainly only come from China. Apparently, a highly dangerous radioactive

material went missing after a cement factory was demolished for failing to meet

with environment safety standards. Local Media reports that it was only discovered

missing several days after the demolition.

I think they were having some Chinese Tea when they just realized that they were

missing one Radioactive material that could possibly create multiple Radioactive spiders

which will then turn Chinese citizens to Spiderman.

But most likely, they'll think the web coming out from their wrist are noodles. So they'll

call themselves Noodlemen.

I can just picture it right now.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

MySpace is for Douche Bags!

By the Way, Add me on MySpace if you have one.

A 14-year-old girl have been arrested for posting nearly 30 nude pictures of

herself on MySpace. Weird thing was that MySpace has a team of regulators

for these kind of images but somehow they didn't spot it. If convicted, she will

be force to register as a sex offender.

One more page for the lesson of Sexual Privacy.

If you want to do all those kind of things. Keep it to yourself. I think there's

more than enough idiots out there in the World Wide Web who's contributing

more than enough to Pervertedness.

By the way. When Asked why she posted the pictures, she said that she 'wanted

her boyfriend to see them'

Bravo!

-Click Here For The Full Report-

If you have debts and you suddenly find Beautiful Women outside your house,

don't think that it's heaven-sent to relieve you of your troubles because they're

not. They're sent by Loan Sharks to repay your debts.

Loan Sharks nowadays are getting smarter. They are sending beautiful women

to go to your office or house and 'sit there' to shame you into paying your debts.

Why do they do that you ask. Well, their logic is that because they're beautiful

women, even if they make a lot of noise and portray your house as a brothel,

you won't have the guts to beat them up and chase them away.

Quite innovative. But if I were them, beautiful or not, I'll take my trusty umbrella

and throw it at them. Besides, I won't even get into this kind of situation because

I will never go to a Loan Shark no matter how bad things are.

I'll go to my friends^^

Nah Just kidding.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Have you heard of someone who wanted to help you out of a situation but

you have to be a prostitute to do so? That was one Singaporean Landlord

proposed.

The Landlord created a website that advertises these PRC Girls as someone

who are 'unable to survived[sic] in Singapore'. He even enforces 6 'Rules

of Engagement'.

On his website he posted revealing M18 photos of these girls so that they will

be more marketable.

He wanted to help. Yeah Right. How? By being a pimp and selling these PRC

girls. Ultimate low level son of a *toot*

And that is why he's our Douche Bag of the Day!

Truly deserving right? He's really one of those people that if you ever have

the misfortune to meet on the streets, you just have to shout Douche Bag to him.

And Because this just infuriates me.

This is our Question of the Day as well.

Do you think what he is doing is agreeable? If yes, why?

Tell me all about it in the Tag Board or at the Comments section at the bottom of

this post.

As I have Tweeted yesterday, I am adding another segment to my blog posts

with the help of Google. In my every post, I will update you with the Top 3

Most Searched Key Words on Google. I'll give you facts about that particular

topic and give my opinion on why people are searching for that. That is if I

can think of any reasons.

So let's start with No 3 on the Charts.

Nadim Van Der Ros.

Ummm.. I totally have no idea who this person is. So who ever you are, I

want to tell you that around 43% of Singaporeans are looking for you in Google.

On No 2.

The Chinese Challenge

The Chinese Challenge is a new nationwide initiative to improve communications

in Chinese. The initiative aims to provide a participative environment for Singaporeans

of all ages to enjoy and improve their Mandarin and Chinese culture.

Great. More Chinese. I just realized that this post is a very Chinese post.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

And The Top Searched Keyword for today as of 6pm is...

SJI Junior

SJI Junior stands for St Joseph's Institution Junior. This is a Primary school

located in Novena and was founded in 1954. Prior to 2007, the school was known

as St Michael's School. The reason being was because of the start of a 10 Year

Josephian Program which links SJI Junior with St Joseph's Institution. One

of its notable Alumni is Dick Lee, one of Asia's most well-known musicians.

Most probably, this was the most searched keyword because they are

apparently having an E-Learning Day so I think most of them are just too lazy

to type the URL and so they look to the ever Trusted Google to do the directing

for them.

That's all I really want to say this awesome Friday Afternoon of March 27 2009.

This is Carlo and you've just been slapped with my prata. Have a great weekend!

Masturbation. Twitters. True Love. Court Chaos. WEIRD THURSDAY!^^

2009-03-26T23:59:00.002+08:00

It's Thursday and a weird Thursday it turned out to be. So today I'll start with

our Douche Bag of The Day. It's just quite funny how our Douche Bag of the Day

died.

And Yes. He's dead sadly. Rest In Piece.

Our Douche Bag of the Day was apparently becoming Sexually Deprived. Most

probably because of the deepening recession that is happening in our economy,

he could not afford any more prostitutes. So he went for the next best thing.

A Soft Drink Bottle.

In an effort to fulfill his sexual desires, he decided to insert his genital into the soft

drink bottle. This 77 year old man got his genital into the bottle and only sought

help after finding out that he could not get it out despite trying out various ways.

Doctors tried to alleviate the problem but due to inflammation, he could not urinate

and other Medical Complications came up.

This guy, may he Rest In Piece, is our Douche Bag of the Day because no one in their

right mind will put his genital into a soft drink bottle. There are other ways to release

sexual desires and of the recommended way that I will recommend? Nope. Not go to

Geylang. Eat Chocolate or Oysters. They're awesome!

And Ladies and Gentlemen let's pause for a moment to respect our Douche Bag of the Day.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

If you see someone getting beaten up, what would you do? Lunge at them and join in the fun

of course! That was what this certain Judge in Broward exactly did. A man who was sentenced

to jail was unhappy with the lady who testified against him. So as a final 'appeal', he lunged

at her and started to beat her up. Court room plunges in chaos and the Judge jumped up

his chair, over the tables and lunges at the defense of the lady.

That'll be like the coolest scene. Imagine that in Singaporean context.

By the way, For Your Information, the guy was sentenced because of Domestic Violence.

What are the Odds of that happening?!

-Click Here For The Full Report and Video-

Are you a teenager and is deciding whether you should have a relationship but is bogged

down by the question: 'Will it last?'

Well Good News for you because a professor and his team have created a model which

can calculate whether a relationship will succeed. Yes you heard me right. Calculate.

Using a Maths equation the professors can tell with 94% accuracy whether your relation can actually last or not.

That's just great. And here I was thinking Maths was just some boring subject full of

numbers that I will never understand. Now Maths can predict a relationship status.

That's just amazing.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Hurry Jump in to the Twitter bandwagon or else even Primary school students will

be even more twit-literate than you. As part of a new High Tech Primary School

Curriculum, students will be taught how to use twitter, blogs, webcams and podcasts.

This is such an awesome curriculum. Imagine learning how to use Twitter and Facebook

during class! I think no one will skip lessons as much as students are skipping lessons now.

Singapore, can our curriculum also be changed into this?

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Heard of the Earth Hour Movement?

I'm joining the cause and switching off for 60 minutes on March 28 at 0830pm.

And that's our Question of The Day.

Are You Joining the Movement? If not, why?

Tell me all about it in the Tagboard!

That's all I really want to say this weird Thursday March 26 2009. This is Carlo

and you've just been slapped with my prata.

Tomorrow there will be another segment in my post which uses Google. We'll be looking

at the Top Searches in Google and I'll tell you more about that particular search. This is

exciting.

Twitter is NOT Stupid!

2009-03-25T18:05:00.001+08:00

Wednesdays!

I Love Wednesdays!

Don't ask me why.

Because I don't know why!

aAaAaAaaAAaaAA =D

I was going to blog yesterday but I actually fell asleep after

deciding to have a short nap. Another lesson in life:

Don't take naps when you are super tired.

Anyway, moving on. Just to let you know, especially for those

who have not yet followed my twitter. I'm currently working

at Geylang East Library as an Admin. I know that I'm stalker-friendly,

so if you're really a stalker, you can find me most of the time at the comics

section. That's my form of entertainment while I'm working.

Announcement!

This blog will be updated every weekday at 6pm. I'm going to standardize it already.

Since I'm not doing so much work, I might as well update this blog every time.

And No, this is not called slacking. This is called 'Research', quoted from my boss.

But seriously, all jokes aside, if all your work for the day is done, what else

can you do? Tweet of course! I've been receiving complains that I'm flooding

my friends' Facebook Homepage. Firstly, it's Facebook's fault for revamping

the homepage yet again. Secondly, it's not my fault that your friends don't update

as much as I do. Lastly, Twitter Rocks! So just face it xD

I know that Twitter was reported to be the one that caused the break up

of John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston but I think it's more of Jennifer Aniston's

female related problem. Don't you think it's so irritating? Once you stead

with a girl, you will start to have problems you didn't have before you went into

a relationship with that girl. Until I manage to be patient enough to handle that,

I don't think I will have any 'closer' relationships with girls.

And I'm not gay. If that's what you're thinking right now after I made that statement.

I'm straight but I just don't think I'm ready to handle their problems when I have my

own problems to handle. Don't you think it's really irritating?

And That's our Question of the Day:

What's your view about this statement, for or against?

Tell me all about it on the tag board!

The eyes have always been a powerful factor in attracting the opposite sex.

Did you know that? If you didn't know that, well at least now you know.

Researchers have shown that an average of 8.2 seconds is all it takes

for a man to fall in love at first sight. But this only goes to men, the same is

not true for women. According to the researchers, the men looked into the

eyes of the actresses they find attractive for an average of 8.2 seconds and

4.5 seconds for those that they don't find attractive.

So for girls now you know how to tell whether a certain guy you like or

don't like finds you attractive. You have now been handed a key in protecting

yourself. But that depends on you whether you'll exploit it or actually use for

something morally inclined.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Spiderman was spotted in Thailand saving an autistic boy who was sitting

on a ledge. A Thai Fireman donned a spiderman costume in an effort to save

the autistic boy who refused to budge from the ledge to go to lessons after finding

out the boy's huge interest in superheroes. The fireman has a costume stored in the

fire station to be used to liven up school fire drills

I think our firemen should also have some kind of costume stored in the fire

stations. Something easy to wear like maybe The Flash, Superman, Batman, etc.

Or something really easy: jump into a vat of sky blue paint naked and you're

Dr Manhattan! But it's not really that recommended ^^

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Have you ever tried out Google Earth to find your house from a bird's

eye view? Well a certain teenager certainly did and he wanted to do

something else to make it easier for him to find his house. What did he do?

He drew a huge phallus on the roof of his house so that it's way easier to spot it.

If you don't know what a phallus is, use the dictionary.

It took a year before it was found out by his parents. A helicopter was

flying over the house when they saw it and called his parents about it.

His dad thought it was an April Fool's joke but after asking his 4 children,

the guy who did it owned up.

His father took it with good humor. I wonder how his mom took it. I'm sure

all hell broke loose. Mothers kind of almost always make things such a big deal.

Don't you think so?

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Have you ever been to an eatery to study and/or de-stress? I certainly have!

But I don't do it during peak hours because I take the space from other people

who really needs to eat. But if it's Off-Peak, you'll probably see quite a few students

studying in places like McDonalds, KFC and even Ikea (Tampines).

But somehow people are pissed off about it even though there's still so many seats

that are still available for their convenience.

