kalya

life..does it hate the raffles family?

2007-06-26T22:54:00.000+08:00

"Teen triathlete collapses and dies after race

By Jeanette Wang & Lee Hui Chieh
Jun 25, 2007
The Straits Times

A PROMISING teenage triathlete collapsed after crossing the finish line in a South-east Asia Games selection race yesterday and died soon after.

Thaddeus Cheong, 17, a first-year student at Raffles Junior College, had just swum 1.5km, cycled 40km and run 10km at Changi.

He clocked a personal best of 2hr 9min, and came in third. Then he collapsed.

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The boy's parents, George and Angeline Cheong, both 46, were present and rushed to their elder son. Their younger boy, Thomas, 13, is also a triathlon enthusiast.

Mrs Cheong told The Straits Times last night: 'We did not know his heart had stopped beating. We kept calling him, but there was no answer.'

Thaddeus was unconscious and foaming at the mouth when he was taken to Changi General Hospital (CGH). Doctors were unable to resuscitate him and pronounced him dead at 10.55am.

Police have classified it as a case of unnatural death, and a coroner's inquiry will be held.

Family members, team-mates and friends were in shock as news of the teen's death spread yesterday.

By afternoon, his school and church friends had started posting messages of grief online in their blogs.

Yesterday's SEA Games trial was the first of two to decide the two men and two women triathletes to represent Singapore in the year-end regional sports meet.

Thaddeus was among eight men and three women who started the race at about 6.45am at the Tanah Merah Country Club's swimming pool.

Triathlon Association of Singapore senior executive and assistant national coach Jerry Seah said Thaddeus looked confident, happy and ready to go before the flag-off.

Participant Sikhander Singh, who finished sixth behind Thaddeus, said: 'He looked fresh throughout the race. I had never seen him look better on the run.

'It was his best year so far in his triathlon career. I am very sad to see him go.'

Describing her son as an achiever, Mrs Cheong said: 'When he wanted something, he would work hard to get it.'

He was so keen to book a SEA Games slot that he had doubled his training stints to twice daily during the school holidays.

Raffles JC's cross-country teacher-in-charge, Mr Tay Meng Kiat, said: 'He was a very good child and well-liked by his team-mates.'

College principal Winston Hodge said: 'We are shocked and deeply saddened by Thaddeus' sudden passing, and our hearts and thoughts are with his family and friends.'

Among those who paid tribute online was a boy named Yao Khuan, who said they had been friends since Primary 5.

He wrote on his blog: 'Thaddeus, if you can hear me...I'd like to tell you that you're the coolest guy, and that I've always looked up to you, and I hope that it is a better place in heaven.''

Mrs Cheong said: 'Thaddeus is a very, very good boy. He is every mother's dream. He is a no-nonsense person, will tell you what he means, short and sharp and quickly.

'But now, he has just left without saying goodbye.'

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what is up with life? does it hate raffles people? first a ex-rafflesian passed away. then last year a sec 1 GEP. now it is a RJC-ian. first heard about this when lls told me yesterday that laufunRJ student passed away suddenly after a triathlon. no medical condition, no health problem, nothing. then he just passed away. seriously, now half the time i'm scared to go training, afraid that something might just happen.

Thaddeus Cheong, hope you can rest in peace.

2007-06-14T20:59:00.000+08:00

omg jsut now's training/tapering was horrible horrible horrible. cant sprint properly. gahhhhh. okok. shall try to chiong to the front tomorrow so wont be frozen by the time i swim. hahha.

2007-06-13T21:45:00.000+08:00

man this blog really is stagnant...hmmm...lets see...singapore open next week...yikes! lucky 3 events only. haha. 50 100 200 free. whee!! haha.

Puppy Love

2007-05-23T07:13:00.001+08:00

omg!!!!this is the cutest ever!!