That's why our Douche Bag of the Day is this Stomper, who apparently couldn't

get her favorite seats in Ikea (Tampines) so she felt the urge to report it in Stomp

so that 'Proper Authorities' can reserve the seats for her.

If you look closely at the pictures that she took, you'll see that there's actually

so many seats which are still available. It makes you wonder why she reported this huh?

What really bothers me is that she's a parent. Can't believe how far people will go

to earn even just a little bit of fame.

What really irked me was her last statement: "I wonder where all these Singaporeans'

education go to?"

It certainly didn't seem to go to her. Who should we call to report Douche Bags

of the Day?

-Click Here for the Full Report-

That's all I really want to say this great Wednesday afternoon of March 25 2009.

I'm Carlo and you've just been slapped with my prata.

Douche Bag Of The Day: Gary Ng

2009-03-24T00:30:00.000+08:00

Remember the Edison Chen scandal? Well, Singapore has her own scandal
by the name of Gary Ng.

This is the sickest and most disgusting person that should not live at
all! He uses girls for his own pleasures and calls it helping women by
giving them pleasure.

Hello! It's perverts like him who turns this world we live in
perverted and sickening.

And that is why this asshole is our Douche Bag of the Day!

Everytime I think about the things that he was reported of doing to
woman, I get very angry. Let's all take our umbrella and find him so
that we can chase him out of our lovely country!

We don't need these kind of perverted sick ass wipes to dirty the flag
of Singapore.

Authorities should step up on this one. Catch him and use him to teach
other perverted lecherous bastards a lesson should they ever think of
outraging the modesty of women!

This Douche Bag is even featured in the Newspapers!

I really have nothing to say. This is damn What the Freakish.

Freaking Douche Bag.

Damn deserving of this award.

Douche Bag of the Day:
Gary Ng

Question of the Day:

1) What's your view on this Douche Bag?

2) What do you think should be done to this Douche Bag?

That's all I really want to say this March 24 2009. This is Carlo and
you've just been slapped with a prata!

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

Check out my Dailybooth page and Twitter! I'm updating it super
frequently because of boredom from the office^^

PPS

I was reading the tweets of those who went for the Coldplay Concert
and I couldn't help but envy. It sounded so fun and exciting!

PPPS

I'm only working half day tomorrow because I'm going to go back to
PRSS to hang out with Malcolm again! Hahas! I'm looking forward to a
fun day tomorrow! ^^

Douche Bag of the Day

2009-03-23T00:13:00.003+08:00

Finally found the time to blog! I'm really sorry but there won't be
any news updates today as well because I haven't been reading the news
lately because of my busy schedule. So this post will just about
stuffs that have happened recently to my life because I'm so stalker-
friendly ^^

Don't worry though because there will be a Douche Bag of The Day at
the end.

Shall we start with the CO Camp?

We had a CO Camp on Monday which I was invited in to supervise the
Camp Committee and give a talk for the CO people. I didn't intend to
go to the camp at such an early and infernal time of 0630am but
because a certain someone *ahemmalcolmahem* asked me to come earlier
to help out with the preparations. Trust me, I was really reluctant
but the mention of a free cup of coffee was enough of a motivation for
me to rise early that morning.

I came early to school and was super sad because some ass didn't bring
coffee. I so wanted to drink that coffee man because he said that
he'll make it himself but so sad.

The day started of quite well with all the wet games coming first to
get them really awake and energized for the other activities which was
to come. In the midst of the games there's this guy who just suddenly
appeared because he was late and he became my best friend for the day
because he was the one I picked on the most I think. LOL

After lunch I changed into formal clothing to prepare for my talk with
the people. But before my talk, all of us played a real life version
of cluedo. For all those who want to know who made the game up, I was
the one who suggested the game style, the comm then modified it to
their own preferences.

During my talk, there were a few expected talk back and smart aleck
and I just ignored them. But ultimately, I think the talk was quite
not badly done because a lot of the people actually retained what I
spoke about. And for those who found it boring, I'm sorry but I really
tried my best to keep it as entertaining as possible because I knew
that all of you were tired.

I think the most exciting and 'successful' activity was the Haunted
Haunted. The leaders inside the room did really well to scare the
people but the people sometimes retaliated and that ultimately caused
A LOT of injuries to the Leaders.

It was a fun camp and I really enjoyed it.

I've been spending a lot of time with friends lately, I realized. Must
be because I just want to really get as much opportunity to go out
with them before I go back to the Philippines.

But out of the numerous times I went out with friends. I only seem to
only remember the times that I get slapped and punched by Mr Malcolm
"Ass" Lee^^

Maybe it's because of all those slaps and punches I get from him. But
before a lot of you panics, it is a fair abuse because he whacks me
then I'll whack him back and so on and so forth. It's so fun that when
he accidentaly slapped my specs off causing it to have small cracks, I
just actually laughed it off and didn't care about it any bit.

Fun times man. I swear. Malcolm is the bestest best friend! Here's his
hp number:

9738...

Nowadays, people seem to always do something behind other people's
back instead of telling it to them straight in the face.

That's why our Douche Bag of the Day is a a girl who went to the
policestation with her Boyfriend's laptop and asked the police to
check the computer whether he was hiding some child porn.

This was done without her boy friend knowing about it.

While the policemen was checking the computer, they found a picture in
the recycle bin, of the girl having a very serious "relationship" with
a dog.

So now she faces a felony charge and a few other charges.

If you want to bring a computer to the police at least have the
audacity to know how to delete files. Hahahas.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

That's all that really matter to me this Monday morning of March 23
2009. I'm Carlo and you've just been slapped with a prata.

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

PS.

I really can't believe I was so protective of a certain someone today.
I need to think through this.
I tend to be too over protective when it really matters a lot to me.
A lot means A LOT.
Super Precious.

I'm Back!

2009-03-20T01:58:00.002+08:00

Haven't been blogging for a week now. I'm really sorry but I've been
really busy this past week. If you follow my twitter which I update
more frequently you'll know why I've been busy and if you're not
following my twitter then you should get your own twitter account and
start following me!

This post however will not be like the past few posts because I didn't
get to do my research in the news. So instead I shall make it up to
Malcolm by dedicating this whole post to him.

Been an ass today with him so to make it up to him, I'll post about him.

So who is Malcolm?

Malcolm is my junior and probably my bestest best friend. He is a
great and awesome guy who is a matured joker. But more than that, he's
a really loyal friend.

I kind of forgot how I first met him but it's most probably during the
time he joined CO. He was always the prominent one because of his
energy and maybe perhaps his looks as well.

It's kind of awesome to really see how he became from that very cute
Sec 1 kid to a very dashing young man now. One thing that really
strikes me is how creative he is. He is able to think of a joke,
insult or idea super fast!

He is also someone who will do something not half-heartedly but when
he does things, he really give it his best. This can be clearly seen in his dedication and commitment in the Chinese Orchestra.
He may be really tired but he would still do the job required of him to the best
of his abilities. He may be small but don't let his size fool you, he is one giant of a man in the inside.

Malcolm Lee Jia Ler is the best friend anyone can ever have. Someone
you can rely on everytime. Someone that you would certainly treasure
the times you have together with.

In essence, what I'm really trying to say is that he is the perfect
friend/boy friend/leader and of course joker.

So for those who are now queuing
Up just to get his contacts or something here's a message for all of
you:

his hp number is 973..... ^^

I am so Stalker-Friendly ^^

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

PS I've posted the Leader's vision video in the PRSSCO Blog! Check it
out!

Updates: Coming Soon

2009-03-13T20:08:00.001+08:00

Sorry for not updating for so long but I've been kind of busy
recently. There's quite a few things which I have to do. I think I'll
update again on Tuesday after the camp.

You can always view what I'm doing in real time on my twitter. Either
get one or view the twitter box on the left. Thank you understanding!

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

Weird Stuff

2009-03-09T23:59:00.001+08:00

Recently, there's so many things that have been happening.

Firstly, is the two suicides that have happened in NTU. People are now
speculating that they're linked. But police have not yet found any
link between the two deaths.

Secondly, transsexuals in the southern Indian city of Chennai are
getting their own public toilets. Don't you think toilets catered
specially for transsexuals are weird? Can you just imagine what the
sign will say/show on the door? People are really weird sometimes.
Here's an FYI fact: there is around 500k transexuals across India
which means that they take up approximately 0.4% of India's population
and they are the most marginalized and discriminated against.

Lastly, a Kangaroo hopped a fence to a family's backyard and then
decided to "escape" the yard through the family's bedroom window. The
father, who stated that he only had his "Bonds undies on" and that he
felt "vulnerable", then wrestled the Kangaroo out the front door.
It's really funny because the family has a huge sense of humor.
Instead of panicking and being scared out of their wits, the wife was
reported as saying that she "thinks he's a hero: a hero in Bonds
undies". Maybe he can be the next superman or batman who puts their
underwear outside to show off their unique sense of style to the world.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

A transexual jailed for sexually assaulting two women is demanding a
sex change and wants government health care to pay for it. He wants an
orchidectomy to surgically remove his testes. He was reported as
saying that he raped the two women because he was a "female trapped
inside a male's body" and that he was just trying to act out in ways
that he "thought a male was suppose to act"

Ok.

I'm just wondering. Why is today's news full of transsexuals? Is there
something big going on?

-Click here For The Full Report-

Oprah has warned Rihanna that she will be beaten up by Chris Brown
again and that Rihanna should stay away from Chris Brown.

Somehow I find this kind of expected from Oprah. I was just waiting
for it.

But it's really kind of weird that Rihanna would actually take Chris
Brown back even after being beaten up badly. To me Rihanna is sending
out the wrong message to girls that it's ok to be beaten up by their
boy friends.

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Twitter is slowly catching up in Singapore.

Companies in Singapore are now using Twitter to gather quick feedback
and promote their latest products and services. It has been stated by
a Promotions Manager that Twitter "has the potential to be the next
big thing in Singapore"

-Click Here For The Full Report-

For those who still does not know what Twitter is. Here's a short guide.

Twitter is a microblogging site which allows users to describe what
they are doing in real-time in less than 140 characters. There are a
few ways in which you can update your Twitter(or in the Internet
Jargon, Tweet). For those using BlackBerrys you can Tweet using an
application called Tweetberry. For iPhone and iPod Touch users, you
can search for tweetie which is a Paid App so i'm sure that
Sinagporeans won't like that so a good Free App is TwitterFon which i
am personally using. For FireFox users, you can get the add-on
TwitterFox.

Personally, for me, TwitterFon is the best because it is simple and
gives you all you need in twitter. It has a Simple Fool-Proof
interface and presents tweets to you in a simple and readable way.

There are also a few Jargons in Twitter that you have to take note. Following another person means that you will receive all the tweets of that person. When a person Follows you, it means that he or she is receiving your tweets every time you tweet. @ Replies is used whenever you want to reply to a certain user so that that particular Tweet will be directed at that user and that user will know that that tweet is for him. Direct Messages are Private messages so it means that only the user whom you sent the Tweet to will see that Tweet. The difference between @ Replies and Direct Message is that the public can see the @ Replies while Direct Messages Can Not be seen by the Public.

So for those who have not yet gotten a Twitter account, you better get
one soon because it's going to be so mainstream soon.

-Click Here For Twitter Related Articles-

Finally we've come to the most awaited segment.

Douche Bag Of The Day!

For today's Douche Bag Of The Day, we go all the way to America where
a young girl was beaten up by a policeman.

-Click Here For The Video-

Apparently this young girl threw a shoe at the police officer and
after that all hell broke loose. The Policeman comes in to the room
where the girl was in, knees her on the stomach, punched her on the
face, slammed her face on the wall, throws her to the ground, puts his
knee on her back and even after she was already down, he threw
multiple punches at her.

The officer released a statement that the shoe caused him "bruising,
bleeding and pain".

What a bunch of Platypus Shit.

Unless that shoe was made of steel and has spikes on it and if the
girl was some muscular champion shotput thrower then he's a freaking
liar.

This is really a clear case of abuse of power and that's why he's our
Douche Bag Of The Day!

-Click Here For The Full Report-

That's all I really have to say this Monday, March 9 2009. I'm Carlo
and you've just been slapped with a prata.

A Day To Remember

2009-03-07T23:59:00.000+08:00

Today really started out real bad. Firstly, I woke up a bit late and
so didn't have time to get my cup of coffee before i headed out.
Secondly, the school canteen had no vendors today which means that I'm
coffee deprived for the whole day. Felt like sleeping the whole time.
But fortunately, Malcolm's "abusive" nature kept me awake and energized.

We started by filming a segment of the briefing video which was a
really fun experience. Playing dead takes real hard work and I have to
say Jun Guang did a really good job!

I was editing the video and it looks really funny. Especially in one
part where Malcolm jolted awake. Every time it goes to that part, I
will sure laugh. It took me like 1 hour to make the background to
really be like a newsroom.

After getting home and dumping my bag on my bed, I went off again to
meet Ji Wei, Malcolm and Clarence for supper. It was really awesome
and I really loved talking to them. Just getting to know them and
having the opportunity to get to know them more is really awesome.
After Malcolm and Clarence went home, Ji Wei and I walked home and
I've got to say that talking to him was really cool and to think that
I've only known him for less than a month.

Really thank God for making me write that post(My Stand) or else how
else would i have known Ji Wei? lol

What can you do if an item which costs ~$10k was sold for $1?

Absolutely nothing! xD

Well that was what exactly happened to a school in Pennsylvania. They
wanted to sell 7 used classroom trailers but it turned out that they
made a serious error with the ad on ebay which allowed a bidder to bid
$1 for the trailer.

They definitely made a huge loss. That just goes to show the
importance of checking your work before submitting it! xD

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Did you hear that they found another dead person in NTU? And from the
same school, which is at the School of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering(EEE)? Two deaths from the same school in less than a week.

I've been reading other people's blogs and their imagination can
really run super wild. I saw one blog which says that there is a ghost
in EEE terrorizing the school by making them kill themselves.

What

The

Heck?!

-.-

This recent suicide was a Chinese national from Hubei named Mr Zhou
Zheng, who worked for the Division of Information at EEE. His body was
found hanging in the balcony of his apartment.

First was David Hartanto Widjaja. Now Zhou Zheng. Who's next? I hope
no one else.

*starts singing No One by Alicia Keys*

-Click Here For The Full Report-

If someone saved your life, will you sue them for a whopping S$198k?

Well, a guy from London decided to do just that.

And That is Why he is our Douche Bag of the Day!

Mr Michael Dexter decided to commit suicide by making a cocktail out
of 100 pills, rum and cola. After his wife and two sons found him
overdosed, they rushed him to the nearest hospital. In the hospital,
he was given at least 4 times the correct dose of neutralizing drugs.
This caused severe tissue damage to his right arm.

But it saved him from dying.

Now he sued the hospital and actually won the case!

If someone saves you, the least thing that you can do is thank them
not sue them. Such ingratitude. I wonder whether the hospital is
thinking this: "Oh man saving that guy just cost us S$198k! We
shouldn't have bothered"

LOL

This guy definitely deserves the Douche Bag of the Day award!

-Click Here For The Full Report-

Actually there was another Douche Bag that i wanted to award it to.
But i didn't get to take his picture.

I was walking home when this guy started walking towards me. He was
rubbing his private part and when he almost a feet away, he winked at
me and gave me that horny face.

Totally freaked out and i started walking away really fast.

If my handphone was in my hands and i managed to take a picture of
him, he'll definitely be the Douche Bag of the Day.

Question of the Day:

1) Define true friend.

That's all i really want to say this March 7 2009. I'm Carlo and
you've just been slapped with a prata

Such Irony

2009-03-06T23:59:00.000+08:00

Have you realized that the world is so ironical? It's filled with so
much Irony!

Let's just take this one guy who was sentenced to 20 years in prison
for raping two women. In both the attacks he was accused of beating
and choking his victims as he forced himself on them. Apparently,
after being convicted for his heinous crimes, he pleaded to the Judge
to kill him rather than send him to prison.

Some of you might be asking why?

It was stated that he wanted to be executed rather than be in jail
because he didn't want to be raped! Quoting from this guy : "I prefer
death a thousand times over being raped"

What

The..

-.-

hahahahas..

He might as well wear a dress now. He's definitely going to get raped
in jail. He might as well change his name to some girly name like
Lindsay or Britney xD

All the best to him.

-Click here for the full report-

Do you remember the news around late July last year about some guy
beheading another guy on the bus and then feasting on his body parts?

Sounds gruesome right?

Well guess wad?

He didn't get convicted!

Apparently it's because he is "Not criminally responsible" because he
was schizophrenic so now he will be institutionalized without a
criminal record.

Ok firstly, that's bull crap. He committed murder and he should pay
for it at full cost. In addition, he didn't just commit a normal
murder where he stabbed the victim, it was grotesque and barbaric! I
mean come on, after stabbing the guy multiple times, you cut off
pieces of his flesh and feast on it? That's just sick!

-Click here for the full report-

Ok you want to hear something really crazy?

Like literally crazy.

An intellectually disabled young man raped a mildly-retarded woman in
a rubbish chute area.

Ok...

-.-

Need I say more?

-Click here for the full report-

Today was a really hot day. I have no idea why. I went back to PRSS
today yet again but this time to film the CO members for a video that
will be included in my talk during their camp on March 16.

I choose the Eco-Garden as the backdrop for the video and oh my gosh.
I think I've turned like 20% blacker from the sun. It was really hot
and the Sun was just beating down on our backs. Fortunately, the
videos didn't take that long to be taken and it finished quite soon.

We then went to the library and rejoiced in the comfort of the
Discussion Room Air-Con to film another separate video. It was really
fun being with this batch of Section Leaders. I can really feel that
they've really bonded really well and helps each other a lot.

After the filming session, we went to Long John Silver to have lunch.
Yeah lunch at 5pm. We had some small chat and laughter and i've gotten
to know them a little bit more.

Went back home really tired until when I lied down on my bed to sms
people back, I actually fell asleep and woke up 2 hours later -.-

A piece of good news. Malcolm finally got a Facebook xD

If you know that you're way too old for a 10 year old girl, will you
still pursue her to have a relationship with her?

Well this guy, who was 17 when he committed his crime, apparently
thinks that it's alright to do so and even make it into a sexual
relationship. That's why he have been awarded the Douche Bag of the
Day Award!

This Douche Bag met the girl on the internet and after three months of
calls, SMSes, one date and a Valentine's poem that made her 'feel
love[sic]', they became an item. Eight months later it turned sexual.

Come on. Common sense. She's a primary school kid!

That's just so wrong. This guy must be some pedophiliac and to make
things worse he currently have a wife and a recently born baby. My
say? Put him in jail away from that baby. If not, Singapore might have
a case the same as that guy who kept his daughter in the basement and
fathered children with her.

-Click here for the full report-

I'm going to add in another segment in my blog which is the Question
of the Day and this requires your active participation!

hahahas..

Thank You in Advance!

Basically I'll be posting a few questions about your views on the
posts of the day and what you basically do is just answer whichever
question you want in the Tag Board. I hope that the viewers really
participate.

So here's the Questions of the Day:

1) Are you in favor with the verdict that the guy who brutally
murdered another guy for no apparent reason be not held criminally
responsible? If no, why?

2) What do you think should happen to today's Douche Bag of the day?

That's all I really want to say this March 6 2009. I'm Carlo and
you've just been slapped with a prata.

Close call

2009-03-05T23:12:00.002+08:00

Did you know that we almost came close to being annihilated by an
asteroid?! The asteroid zoomed past Earth, barely missing it. It
happened on early Monday and it only appeared on the news today.

I think the people at NASA thought that we didn't have to know that we
were about to die -.-

Maybe by revealing that news, people will actually stop fighting and
love each other. Well at least for about 1 hour only because they said
that "within an hour of that discovery that it pose no threat to earth"

-Click here for the Full report-

I finally got the opportunity to offer that teacher my help and he
gladly accepted it! But we're still discussing on the terms. Hopefully
next week I can start. My plan is to take half of his class for ACE
lessons.

Today also was quite a good day because it's kind of relaxed. But I
did walk around quite a lot to look for people and teachers. The CO
combined practice also sounded really goof today and the instructors
for each section was there to listen and teach at the same time while
Ding Lao Shi was conducting.

I really like the choice piece this year but I still liked our batch's
choice piece, Ava Mountain.

During CO there were some slackers but at one time I slacked with
them. Like for example, me and yun kit went to the DnT rooms and had a
chat with Ji Wei until Mr Wong saw Yun Kit slacking. LOL

The school really needs to get wi-fi man. Everytime I get back home
from PRSS, I'm flooded with Emails. So I'll be slowly reading and
replying them before going back down to have my dinner.

After having my dinner, I went up to further read any news updates and
found the same old same old things like how this person killed another
person etc.

Fortunately, Ji Wei talked to me on msn. Great guy to talk to and I'm
really impressed by the things he said. Great things are ahead for him!

So now we come to the awaited portion of this blog...

The Douche Bag of the Day!

Today's Douche Bag of the Day doesn't only concern one Douch Bag but
it's actually a group of Douche Bags!

A group of boys decided to add some "extra ingredients" to a tofu dish
and place it back onto the sushi conveyor belt. After a few seconds a
guy picked that dish from the conveyor belt and those Douche Bags
started having uncontrollable fits of laughter.

What if I added wasabi and some other infernal conction that I found
on the soles of my shoe to a dish and ask you to eat it, will you like
it?

These boys are just really inconsiderate and lacks proper behaviour.
What they did is disgusting and shows how immature they really are and
that's why they are today's Douche Bag of the Day!

-Click here for the Video-

That's all I really want to say this Thursday night of March 5 2009.
This is Carlo and you've just been slapped with a prata.

Nice teacher being bullied

2009-03-05T01:10:00.003+08:00

Quite funny. I'm supposed to blog this like 20 minutes ago but then I
started playing Tap Tap Revenge 2 again. Note to self: don't play TTR2
before doing any work.

On Tuesday, while I was in Chinese Orchestra, there was this
particular class who got a real long "lecture" from their teacher. I
was there thinking to myself how ingrateful students are becoming
nowadays.

From what I know, the teacher is actually very nice. I heard so much
about the things that he did for the class during camp and other days.
But somehow, the students have taken everything for granted.

I just feel burdened for the teacher. Especially for the things he is
facing now. I'm wondering why the students are actually doing it to
the teacher. It's not as though this specific teacher is one of those
who have nothing else better to do but make your life a complete and
utter misery.