2007-05-21T20:50:00.000+08:00

hookayy...i realise this blog is super stagnant...cos everytime want to blog then all bad stuff...or personal or wadever...then cannot blog it here. >.> bleah.

yes deborah...i can live with my best friend being a prefect. cos i can restrain from sms-ing in class, and i can stand not eating(although i always have to snack). even our senior can live with her best friend being a prefect. you just need discipline. haha

2007-04-25T21:51:00.000+08:00

grahh...PFT 5 items today...totally slacked off. >.< cant believe my s&r got an A! yay! haha. did 1.9smthn for sbj...wanted to do again...but then the teacher dun allow...cos she say very good alrd no need to do. bahh. haha. ms lu, i dint triple jumped! hahaha.

sorry dear...cant study with you just now...did i scare you just now? x| sorry sorry

2007-04-22T21:04:00.000+08:00

ok...this morning i just started sneezing and sneezing and sneeezing..nose like some leaking tap...then took medicine 2 time then suddenly stop. weird. i think it's gonna start again soon. gahhh. FINALLY! BIO PT IS OVER! WOOHOO!! YES YES YES!

oh yes...tomorrow SYF for dance...JIA YOU DARLING! JIA YOU RG MODERN DANCE! XD

2007-04-20T21:25:00.000+08:00

got this in an email. very very touching.

What would you do?   You make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there
isn't one.  Read it anyway.  My question is: Would you have made the same
choice?

At a fund-raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled
children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would
never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its
dedicated staff, he offered a question: "When not interfered with by outside
influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son,
Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things
as other children do Where is the natural order of things in my son?"

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. "I believe  that when a child like Shay, physically
and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize
true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people
treat that child."

Then he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were
playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?"  Shay's
father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their
team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play,
it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be
accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not
expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and
said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I
guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth
inning."

Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a
team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in
his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the
bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still
behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and
played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was
obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from
ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the
ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases
loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be
next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the
game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all
but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly,
much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the
other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved
in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make
contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The
pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.
As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball
right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and
could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been
out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out
of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started
yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever
run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline,
wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay
awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the
base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had
the ball ... the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to
be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the
second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so
he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's
head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him
circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay"

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by
turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third!
Shay, run to third!"

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on
their feet screaming, "Shay, run home! Run home!" Shay ran to home, stepped
on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the
game for his team.

"That day", said the father softly

with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring
a piece of true love and humanity into this world".

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never
forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and coming home and
seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes
through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending
messages about life choices, people hesitate. The crude, vulgar, and often
obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency
is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.

If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're
probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the
"appropriate" ones to receive this type of message. Well, the person who
sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have
thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the "natural
order of things." So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people
present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and
humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little
bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least
fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:
1. Delete
2 Forward


May your day be a Shay Day.


(= Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we
fall.
-- Confucius =)

2007-04-18T22:30:00.000+08:00

JIA YOU RGGE! you all can do it! super pro la guitarists...i wanna learn guitar! cos if i dont have lessons, i wont practice. >.< hahaha

gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i'm bio pt indiv is so freaking screwed! sorry jy, sorry yf, sorry ann. gahhhhhhhhhhhh. hate PTs. esp this one. cos they kinda force you to present theories which opposes darwin. and to me, nothing opposes darwin. gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

2007-04-16T21:28:00.001+08:00

i'm gonna go crazy one day with all the maths.

2007-04-15T23:03:00.000+08:00

ooohhhh...some photos from skincare...i look the same...longchuan was like a freaking pro luh..
me and longchuan (liangzi's friend and liangzi's friend. hahaha)

2007-04-15T23:01:00.001+08:00

hey dear, forget bout 'im yea? those type of despo crazy people dun deserve any attention. >.<

2007-04-15T22:50:00.000+08:00

today quite unproductive...in terms of homework...haha. cos the indonesian scholars came over and we ended up going for the 530 mass, so we stay at home to watch dvds. XD. haha. vanessa was so scared of toby...>.< poor dog. haha. come over again ok guys?!