I've only talked to him once and already I got a very good impression
of him. If you know me well, I always, most of the time, base things
on first impressions and he definitely strikes me as a teacher who is
willing to befriend and help you out.

I like what someone said, and I quote: "I felt that the class was like
separated into a thousand diff coloured sand, but as long as the
sand(pupils) are being contained(leader-anyone) then the bottle of
sand will love [sic] darn beautiful^^and if you are reading my blog
and are or is from ***,please join me to make the class a better place
and even though there are people who are the black sheep,this doesn't
mean that the white ones can[sic] gather together and do well^^"

-Click here to go to his blog-

By the way, if you don't know what [sic] means, it is used to highlight an
error.

I kind of laughed when I read that because he was looking for the
"container" but the fact that he was burdened for the "white sheeps"
just further the fact that he IS that "container".

Ok.

I'm going to try to make my blog posts as interesting as possible so
I'm going to add a segment at the end of every post which is...

*drum roll*

Douche Bag of the Day!

So for today's Douche Bag of the Day:
A guy stuffed his 6 month old cat in a marijuana pipe or bong. He
states that his cat was "high strung and needed to be put in a bong to
keep it calm"

One word, stupid.

If you want to get high, get high yourself. Don't put others or in
this case other things to misery because you waste your life on things
like marijuana.

This is animal cruelty and that's what makes this guy the Douche Bag
of the Day!

-Click here for the full report-

That's all for today, March 5 2009. This is Carlo and you've just been
slapped with a prata.

The End

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

(this post was typed entirely in iPod Touch)

Great Things Ahead?

2009-03-03T05:19:00.001+08:00

If you're smart, you will realize that there's a question mark at that
title. If you're even smarter you'd realize that the title portrays
doubt.

Well I just got news that my dad found a job here. So which means that
the family is staying here. But there's one problem. I can't go back
to school anymore especially since I've ponned the whole of 2nd
semester. So it means that even if the family stays here, I have to go
back by myself to Philippines. Argh!

It's irritating!

Right now I think I'll just go with the flow. I really don't care
already. Decisions keep on being made without me knowing about them
anyways. I make plans then suddenly you have to change that plan yet
again. Sickening.

Don't just hate it when that happens? Superbly full of shit.

Anyway, on a happier note.

Today was a really fruitful day! From 5 undone tasks I managed to
bring it down to 2 undone tasks! Woohoo!

Then, also had lots of fun with Malcolm, abusing each other both
physically and verbally. But even though we abuse each other, we are
still - as he always call it - Best Friends Forever. LOL

I also finally got to meet Ji Wei. It was quite funny when he told me
that we finally met. They were sanding the rust off the weights from
the gym when I met them.

Ok I think that should be it.

It's 0518am on March 3 2009, this is Carlo and you've just been
slapped with a prata.

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

(this post was typed entirely on iPod Touch)

New Blogskin

2009-03-02T02:33:00.001+08:00

I just finished changing this whole blogskin. Under recommendation
from A certain Mr Chicken. I asked asked him whether I should change
he said yes coz it's too brown. LOL

So now here is the new skin! And I'm thoroughly loving it! It's not
the greatest thing but still it's almost there.

Let me now take you for a little tour of the new layout.

My Youtube videos can be found at the left sidebars so that you can
watch them whenever you want easily and more accessible.

I think the most important change is those two things up there. The
Tag board and my twitter updates. Keep tagging my tagboard ok?

For the twitter, it's the most important of everything in this blog.
That's the only thing in this blog that will be updated super
regularly which means that I update twitter almost every 10 minutes
sometimes even lesser. So either go get a twitter account and follow
me in twitter or keep checking back in this blog to see the updates.

Twitter is interesting because you'll be able to see almost everything
that I'm doing and what I'm thinking at that moment of time! Exciting
right! I hope more people I know gets twitter. It'll be much nicer
whenever I read all the tweets coz i'll be getting to know more about
you!

Well that's it for today March 2 2009. This is Carlo and you've just
been slapped with a prata!

The End

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

(this post is typed entirely from iPod touch)

My Stand

2009-03-01T04:03:00.000+08:00

Recently been asked for my views about the recent incident that has
happened in a school. A lot of times my replies have been seemingly
passive using replies such as "oh my" or "what the..". But right now
it has - what Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping point and
Outliers) call - reached the tipping point and that enough people have
been asking me about it that I'm finally going to voice it out.

I'm going to refrain from being too preachy. As a matter of fact in
this post I'll try to not be preachy about my views. I fairly know
that most of the times when it comes to posts about my views, it
becomes kind of preachy. So this time it won't. I'm just going to
state my views about the whole incident and that's it. Please take
note (this is especially for all the flamers) : these are my views and
if you have qualms over my views do it on your blog and not my tagboard.

3 questions that I'm often asked:
1) Who is wrong?
2) Where/With whom do you stand?
3) What do you think should be done now?

Before everything else, let me name the suspect James and the victim
Aaron. I don't want to reveal their real names as this is after all a
global blog averaging a few hundred views per day. So for those who
know their real name, I have one thing to say to you: please keep it
to yourself.

So here we go! I shall begin by answering the very first question, who
is wrong.

To me both are wrong BUT if I weigh both their misdoings, I would
totally say that James is totally in the wrong. His acts alone is
uncalled for, irresponsible, immature/childish and uncouth. It is a
clear indicator to me that he has no life at all. If he had a life, he
won't be doing such things, he would be with his friends talking about
the soccer game the previous night or something. Compared to avid
gamers playing computer games for almost more than 10 hours per day,
his acts can be categorized to having totally no life. The question
that runs through my mind is why did he do it? What is he trying to
prove? That he is cool? At the expense of other people? Sometimes
these kind of people makes me sick because they use other people for
their own wants. Inhumane maybe? I mean didn't the question "What
would I feel if someone did this to me?" ever come up?

Gosh.

Ok. Before I start to become preachy I shall move on.

I think it's fairly clear by now that I stand with Aaron. I'm not
standing with him with the notion that I'm encouraging him to do more
of what he has done or encouraging him that what he did was totally
not wrong but merely, I'm standing with him because I feel that, even
though he is in the wrong, he was able to realize his mistake and
actually apologize for what he did. In a way, even though I don't know
him that well and I wish I could know him or even have a conversation
with him, my heart goes out to him. This is not what an average
teenager should be facing. Emotionally scarred, I just pray that it
heals. Right now he should be right out there carefree, having a
vision and working for his vision to move on to a better class and
better future. But instead, he has to face with piercing stares from
people, with silent murmurs every time he walks by and with
condescending attitudes from others. I think he doesn't deserve this
in his life right now. A lot of people will say that it's good that he
is able learn now so that he won't make the same mistake again next
time and yes I agree! 100%!

BUT not this way. Not in such an emotionally and life scarring way. I
really feel that he did not deserve this.

Moving on.

What do I think should be done now?

I'm going to be an authoritarian on this one and say caning,
suspension and a public apology. I think even with those, it is still
not enough to repay the damages that he have made to Aaron's life.

If it turns out that James has a gang and they happen to read this and
decides to kill me..

I say come on.

I did nothing wrong but voice my opinion and be bold about it. I know
the risk that I'm taking by posting this and I am not afraid of
anything that may happen. For me, I'm all out in defending Aaron.

For those who have given him support, not giving up on him (especially
the volleyball boys), I say Good Job. You are True Friends indeed. You
are friends that should be treasured because you stood by him
regardless of circumstances. You are all treasures because nowadays it
is kind of hard to find friends like that. My perspective of the
volleyball boys have now been changed thanks to all of you.

If by any chance, Aaron decides to come to read my blog (I don't know
whether you already do read it), here is a message for you from the
bottom of my heart:

I can't say that I fully understand what you feel right now but I can
only imagine. Most people your age will just totally give up at this
point of time and take their lives but you didn't and I just can't put
in words how proud I am that you didn't. Even more so that you decided
to stand back up straight and confident even after suffering from a
major fall. For that, I would like to commend you and give you a pat
on the back with a "good job".

I really hope that you will get over any barriers and strongholds that
may be blocking and keeping you down soon. I believe that you will
reach your visions and your goals for the future. More than that I
believe that you will have a great future and you will have an even
better life ahead of you from now on.

All the best for your future endeavors and I hope that I can have the
pleasure of chatting with you.

The End

Regards,
Carlo Miguel Saavedra

(This post was typed entirely out from iPod Touch)

I'm back

2009-02-23T05:10:00.001+08:00

Well I'm back to posting here in blogger yet again because I just
found a way for me to post here using my iPod Touch without going to
the Internet browser.

But I will be posting at MySpace also. I think I'll probably
categorize the two blogs. Because the posts here will be different
from the posts that I will do in MySpace. So still keep checking
MySpace and this blog out daily for updates ok? Or if you're lazy,
like me, an you don't like to keep jumping blogs, I suggest signing up
for Google Reader. It is seriously super cool because it collects all
your friends' blog and put it into one page! So you can read your
friends' blog without visiting it!

That's what I use. So if you find that you have me as a follower of
your blog, you can be assured that I read your blog everyday or
everytime you update it because that's the very first thing I always
do in the morning. Wake up and read the updated stuffs on my google
reader. And more than that! If you find that I'm following your blog,
it means that your blog material is very interesting to me xD

Ok that's it man! I'll blog again tomorrow!

The End

MySpace

2009-02-09T02:51:00.003+08:00

All right people!

I have my own MySpace already!

-MySpace-

I'll be blogging there often.

Unless Blogger can develop an app for the iPod Touch

to make blogging here possible with the iPod Touch.

Then I'll be Blogging here.

Until Then,

I'll be blogging there more often.

I'll blog here when I'm on my Macbook.

Then I'll blog there when I'm on my iPod Touch.

That will be when I'm out or away from my Macbook!

Add me on MySpace ok?

If you don't have,

It looks kind of cool!

By the way,

I planned to make a Trailer for the Being Chinese 101 release on Wed

But then,

watched some youtube, signed up on MySpace and other stuffs,

So in the end,

I forgot all about it!

Sorry!

Maybe Tomorrow!

But the trailer will only be there until the Being Chinese 101 is uploaded.

So may not do it tomorrow.

I'll see if i'm tired.

If I am,

then I won't do it.

The End

Congratulations to Me xD

2009-02-08T03:48:00.002+08:00

Oh man!

I would like to Congratulate Prata People Productions for attaining 1091 Views in 4 days!

Great Achievement!

Now the next goal is 200 Subscriptions!

hahahas

Subscribe ok?!

Next Video is coming up on tuesday!

It will be about Chinese Stereotypes.

Being Chinese 101!

I'm writing the rough draft now.

And I think it will supersede Being Indian 101.

because I'm reading it only and I'm already laughing.

Hope to get 1000 views in 1 day for Being Chinese 101.

Remember to subscribe to my channel ok?

The End!

Being Indian 101

2009-02-04T03:20:00.002+08:00

The Most Awaited Video is already Up in YouTube!

-Click!-

Making this video with Anees was lots of fun.

It was so hard not to laugh in each of the scenes!

That's why each scene was taken like a lot of times before 1 scene was settled.

Anees is a complete joker.

The face alone can make you laugh already.

We filmed this video in one of the discussion rooms in PRSS.

That's why if you listen closely,

you can actually hear the suonas playing in the background.

Fortunately they weren't that near to the room.

After the filming,

I went to teach the Juniors in CO.

It was fun,

yet laborious.

But I can see improvements.

Maybe that talk I gave to them really put some senses into them.

Ok.

I think I shall go.

Quite tired.

Another long day tomorrow.

But before I leave.

People!

-My Twitter-

It's awesome!

President Barack Obama is actually following my Twitter account.

Now i'm just so scared to post anything i want into twitter.

I must choose my words carefully,

lest i get taken down by the secret service! xD

My Imagination's running wild again.

The End!

2nd Vlog Up!

2009-02-02T01:32:00.003+08:00

My New Video is up!

-CLICK-

I hope that all of you like it!

And if you liked it,

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!

I literally spent the whole day in front of my Macbook.

It's either my Macbook or my iPod Touch.

I was in front of the Macbook because of the Final Cut.

It's such an ass.

It's definitely not for noobs -.-

But it's a nice Video Editing software.

But taking 5hrs of my time editing a video is just too much la!

LOL

But I think since I know how to use it already,

it won't take that long to edit videos already.

This Wednesday if all goes well,

and my Indian Guest Star don't back out at the last minute,

There will definitely be a new video on Thursday.

Just Subscribe!

So whenever i upload a video then you'll get updated!

My iPod Touch makes me stay connected in Facebook and YouTube!

So if you comment on my Facebook or YouTube,

You can expect a reply from me 10 minutes later.

Oh By The Way!

I just became the

28th Most Subscribed Comedian in YouTube this Week!

Thanks to all who subscribed!

Oh and another thing,

Later in the Morning,

around 9am,

I'm going to watch Ryan Higa Live on BlogTV

Hope to get some inspiration for the next few videos

Ok that's it!

The End

PS. For those who entered my blog from my YouTube channel and I don't know you personally, feel free to add me in msn xD I just hope you're not some stalker. =S

Final Cut

2009-01-31T03:36:00.002+08:00

Oh No!

I don't know how to use final cut! T.T

Which means that I have to read the stupid manual -.-

As if the Journal of Social and Personality Psychology wasn't enough.

RAWR!

Which means I'll probably use iMovie

for now.

Until I know how to use Final Cut.

Suppose to make a video today.

But I wasted so much time trying to get Final Cut to work.

-.-

So in the end I didn't get to Record.

I'll probably post another video tomorrow.

Using iMovie as editor.

Keep checking my YouTube page!

Oh by the way!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL!

Currently i'm the 90th Most Subscribed Comedian for this week

So People!

Please keep subscribing!

THANK YOU!

The End

First Vlog!

2009-01-27T03:49:00.002+08:00

My First Vlog is up!

CLICK!

I've gotten over the uncomfortable-ness of making a Vlog.

It's actually kind of fun!

But it's really a lot of work.

So Enjoy the Vlog

and

let me wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year again!

The End

YouTube Page

2009-01-26T03:05:00.009+08:00

Hey Guys!

Imeem is making my blog lag like mad.

So I decided to put my podcasts on YouTube!

For those who have a YouTube account,

Please subscribe to my channel!

For those who don't have a YouTube account,

either

Get One

Help me promote my channel!

Xie Xie Ni!

Before I forget,

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Today was kind of boring,

except for the BoredAtUs Advertisement Podcast.

All I did was read books.

For those of you who's interested in what books i'm reading now,

I'll tell you.

I'm currently reading:

Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Body Language: How to understand others' thoughts by Allan Pease
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Science of Influence by Kevin Hogan
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology by American Psychological Association

You may say,

"Oh my gosh Carlo how can you read so many books at one go?!"

LOL

I'm reading like 2-3 chapters for each book.
If I like the book too much then I'll read like 10 chapters.
Like for example Body Language.
I think I've read it till halfway through.
And also,
Outliers is an Audibook.
So I don't really read it.
I listen to it.
LOL

Ok I think that's it for tonight.
Watch out for my video maybe on Saturday.
It will be hilarious.
I hope. xD

Guest Starring Sheik Md Anees
xD

I still don't know when I'll try a Vlog yet though.
I tried to record me speaking,
but it felt uncomfortable.
I have to get through that first i think.
But I'll definitely do a Vlog. =D

The End

2nd Podcast

2009-01-25T22:48:00.002+08:00

Hey guys!

Here's my 2nd Podcast!

Done entirely by me.

So all the voices are mine!

Done with the help of Garageband!

Thank God for Macbook!

BoredAtUs Advertisement - Carlo @ hoGc

The End

Podcasts!

2009-01-24T05:20:00.007+08:00

Ok Guys!

I'm still here at Nicholas' house.

Sleepover!

Because play until like so late until no choice but to stayover!

Anyway,

I'm going to try another style of blogging.

Vlogging and podcasts!

So for the very first time,

here are the podcasts!

Vlogs will come later.

Maybe later at night after going out.

1st Podcast - Carlo @ hoGc

And here's another one.

Crazy Bimbo - Carlo @ hoGc

Please comment on which one is better!

Thank You!

The End

Back to PRSS

2009-01-21T02:06:00.003+08:00

Went back to PRSS today.

I figured that since it'll be my last few days here in Singapore,

I should visit PRSS more.

Going back to PRSS nowadays have always been,

what me and Valerie agreed on,

to be very uncomfortable.

I don't know.

It's something about the new environment that makes it so different.

I personally prefer the old school.

Although it was old,

it had that cozy homely feel.

But what the heck,

can't do anything now but reminisce.

And reminiscing will definitely do nothing much,

but either give you good memories or bad.

Although uncomfortable,

it was a fun day.

Especially when meeting old acquaintances and joking around with them.

But you want to know something?

It's really funny.

Every time I go there,

My friends will tell me that their friends told them that I'm very handsome -.-

My reaction?

Can't be helped la!

Too handsome already la!

LOL

Valerie and Mu Ying came to PRSS today as well.

We went around the school and met some teachers.

We then went to Gavin and Choong Kai's class.

Turned out that Mr Neo was the one teaching.

And sure enough,

he invited me to his class to tell the class how great and wonderful of a teacher he was.

LOL

Never change la Mr Neo.

After that we went to join Godric in detention.

The detention area was so peaceful and windy!

I wouldn't mind going to detention if the place is that comfortable xD

We then had lunch at the canteen,

and then I went off to go to the Chinese Orchestra.

Firstly,

I went to see their combine practice.

They were playing Song of Cicada.

I went in and at first thought the one conducting was Ms Ding.

But she looked different.

So I asked the CO people and it turned out that she was a student of Ms Ding.

She was there substituting Ms Ding,

who apparently got lost while driving -.-

After hearing such horrendous playing,

I went up to Percussion Sectionals.

But I was met with even more horrendous playing.

I think it was just plain noise la.

The Sec 2s were like beating non sense,

and in addition the SL was like asking them to listen up,

but some were walking around, talking to each other etc.

I got fed up watching such lackadaisical attitude

so i went back down to sit in the combine practice,

occasionally helping the percussion section with their playing.

And apparently Ms Ding have arrived.

I was amazed at how the whole playing changed -.-

Suddenly they were all playing so nicely.

Although there were occasional timing problems,

and they received the wrath of Ms Ding,

but most of the time they were playing almost perfectly.

But what surprised me the most was the stupid score.

It was damn simple -.-

I looked at the Percussion scores and I was like what the?!

It was so simple that even I can play it at first try on the timpani o.O

Oh man!

PRSSCO this SYF is not going to be about whether you can play the song already.

It's going to be more about your tai feng and smoothness.

They were released for break

and almost immediately the percussion people went to me

and complained about how "hopeless" the Sec 2s were,

with only 2 out of 12 making it to perform.

I was like O.O

They also told me about how they were at their wit's end trying to train them.

So it got me a bit flared up.

So I went up to the Percussion Sectionals.

Got quite irritated because some of them were walking around outside the class,

while the SL was trying to train them inside.

So I called all of them inside and confronted them.

Literally confront.

I was like asking them straight in the face "What's your problem?"

I told them that if they didn't buck up and focus and be serious now,

who will perform at the next SYF?

The Sec 1s?

I gave them like a man to man talk.

Telling them about maturity is about being responsible.

Told them to grow up and take responsibility of their actions

and of others around them.

I just hope it registered in their minds.

After that,

sat in the combine practice a while.

Helped them with their tempo.

Then off home.

Then waited for the Inauguration Ceremony.

Then now blog.

The End.

PS Wah Lao ~30 viewers yet 0 taggers. Tag la dei!

Giant

2009-01-17T01:08:00.002+08:00

HAHAHAS!

This is a super short post.

I was in the bus just now.

Then got this guy who went up.

He was super big.

Big as in Fat.

He took like 2 seats la!

But don't get me wrong.

I'm not against fat people.

It was just because of what he was wearing.

He was wearing the Giant Tshirt.

The Giant Supermart ones.

The coincidence is the one that makes it so funny.

The End

Spastic Pic

2009-01-16T00:37:00.003+08:00

Hello!

Here's a super spastic picture of me and the Irish Ambassador

Look at my smile!

-.-

Super unglam lah.

Because the Ambassador was talking to me and congratulating me

so i was saying Thank You to him when that pic was taken.

Wah lao.

The End

Irish Essay Competition Winner

2009-01-14T23:42:00.002+08:00

Oh yeah!
My Irish Essay Won!!!
Time for celebration!
And like finally,
I can get that iPod Touch!
Woots!

*Dances around like an idiot*

xD

But you know what?
On my way to the Irish Ambassador Residence was super funny.
I Got lost.

Yes, You heard me.
I got super lost.
And I came to the place 1 hour late.
What the heck right?
-.-

I didn't know where the place is.
So what i did was check the Singapore directory.
I saw MOE at the map so i stupidly went to Buona Vista.
But it turned out that it's not actually MOE HQ but another branch of MOE -.-
So it's around Orchard =.=

So from Buona Vista took 74
then the bus captain said that i should take 14 at the other side.
So I got off the next stop and crossed the road.
I used my handphone's GPRS and checked that the place is near River Valley Rd.
So I took 14 until River Valley Rd.
Walked and Walked but i still didn't see the place.
I asked around and the people didn't know where the place is.

Then I asked this uncle who was reading his newspaper in his van.
He was some renovator and he was parked in front of the place he was renovating.
He was very nice.
But the problem was that he's chinese!
I'm not racist
so don't get me wrong.
What i meant is that he speaks mainly mandarin.

So I mustered all the mandarin i knew
and asked him where the place was.
He took out his street directory in the van,
checked the map and then pointed the direction to me.
He was speaking to me in chinese,
but the miracle was that i understood what he was saying.
LOL
But I was running out of time.
It was already 445 and the things ends at 6 -.-
Now you see how late i was.

So I asked the uncle whether he can bring me there.
And he agreed!
OMG!
He's so nice la!
You see.
There are still some nice people in Singapore!
He brought me all the way inside the place and even wished me luck!
So nice la!

Then go in to the residence and i was in complete awe!
The place looked really really nice.
There was a water feature at the backyard.
and yes there was a backyard.
But that's not all.
The whole place looked really really grand like a mansion!