2007-04-14T22:05:00.000+08:00

swim camp was ok...my shoulders aching for some reason...gahhhh. never train for 3 days...yay! haha. but go into the pool sure die leh...wont move...bahhh...

hey darling...good job going up for debate. too bad i couldn't go...my tuition teacher was like...have opportunity must go watch...and i'm like...yea sit there and stone?! i wont be able to catch what any of them would be saying. haha. good job darl.

2007-04-10T21:07:00.000+08:00

you just dont get it dont you? well, here's a reminder a$$...YOU ARENT THE FREAKING COACH ALRIGHT!!! stop bossing us around. so what if you went to NS? SO WHAT? you think you so tough?! i swear, the day i quit swimming, i'm gonna make sure you are there, then i'm gonna SCREAM AT YOUR FACE! i've done it before, and i'll do it again.

2007-04-05T21:16:00.002+08:00

Title: Crash and Burn
Artist: Savage Garden

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore

Let me be the one you call
If you jump i'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone

When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day

Let me be the one you call
If you jump i'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone

'Cause there has always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again
You'll breathe again

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart

(chorus X4...until fade)

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last term and this term totally sucked. tests all fail...if not just just just
passed. gahhh...frankly speaking...i dont even know why i cried when i
recieved my SS paper just now...maybe because that is one of the subjects
which i actually listen...thanks darling for your hugs. it was very comforting.
and thanks kimboo for uh...asking her to not talk so loud...cos passing is
definately better than failing

2007-04-03T20:47:00.000+08:00

[ ] I like skinny jeans. (i like any jeans that is not tight at the thigh)
[x] Music is my life. (i need to listen to music to work)
[ ] I write poetry/song lyrics. (sorry not creative enough)
[ ] My hair covers part of my face. (erm...does the fringe falling onto the face count?)
[ ] I wear band shirts. (all swim club shirt)
[ ] I know who Jeffree Star is. (who?)
[ ] I wear/wore converse. (dont like)
[ ] I wear/wore vans. (dont like)
[ ] I wear eyeliner (dont like)
[ ] I have or want my lip pierced. (sick)
[x] I had/have listen to Saves The
Day, Chiodos, Thursday and/or My
Chemical Romance. (MCR nice wad...)
Total=2

[ ] My love life sucks (nah...i love myself! haha. kidding)
[ ] I'm in a band. (nahh...it'll be cool though..)
[ ] My MSN name has an x in it
[x] I understand that My Chemical
Romance is not emo. (like i said...nice wad...)
[x] I also understand that Green Day
is not emo. (find it ok...)
[ ] I know what mosh means. (what?)
[x] I sit in corners often. (yea...somehow...)
[ ] most of the time I dislike MTV. (i love music)
[ ] I take pictures of myself a lot. (sorry not photogenic by myself)
[ ] Especially ones where you can't
see my whole face.
Total= 3

[ ] I am lost without a cd player/my
iPod/phone (can live with just a radio)
[ ] I know that emo is not just a
stereotype
[ ] I have/had thick oversized glasses. (yucks...)
[ ] I have/had a mohawk.
[ ] I've worn black nail polish. (hate nail polish)
[ ] I hate my mom.
[ ] I hate my dad.
[ ] I hate where I live.
[x] Black is a great color (technically...black aint a color...just that the thing absoorbs all the light...and nothing is reflected out again...)
[ ] I do/have cut myself
Total= 1

[x] Right now I am listening to music (yea...Savage Garden! woohoo!)
[ ] I know what hxc and sxe mean.
[ ] Myspace = Love and addiction.
[ ] Hot Topic doesn't scare me. (hot topic...?)
[x] I wear/worn studded belts. (nicey nicey)
[ ] I've had a body part signed by a
band.
[ ] I've cried while listening to
Dashboard Confessional.
[ ] I have/ had dyed/want to dye my
hair black (my hair IS black...naturally is...was...)
[ ] My closet is mostly filled with
black or dark clothes. (nope...a mixture of many many weird colors)
[ ] I cry a lot
[ ] I write on myself/or sometimes
[x] I have been called emo before. (!@#$% superman and eileen. haha)
[x] I hate being called emo.
Total = 4

add all the numbers together
then multiply that by 3.
I'm 30% emo

...yea right...at least not more than 50%

That's.What.Friends.Are.For

2007-03-31T22:10:00.001+08:00

this song just popped into my head when i went blogsufing. i love the lyrics.

Title: That's What Friends Are For
Artist:  Dionne Warwick

And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we do today
And then if you can remember ...

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you

And then for the times when we're apart
Well then close your eyes and know
These words are coming from my heart
And then if you can remember ...

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
In good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
(*Thats what friends are for*)

Savage Garden - Crash And Burn

2007-03-31T22:08:00.001+08:00

i love this song. because of the way they send the messages across. the messages flashing across the video. very very meaningful messages. to me at least.

2007-03-27T22:29:00.000+08:00

went blogsurfing for awhile, found that most people's blogs that i read are already complaining about their marks. and im still getting called up because of my homeworks...it's not that i dont understand what is going on. i understand perfectly well. it's just that i dont really put my heart into homeworks. poeple who know me well enough(not that there might be anyone...) should know that i can get things pretty fast, provided that i'm not half asleep. but when you look into my bag...sorry la...alot of half done worksheets.

2007-03-24T22:18:00.000+08:00

great...the LJ week is over...monday start lessons again...and i havent evevn do anything yet...for the past two weeks. and i have a feeling i'm not gonna do anything tomorrow...unless i can get out the house, away from the com, and other distractions, and have someone to push me to do homework. if not i wont do anything and a whole day would be wasted again...grahhh...diez...i'm just not the mugging type of person lorr...more of the goof of unless pressurized type...

2007-03-22T21:51:00.000+08:00

am i a sucker for animals? guess so..

2007-03-20T22:34:00.000+08:00

went school abit earlier to do class deco. kept getting call to do the stupid high high places cos fifi dun want to go up. haha. shall call you fifi sophia. haha. then took some pics.

hmm...went to kampong glam today...quite ok la...cos we skipped training. haha. not our fault ok! reach school so late alrd...no point going.haha. anyways, we went erm...into this mosque, then the guide was explaining to us the five pillars of faith( i think ) when suddenly this guy came and explained...very erm...confusing...haha...but very kind of the guy la. haha. then had short break and jinyu and liangzi wanted to buy these small bottles of perfume, so me liangzi jinyu yifan tessa and muzhi went to the shop and they tried so many diff types...haha...actually a few la...haha. but then in the end jy lz and yf each bought the same type. haha. then went to the malay heritage museum, watched some cultural thing..some wedding...haha.then got one part they say the bride and the groom hook the pinkie together, cos they still shy or something. haha. then inside the museum, tsai and sop was hooking the pinkie...then tsai was complaining very pain.haha. loser. haha. then suddenly deb and amanda start saying our class alot of les...cos so many ppl holding hands. haha. forgot who say it started with me and lz...wtf...haha.
us on the bus. haha

2007-03-19T20:33:00.000+08:00

went to Balestier hill pri. haha. tagged along with jinyu liangzi and lydia to cmp. >.< too lazy to say what happened...dont feel like typing...hahaha. pic at erm...hmm...have no idea where...in the school lah...ahaha

liangzi hidding her face for no reason...haiz...can see jinyu behind...hahaha

Acoustic Guitar Fire on Steel, Tapping by Jeff Williams :)

2007-03-15T10:06:00.001+08:00

another cool guitar video

2007-03-14T22:09:00.000+08:00

seriously...i feel like it is alot easier to cry nowadays...just think of something, and tears just start flowing. i know i always look relaxed and calm and cool...that's because the only time i can forget about most stuff is when i'm engrossed in something, or my mind is occupied with something...why the heck do you think i'm always reading? so that i can get my mind off all the pressing stuff...(yea i know...no wonder i'm always passing up homework late...). but i think my mind is getting resistant to books...last time i can just read and not even think of anything else, not getting distracted even when anything happens, like my dog barking like mad, or someone calling me...but now, i just feel like snapping back at anyone who disturbs me. and if anything gets messed up, i just feel like throwing something at the wall, or punching the wall or something, vent my anger...(i punched the metal railing before...hurts like hell) but i cant, cos then i will get into more trouble and then i really really feel like doing something, hurt myself so that i can divert the anger to the injured part. heck, i feel like just getting into some accident or something.. i dont know...