The butler directed me to the Ambassador and I had some short talk with him.
Then he congratulated me and gave me my prize.
I think the ambassador was really friendly.
Then he told me that he told the other people that reading my essay had been very inspirational.
Major Ego boost la.
I was at a loss for words man.
So I just smiled and said thank you.

He then directed me to the food table for the Buffet Spread.
I just took the eclairs.
But oh man oh man.
They were heavenly.
They weren't like other eclairs.
The pastry was soft and thin.
Then inside it was filled with that vanilla filling.
Oh man.
I was too shy to take a lot.
Especially with me being late and all -.-

Talked to some people in there.
Walked around the house.
Talked to the butler.
Then finally I went to say goodbye to the Ambassador.
He's really very nice lei.
The way he talks to just makes you want to talk more to him.

Then I finally walked all the way back to orchard.
Which turned out to be a 20 minute walk -.-

While walking I might have looked like a complete idiot.
I was like smiling super wide to myself.
And I kept praising God.
And sometimes i would just jump up and down excitedly and shout hallelujah.
Thank God no one was walking with me.
LOL

But you know what.
It got me thinking.
God is really good.
He's always good.

I mean come on.
You've sinned so much.
I know I have.
Even as a Christian i've still fallen to sin now and again.
I'm Only human.

Yet,
no matter how much we fall,
He still loves us so much.
He's still good to us.

Can you imagine if it was your friend.
And your friend kept making mistake.
You'll get angry right?

But God,
I find that He's really good and wonderful.
It's as though when we fall,
what He will do is,
Gently lift us up again,
And then smiles at us when we ask for forgiveness,
and then encourages us.

So cool hor?

My God is cool!

Jesus rocks my socks!

LOL

xD

The End

Essay Writing

2009-01-14T00:56:00.004+08:00

Ok Sorry for not updating as much.
I'm really busy.
Teaching in VS in the mornings
then NYP in the afternoons.

In addition,
an essay.
A narrative at that.

Other than my recent narrative post,
it has been like forever since i last wrote a narrative.
I want to try my hand on it again.
So I'm joining the Commonwealth Essay Competition.

I'm doing the topic about An Unexpected Friendship.
I'm going to try out a new style of writing to me.
I have never ever ever done this style of writing before.

The storyline goes like this:

There are two guys.
Johan and Jing Qian.
Jing Qian was Johan's best friend.
He talks to Johan... advices him...
and once even save his life from an oncoming vehicle!
Just an ordinary close friend.
But there's something wrong with Jing Qian.

Try to guess what's wrong.

Still don't know?

Ok i'll tell you.

5

4

3

2

1

Jing Qian is imaginary!

I'm going to try to blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
I'm going to try to make Jing Qian as real as possible.
That's the plan.

Don't even think of trying to copy that idea.
As in Mr Jordan Scott Miller's words:

Unauthorized copying and distribution of any form you can think of throughout the universe, be it mechanical, manual, automated, supernatural, paranormal and/or otherwise, is not permitted whatsoever. The work is copyright Carlo Miguel Saavedra Inc., 2009 and cannot be redistributed without prior permission of the author and publisher. If you do any of the aforementioned without prior permission of the author and publisher, your head will blow up. Have a nice day.

The End

The Three Tenors

2009-01-12T00:27:00.006+08:00

Do you know who The Three Tenors are?

Their concert is so awesome.
I've been watching them in YouTube.
But a similar concert will not happen anymore.

RIP Luciano Pavarotti

T.T

There's no more Pavarotti.
So there's only Two Tenors now.
So can't have The Three Tenors concert anymore.
Now only have

[Placido Domingo]

[Jose Carreras]

Sad huh?
Can't listen to those beautiful Opera music anymore.
It's just not the same without Luciano Pavarotti.

LOL

Wah this post like some kind of tribute to Luciano Pavarotti sia.
LOL

That just means that I have nothing much post.
My mind is on another piece of writing.
Watch out for it!
=D

Here's some Three Tenors Video.

[Brazil Brazil. Take a look at the conductor. His face and hair is just so funny. ]

[One of my favorites. My Way]

[Nessun Dorma. It's super beautiful. Especially the Tenor C they did together at the end. Beautiful]

The following are Luciano Pavarotti videos.

They're my favourite.

[Ave Maria. Simply divine]

[Nessun Dorma. One of Pavarotti's best. This solo Nessun Dorma is way way way better than the previous one. He makes it look so natural and easy to hit those high notes. LOL]

The End

Oldies and Classics

2009-01-11T02:51:00.003+08:00

I'm seriously hooked to Oldies and Classics.
Currently listening to Frank Sinatra and Lucianno Pavarotti.
Pavarotti's voice is just so nice.
Frank Sinatra also.
I'm loving the song My Way.
It's like some theme song.
LOL

It kind of made me think and compare with the music nowadays.
I seriously think that music back then was a lot better.
Nowadays it's kind of close to noise.
Nowadays it's hard to differentiate noise from music.
LOL

I'm still looking for people to accompany me to the Prize giving Ceremony.
-.-
Anees said he will come.
But coming from him,
he'll sure say at the last minute,
"eh sorry arh i can't come"
Always like that one.
Sometimes it makes me think whether all like him are like that.
LOL
Internal Joke between him and me.
Can not put here.
Or else i'll go to jail -.-

Hope I win.
Then will get Laptop and $500.
But then again.
I'm not getting my hopes too high.
The essay is after all very mediocre.

Ask for it if you want >.<

I realized that the narrative post i did last time was quite nice. But then very laborious to do.
But then again,
I've been having the urge to write essays.
I have no idea why.
I think I should write again.
I used to write but stopped.
I should write again huh?
I think it's the teaching that awakened the interest in writing again.
I shall write again.
Watch out for it.

A narrative post like that,
you will not find so often here.
I received quite a few negative reviews from some people.
Plus it's laborious to do.
So it will only be on special occasions >.<

The End

Ode to Joy

2009-01-10T01:33:00.002+08:00

I've been humming Ode to Joy recently.
The melody is just so catchy and nice.
Listen to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 4th Movement.
The tune of Ode to Joy is just so dramatic in a way.
Very Grand.
Especially in how the Choral sounds like.

Man.
I'm beginning to get tired a lot easier nowadays.
Must be because of my stupid cough.
An aftermath of my stupid flu.
-.-
Cough here Cough there.
So sickening.

VS in the morning until afternoon.
Then my own school(which i've been ponning more nowadays -.-)
Then go for training at Kee Sun Avenue until
7 on Monday/Thursday and 6 on Friday
It's inside the Siglap Park Connector there.
Nice place.
Peaceful and big.

Then after that,
on good days,
off home.
On not so good days,
off to some other meeting place
either for enjoyment or for further energy sucking -.-

The cough makes things worse -.-
grrrr...

I tell you something.
Being a teacher is very demanding.
But it's fun.
Just that some students can be a complete nuisance =.=

I tell you another thing.
I sleep with the Classics playing on my Macbook at a low volume.
Before I sleep I will start with,
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 4th Movement then
J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude then
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio Sinfonia then
J.S. Bach Double Concerto in D minor - Largo then
Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B flat - 2nd movement Andante Moderato then
Mozart Lullaby

By the time it goes to Lullaby my eyes are super heavy.
So the Lullaby is the killer one.
I will confirm fall asleep by the time Lullaby plays the last note.

But that's not all.
Remember what some say that if you play classics while you're asleep
you become smarter?
Well,
my iTunes doesn't stop playing classics after Lullaby.
It keeps playing until around 5am when it automatically sleeps.
Then at 8am my macbook will turn on automatically again,
and start playing Worship songs.
Started by Shine like Stars.

Cool huh?

get a Macbook right now then!

The End

Prizegiving

2009-01-08T02:44:00.001+08:00

I just received news of the Prizegiving ceremony

For the Irish Essay Competition.

It's on next Wednesday.

4pm to 6pm.

A tea/coffee buffet will be served.

Anyone wants to come with me?

Hooked on Classics

2009-01-07T20:36:00.002+08:00

Hey!

I'm Back!

Was really sick so didn't update much.

Anyway.

Won't update so much currently.

Because i'm reading books

and preparing for my relief teaching in VS.

I'll update again maybe tomorrow.

Anyway.

I'm so hooked to classics now.

Beethoven, Mozart, Bach all this.

Relaxing and nice xD

The End

Happy New Year?

2009-01-01T22:04:00.003+08:00

Firstly,
to everyone out there.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009 will be awesome!

Screw the news which keeps saying it's going to be a bad year -.-

*

Yesterday was awesome.
Celebrated the New Year in Church.
We had a super cool countdown.

Then after countdown,
we went to eat Beancurd at Geylang area.
It was super fun.
But all 10 of them started to suan me -.-
LOL

I tell you arh.
Geylang is such a sleaze town.
-.-
Walking towards the Beancurd shop,
we went past pubs
and outside,
in what seems to be solicitors,
Women dressed in skimpy clothing.
So sickening.
Then in addition there's a lot of drunkards walking around.
=.=
2 am in Geylang and your eyes will be opened to one of the
dirt stains in the flag of Singapore.

After beancurd, we walked to Ryan Yap's house to stay over.
It was so funny.
But I got to know John even more.
I think he's really very good.
He thinks of others first before himself.
His love for others is really good.

People started playing dota on Macbooks -.-
and on the other hand,
people started to irritate each other.
Yes you've guessed it.
The Monkey.
Chia Choong Kai.

Wah crazy lei he.
People want to sleep but he keeps laughing and making noise.
Godric and Ryan also.
But more of CCK.

Me and John talked and then when it was around 6am.
We decided to get the 'kids' to bed.
John was like, 'Do you want me to tuck in bed?'

Super funny.

Due to shortage of space.
I decided to sleep sitting down.
Which is super uncomfortable.
But Long rides in the bus have made me accustomed to it.
xD
I didn't get to sleep because every small noise and i'll wake up.

Morning came,
more dota,
while i took the opportunity to sleep in.

Went for a Pig's Organ's soup Brunch.
And off home
to catch up on some ZZZzzzZZzzs

All this with my throat hurting like hell.
That's why when i woke up in the evening,
FEVER!
-.-
I better get well before next week.

Which means,
More water,
More Guava,
More Orange,
More Sleep,
More Vitamin C supplements.

haiz.

*

To tell you the truth.
During the Countdown Party in Church
There was an emo factor in me.
You may ask:
WHY?! It's celebration time yet you're emo-ing. Crazy

You want to know why?
I look around and see my Church.
The people.
My Pastors.
My CG mates.

And I can't help but feel sad.
This is afterall the last New Year i'll be celebrating in Heart of God Church.
My home.

As tears starts to roll down my cheek,
I reminisce of all the great things that has happened in My Home.
The day I gave myself to Jesus (January 14 2007)
The day we gave out bookmarks to the whole school (February 14 2007)
The day I shared my Testimony (March 31 2007)
My first Zone Outing (April 1 2007)
The day I cried in front of the whole congregation in FTMS when i Emceed during Pastor Lia's Birthday (April 22 2007)
My Dinner together with Pastors. (November 18 2007)

So much more!

After going to Church,
I found that all of a sudden,
my life is much more happening.
Instead of staying at home all day doing absolutely nothing
or going out with people to smoke, drink and be merry,
I was in Church.
I grew up.

No longer the childish, purposeless hooligan who likes to find trouble,
but a responsible person,
growing stronger in the presence of God.

I wouldn't be who I am today,
if it wasn't for
Heart Of God Church.

Thank You Pastors.
Thank You Leaders.
Thank You CG Mates.
But especially,
Thank You God.

The End

Lazy to colour and bold and format the texts. I need to take a cold shower to lower down my temperature.

A day in the Life of Carlo

2008-12-30T23:29:00.003+08:00

Beep!

The familiar - almost mundane - beeping sound met me as I went up the Bus. I look around and see some really interesting people. Sitting right across me is this who was wearing a shoe, red as it can ever be. This was not any other red shoe. It somehow resembled a fur, as though he was wearing some red furry monster for a shoe.

On my left, an old man with feet up on the chair. I cringe at the sight of such an uncivilized act. Behind me was this 2 girls speaking at the top of their voices about a certain guy in their class. In between giggles, they'll add how handsome and cute the guy is. It was almost unbearable!

Fortunately, I only have to bear their high pitched giggles for 3 more bus stops. As soon as I got off the bus, the humidity of sunny Singapore met me and I heaved a sigh of relief! Suddenly the irritating giggles are gone! Wheew!

With a heavy bag in tow, I started walking to Nicholas' house. why is it always so hot in Singapore? It seems that as long you stand still, you will start sweating like a pig - and I definitely do not like sweating. It's definitely a bad choice wearing black today.

reaching Nicholas' house we quickly set up our macbooks and started on a game of dota. I can't believe I'm playing dota again. It has been ages since I last played the irritating game that is dota. Although the game is irritating, it never fails to bring an exhilarating atmosphere in the air. Maybe that's why guys and girls alike enjoy playing dota: to break away from their mundane lifestyle.

Groaning from a 40 minute game, I got up to start packing my bag to head on to Victoria School together with Nicholas. Walking out of his house, I suddenly felt the warmth of the sun glaring down at us. Black was certainly a choice that I started to regret.

as we reached bedok, I saw 196 about to go to its stop. Nicholas and I bolted as fast as we can to the bus stop, maneuvering through the hundreds of people going through their own busy lives. Bumping a few people here and there, we reached the bus stop in the Nick of time. Trying to catch our breath we went up the bus, heard that overly familiar beep and collapsed in our seats panting with sweat trickling down our necks.

I focused the direction of the air-con to my direction and immediately a surge of relief flooded me. But it was short lived. As we went down the bus the wrath of singapore's weather faced us again.

Walking further on, it was no longer so hot. Thank God! The cool sea breeze battered our hair out of place, unblocked by high rise buildings of Singapore. As we walked we reminisced about the times when we have not invited Jesus into our lives. We feared what we would have become without Heart Of God Church.

A little further we walked until we were faced By such a majestic structure. Emblazoned with yellow, white and grey, it towered above us. right smack in the midst of the buildings was 2 words I've grown to be accustomed to: Victoria School.

Entering the white and red gate, we were met by a familiar wizened old security guard. "What are you here for?" asked the security guard.

"Hi uncle! We're here to go to the general office" I replied.

He pointed us to the direction of the general office and so off we went nearer and nearer into the depths of this majestic building. Nicholas went ahead to check out the koi pond while I proceeded into the general office to give them a few of my documents. After a few seconds, "we'll call you when it's ready," the woman at the counter said.

With a nod, I opened the door and caught up with Nicholas. We went to one of the notice boards to look for some interesting names and we found quite a few. After exhausting our eyesight looking at all the names pasted on the notice board, we decided to go up.

Up the stairs we went, all 7 floors worth of stairs, and we saw a view that left our mouths open in awe. Another strong sea breeze blew our hairs to one side as our clothes flutter against the wind. it was a magnificent view overlooking thousands of houses and into the horizon beyond. Green roof, brown roof, red roof, a myriad of colors seemed to emerge from the ground. With the sea breeze beating against our back, it was truly a magnificent experience of peace and tranquility.

We walked to the other side of the link way and saw, down below in the field, a group of students holding a pair of dangerous weapons. Water bombs!

Watching from above, it kept us in a safe distance. A very safe distance. A distance where the notion of getting even a tiny bit wet did not even occur in our minds.We watched in silence, talking among ourselves, while the students got ready to bombard each other with the weapons they have clutched in their hand, as though their life depended on it.

All it took was one of those harbinger of wetness to fly through the air and collide with a person's face to start a full blown assault of water bombs on each other. One by one, they started running away from each other, dodging an otherwise direct hit to the face. More and more rallied to throw water bombs at each other and once they were out of ammunition, they walked out of the field to take another pair of water bombs. Soon the whole field was full of wet people trying to bombard each other with water bombs.

Nicholas and I watched in constant chatter and pin pointing some nice picture perfect moments where out of nowhere, a guy will come from behind to engage his opponent in a water bomb duel. Out of a sudden, a long red snake like thing started to move. It was a dragon! No, it was a snake! No! It was a fire hose! Oh no!

The mother of all wetness started to spray everyone with strong gushes of water guided by a guy in yellow t-shirt. People directed their attention on him. But to no avail. As soon as they got near him they'll be sprayed by water and be drenched all the way to their bones. Nope it was not enough. It can only be taken down if they work as a team. They rallied each other and from all sides, this yellow guy was bombarded by flying water bombs.

It was an enjoyable sight. The little kid in me jumped up and down wanting to join the fun. But how could I? Especially with a laptop in tow. So I settled with watching them get all soaked and wet from their fun.

The fun was broken by a vigorous vibrating coming from my pocket. I took it out and pressed the green button only to be met by a nice voice of a lady, "hi! you've still forgotten another piece of document. We just need that and we are done. We'll see you tomorrow?"

"Ok. Thank you!" Oh no! how could I have been so stupid! I thought everything should have been finished by now! Oh my goodness! Out we walked through the red and white gate. Looking back, I see this tall structure looming in front of us. Somehow, it brings me great joy as I looked at it with the sun bathing it with its light.

bus rides have always been mundane but once in a while you will meet interesting people. However, this bus ride is not one of those interesting rides. The loud hum of the engine coupled by the musty smell of the bus, it was certainly not enjoyable. So I dug into my bag and took out Cell by Stephen King. This was enough to entertain me throughout the journey towards our holy sanctum, our second home: Heart Of God Church.

We had to maneuver ourselves through the crowd of people waiting to cross the road and with only 5 minutes to spare, we needed to be a tiny bit violent. Really tiny bit.

Through the glass door we went and immediately I knew I was home. Walking through a hallway with mirrors at the side, I checked the mirror for any hair out of place. With a quick sweep here and another quick sweep there and I was satisfied. Beaming wide, we went up the stairs to meet other people attending the meeting. I see some familiar faces and some not so familiar. We waited for the doors to open and as we went in, I can feel the excitement in the air. Everybody wanted to start praying. Everybody can't wait to leave all their problems behind to enter the peace and love of God.

The room was small; able to fit only about a 100 people. There was around 50 people in the room. But as we started to pray, with voices in unison, the room started to shake. It was an awesome and awe inspiring moment. The time seemed to fly past ever so fast. In what we thought as only 15 minutes have passed, already 50 minutes have gone by just like that.

In unison, signifying the end of the prayers, we exclaimed "Amen!" It was time for dinner. Where are we going to eat today? I hope somewhere interesting. I suggested 18 chefs but most of the guys just replied with a half-hearted don't know. So in the end, it was kopitiam for us yet again. The same old mundane kopitiam. Actually it doesn't matter to me because I have my friends to eat together with. To have some laughs with and of course to get to know them even more. It's moments like this that I will treasure. I don't care whether we eat in some dingy old hut, just as long as they are with me. This is after all, the last few days I'll be spending time with them. Oh how I'll miss them. The crazy antics of Choong Kai. The exuberant laughter of Hong Rui. The stifled laughter of Nicholas. It's times like this that I hope to capture the moment with some camera that will allow me to experience it again and again, just like the time spent on the linkway atop Victoria School.

Laughter filled the bus as we headed on home. Jokes after jokes bombarded the 4 walls of the top deck of the bus. With smiles in our faces we told jokes and laughed for the whole journey from paya lebar to tampines. We didn't care whether heads were turning towards us. We didn't mind the eyes looking directly at us. We just had fun! Although we did try to control our volume a bit but with Hong Rui's infectious laughter, this was a task even more difficult than climbing to the summit of Mount Everest.

So here I am now, lying on my bed typing this story, reminiscing about my day out today. Certainly, it was lots of fun. But most of all, it was a time that I will treasure before my regretful journey to the so called "chosen land (lupang hinirang)".

This is my life. It doesn't have all the exciting factors like me jumping off a cliff or me surviving an arduous journey through the Sahara Desert, it just have my comfy house in the middle of Tampines, my journey everyday, my friends and especially my God.

Welcome to my life!

The End

PIcture Perfect

2008-12-29T22:39:00.003+08:00

First day of school term.
Another 10 weeks of utter torture and irritation.
The only thing i'm looking for is teaching at victoria school.
I believe that it's going to be a totally new experience for me.
This is where i'll find out if teaching is really my calling.

You know what?
Today as I woke up to the sound of today by c3,
It came to me that today I should leave all my troubles behind.
All the doubts and stuff.
I just need to have faith!

Recently i've been very excited.
As the new year starts and as the new school year begins,
the more excited I become.
It's almost as if there's this huge amount of energy in me that can't wait to get out.
I'm like a small 5 year old kid who just found out that he's going to disneyland tomorrow.
Maybe even more excited than that!

What am I so excited about?
REVIVAL!!!!!

Even though they said that the recession will only become worse in 2009,
I think 2009 will be a great year!

new year, new beginnings, new adventures!

*

I went to vs just now.
Did some admin matters for my relief teaching there next year.
I'm just so excited man!
Super super excited!
I can just imagine my first day of teaching.
Havoc -.-
Hahas.
But i'm looking forward to it!

While waiting for some of my paperwork to be finished,
I went on a little 'tour' around vs.
I walked here and there.
Walked up and down the stairs,
smiling to myself because I reckon that this was what I will probably be doing.
Lol.

I finally climbed up to the 7th floor,
And my oh my,
what an amazing view!
I walked to the linkway
and saw the vsco people playing games at the parade square.
It was so funny and it looks really fun.
But most probably the best thing is the wind.

You should have been there!

with eyes closed,
with sounds of laughter echoing from the parade square,
the wind just completed the whole package of tranquility.

Hahas.
You should have felt it.
It was awesome.
If it can be captured in a photograph,
this would be the epitome of picture perfect.

I stayed for quite a while before I was called back.
So, hesitantly,
I dragged my feet to go down the stairs away from that little spot.

I went back to the general office
to find out that I forgot a few things,
so i'm going back there tomorrow.

Suddenly,
I feel that school right now is useless.
I don't feel like going to school nowadays.
Whatever it is,
once i start relief teaching,
I'm not going to school anymore.
Maybe in the afternoons.
If I feel like it xD

*

After that,
I went to Suntec to buy a book.
I bought Cell by Stephen King.
Haven't read it fully yet.
But I've read the first few pages already and
my oh my.
So vulgar and gory. -.-
LOL

I think it will be very nice.

xD

Off to read the book!

The End

PS Tomorrow I'll try a new way of blogging. Narrative style. Let's see if it works.

Great Book

2008-12-29T01:46:00.003+08:00

I just finished reading an Awesome Book!

It's really inspirational.

But more than that,

it was a book which is an 'eye-opener' to the world around us.

I'm really thankful for this Christmas Present.

It's one of the things which have made this last Christmas in Singapore,

a truly memorable and wonderful events

that I will always remember.

Once again Thank You!

The End

Powerful!

2008-12-28T02:51:00.005+08:00

Yesterday was really awesome.

I had an early morning meeting at east point starbucks until around 10.

Right after that I had no other activities but to meet my family at suntec in the evening.

So as you can see I had a lot of time to kill.

So I decided to crash Emersius' place!

Before crashing his place, I decided to prank him.

Because he just woke up,

I told him that I was on my to his place already.

But actually I was still at starbucks sipping my coffee replying my emails.

So after around 10 minutes,

I smsed him that I was standing outside his house already,

But I was still in starbucks!

I then started walking to his place.

While walking, as expected, he smsed me:

...-.- liar! Lol

Then 10 minutes later I went in to his house.

His mom was really Nice.

Quite nice to talk to her.

After that we went in to his room and saw all his 'cute' pictures.

Lol!

Then I saw the 2007 VS magazine and saw how Emersius really changed in how he look like. From 'cute' to 'mature'

After that he proceeded to do his chemistry hw which I helped out a bit.

Super a bit.

Then me, Emersius an his sister went to eat at eighteen chefs.

I think the place is really good.

It's cheap yet filling.

At first I was spoiled for choice.

There's so much to choose from!

So I told Emersius that i'll get whatever he's getting.

He told me it was creamy mango.

I was like huh? Got such thing arh?

but I decided to just be daring and to try it.

It's actually very nice.

It's a must try!

It has that carbonara kind of taste to it but it has that tangy taste to it.

It's definitely a dish worth eating.

After that we went back to his place so that he could continue with his hw.

While he was doing his hw, he asked me to help him do some research for some humanities project that he has.

So I went to look for it.

He then started with his Bio hw

which mind you, was a lot!

I actually feel fortunate that I didn't take bio. -.-

Then we headed for marina square to bowl.

When we dropped at city hall, there was a guy who was posing outside.

He was posing a dance pose, pointed feet with arms wide open.

He will do that pose then after a while he will walk then do that pose again and then walk again.

It was kind of amusing and I think a lot of people also thought that as well

because a lot of people was watching him.

We then met his mom and sis and then went to bowl.

Bowling was quite fun.

I got to know a few of Emersius' cg mates.

They're very nice people.

But it just feels different.

I can't put my finger on it.

After bowling, we went for dinner.

It was enjoyable.

Me and Jing Qun was teasing Emersius about his slight addiction over the psp.

SLIGHT HOR EMERSIUS?!

LOL

It was super funny.

After that, we went to walk to esplanade then merlion then raffles place mrt.

We then took the train home.

It was a simple day out, but I enjoyed it a lot.

It's this simple kind of things in life that makes my life enjoyable.

My mind was greatly troubled today.

I have no idea why.

Only yesterday was my day so great and fun,

but today things started of really wrongly.

I think i'm being attacked By the devil.

He knows what's going to happen very soon.

The revival.

That's why he's trying to discourage me.

It's just so irritating!

The Devil is such a jackass. -.-

Going to church today really brought my faith to a whole new level.

That's why must never ever have the idea of not going to church

because it's during church that you are really reassured against the doubts.

Service today was really awesome.

Especially the last part.

While watching the video, I just cried and cried.

The power and love of God can really be seen from her testimony.

Crying buckets of tears I just saw that revival taking place.

It's soon and I trully believe it!

God is good!

I refuse to be ridden with doubts.
I refuse to believe that they will not be strong in the word of God.
I refuse to believe that they will not be radical.
I refuse and rebuke the devil in the name of Jesus!

Many more will come from that school.

Many more will be saved from that school!

Many more will be radical for God from that school.

A revival that trancends generations.

Every generation will come.

From this revival, leaders will come, worship leaders will come.

Ministry heads will come, talents and giftings given by God will be used and redeemed back to His purpose to gather more people for the kingdom of God!

The End

PS I wrote this post using my phone! Which means I just copied and pasted all of this things in here. Which means I can write the updates even when i'm outside while traveling. Which means I'll definitely update more often!

Great Day Out

2008-12-27T02:07:00.002+08:00

Woots!

I had lots of fun today!

Thanks to Emersius!

Went to crash his place after my meeting in the morning.

Helped him out with his HW a bit then we went for lunch at Eighteen Chefs.

Then I had what he had,

which was Creamy Mango Chicken Sausage Baked Rice.

It's quite nice!

I like the taste!

Then after that went back to his house.

He continued with his Chem.

and I helped him out a bit with some Humanities work.

After that I joined him for his CG outing.

We went bowling at Marina Square.

Quite fun.

Then dinner.

Then walked around esplanade, merlion and then to Raffles Place MRT.

Really super fun.

I'll update in more detail tomorrow.

What I want to really post here is

I'M SUPER HAPPY AND EXCITED!!

I believe there is more!

Revival is coming!

I just know it!

THANK YOU GOD!

The End

A Christmas to remember

2008-12-26T00:08:00.005+08:00

You know what they always say?

When a certain something is dwindling in quantity,

it tends to become nicer?

Like for example,

If there only 2 piece of Chicken wings,
10 people seems to drool over it and the chicken seems to taste nicer.
Whereas when there was 20 Chickens,
No one even seemed to care about it.

Well, I guess my situation is like that.

Since I'm leaving Singapore soon,

I seem to treasure every single thing more.

Going out with friends.

Going for walks in the park.

Especially going to Church.

I dread that day when I don't get to go to hoGc anymore.

It's just saddening.

Heart of God Church is the only thing that makes me not want to leave SG.

Let's not talk about that anymore.

I can't fathom the idea of leaving.

Anyway,

I was looking forward to the leaders Christmas Cards!

Because I know the message in it will really impact me a lot.

I received Lynette's Card just now

and boy was I impacted.

She Wrote:

"... There were many occasions whereby you could have walked out on God... but you chose not to! ..."

It is quite true.

I mean,

I'm human

and like all human,

my life has its ups and downs.

You see me happy and all smiles

but stuffs are actually happening behind the scenes.

I could have chose to blame it all on God

and never attend Church anymore.

But I can't really do that.

I had thoughts of leaving.

But you see,

every single time i say to myself,

"this is going to be my last service, I can't take it anymore"

The message preached by Pastor How,

always never fails to reassure me of the love and power of God.

Every single time!

I just know that God really loves me.

I mean,

I could have just left like that

but every single time,

He coordinates circumstances to pull me back to His presence.

I'm really fortunate I found God,

or rather God found me.

Sometimes when I talk to people

like Valerie, Ranford they all.

We always wonder how our lives would be and

what would we have become

if Jesus did not find us.

Chaotic I'm sure.

I won't be as happy as I am now I'm sure.

I may be in prison right now and not telling you this I'm sure.

I wouldn't have become who I am right now I'm sure.

You see it's not so bad.

A new life.

A life more fulfilling and happy.

And all you need to do is believe Jesus is God! ^.^

Today,

my family went to eat at Hog's Breath Cafe.

A very nice place.

With nice food.

Although I wasn't really happy with the service provided.

But what the heck,

It's Christmas!

So I shall forgive and forget >.<

I shall post the pictures tomorrow.

Tomorrow is crazy.

I have a meeting in the morning at Simei.

then 4 hours of doing nothing.

I better think of something to do.

I don't want to be so unproductive -.-

I got to go finish the book.

Few pages left ^.^

It's actually influencing me to be bolder in my writing.

Maybe i'll change the way i blog.

Keep checking out this space then ^.^

By the way.

HAPPY BOXING DAY!

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Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T01:33:00.005+08:00

Hey All!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Oh man.

I love Christmas!

From all the family activities and stuff.

It's kind of fun.

Whole night of family madness and fun.

It's awesome!

My presents this year is kinda little.

But Heck with it!

Christmas is not about the presents.

It's about Spending quality time and celebrating with your loved ones!

So what if I didn't get a mountain of presents?!

At least I had fun today.

Here's some of the pics taken during the Opening of Gifts.

[My Cool Aunt, GrandMother and ~~a monster~~ my sister]

[I was drinking Sparkling Grape Juice. No Alcohol for me! >.<]

[My other Aunt ^.^ She dotes on me a lot as well]

[My presents: 3 Topman shirts. 1 Nike Shirt. 2 Other brands Shirt. 1 Dolce & Gabana Eau De Toilette. 6 Cards (more to come tomorrow). And of course the best Christmas Gift ever from the Miller Family. ^.^]

I was silently praying for an iPod Touch. ^.^

hahahas.

I was hoping my family will surprise me by hiding it under the shirts.

Then when I open the shirts it will drop out

then i'll be like O.O

OMG!!!

I'll be jumping for joy.

But nopes.

No jump for joy.

Only Jump for God during Christmas Service ^.^

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2008-12-25T00:00:00.001+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Christmas Eve Activities

2008-12-24T22:05:00.002+08:00

Currently having some Christmas Eve Activities with my family.

Now we're having some karaoke session.

Then when the clock strikes 12.

We'll have our Noche Buena.

Or in english,

Good Night.

It's a family feast kind of thing.

We eat at the strike of 12.

So yeah.

It's my turn to sing now.

Will update again later.

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Best Christmas Gift

2008-12-24T11:53:00.001+08:00

Currently reading a great book.

Present from the Miller Family.

I'll update again later.

Now going for Christmas Eve Service >.<

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Overdue Pictures

2008-12-22T01:11:00.007+08:00

WooHoo!

My Grandmother arrived this morning.

So cool.

I love my Grandmother.

My Aunt also.

Oh man.

I love having them around.

In the afternoon,

we went to Pasir Ris Park.

It's super cool man.

The place is super windy.

So folks,

If you want a nice day at the beach,

now is a great time.

It's been like super windy this past few days.

My Grandmother was telling us what she always do in Philippines.

You'll think senior citizens are not happening kind of people.

But she was telling us that she had a clique!

Omg.

She told us that she hangs out with her group of friends to tell stories and laugh all day with them.

They also do some really funny things like got one time they ostracized one person, because she kept gossiping about people then they don't like.

LOL

So funny la.

Ok.

I was looking through my iPhoto library and saw that I have unposted pictures

So here they are!

[The winding staircase of Ritz Carlton]

[Christmas tree in Ritz Carlton lobby]

[Decided to try out a zhi lian shot using the reflection in one of the Christmas ball decorations]

[My sis and mom. Just look at my sis. So eeeeeeewww. So scary lor. Look like some gothic zombie -.-]

[Is the water going up or down?]

[Some sculpture in the middle of Ritz Carlton lobby]

[Ritz Carlton Bathtub]

[This was the view at the side of the bathtub. Cool huh? imagine relaxing in the bathtub then you look to your side and see such a great view]

[-.- need i say more?]

[I like this shot. I think it's been a long time since i took a pic with Dominic]

[Hahas I was sms-ing emersius about the trannys in Thailand when Dominic wanted to take a picture]

[Zone D Sand Castle]

[Cool huh? But i didn't help lei >.< i was busy skipping stones on the water. Personal Record is 7. Can you beat that?]

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