2007-03-14T22:02:00.000+08:00

why the hell are we placed on earth only to die about 60 years later?(if we are even lucky to get there) save up your money, and people say you're tight-fisted. spend your money, and people say you wasting your parents efforts. and wasting away our time, like if you're reading this, i think you just wasted...i dont know...alot of seconds...

2007-03-14T21:53:00.000+08:00

my life is fcuking screwed...thats all i can say now

Nice Acoustic Guitar Tapping

2007-03-12T21:37:00.001+08:00

freaking cool!

2007-03-11T23:55:00.000+08:00

this song suits what i'm sort of feeling now...

Title: Numb
Artist: Linkin Park

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know I may end up failing too
But I know You were just like me
With someone disappointed in you

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Tired of being what you want me to be

2007-03-11T23:38:00.000+08:00

at last. blasted snag is over. no PBs, totally screwed up the entire meet luh...having killer headache right now but who care. gonna sleep the whole morning through luh. liangzi in KL, no one to sms to. grrr...gonna die this whole year.

2007-03-10T21:17:00.000+08:00

thrid session of SNAG, seriously man, i think i'm not gonna survive through swimming till next year...no PBs so far...and best chance of PB was just now's relay, cos i always go faster for relay than individual. but still no PB. shiet. and my hand is still pain...since wednesday...and i cant find aunty willy...i guess my heart aint in swimming at all...i'm already think of what CCA to take in RJ...if i can make it through sec 3, then sec 4...

2007-03-05T21:29:00.000+08:00

i love these two songs...ablsolutely. cos it is one of the few songs that have meanings and messages...to me at least.

Title: Runaway Love
Artists: Ludacris feat. Mary J Blige

Yeah, and it go a little something *scratch* like this

[Mary J Blige]
Runaway Love(love, love, love, love) Runaway Love(love, love, love, love)
Runaway Love(loooove) Runaway Love(love
Runaway Love(ooooo) Runaway Love(ooooo)
Runaway Love(mmmmm) Runaway Love(runaway love)

[Verse 1 - Ludacris]
Now little Lisa is only 9 years old
She’s trying to figure out why the world is so cold
Why she’s all alone and they never met her family
Mamas always gone and she never met her daddy
Part of her is missing and nobody will listen
Mama is on drugs getting high up in the kitchen
Bringing home men at different hours of the night
Starting with some laughs--usually ending in a fight
Sneak into her room while her mamas knocked out
Trying to have his way and little Lisa says 'ouch'
She tries to resist but then all he does is beat her
Tries to tell her mom but her mama don't believe her
Lisa is stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack
She says she’s bout to run away and never come back.

[Hook - Mary J. Blige]
Runaway love [x8]

[Verse 2 - Ludacris]
Little Nicole is only 10 years old
She’s steady trying to figure why the world is so cold
Why she’s not pretty and nobody seems to like her
Alcoholic step dad always wanna strike her
Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises
Teachers ask questions she making up excuses
Bleeding on the inside, crying on the out
Its only one girl really knows what she about
Her name is lil Stacy and they become friends
Promise that they always be tight til the end
Until one day lil Stacy gets shot
A drive by bullet went straight up on her block
Now Nicole stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothing else to do but some get some clothes and pack
She says she’s bout to run away and never come back.

[Hook - Mary J. Blige]
Runaway love [x8]

[Verse 3 - Ludacris]
Little Erica is eleven years old
She’s steady trying to figure why the world is so cold
So she pops X to get rid of all the pain
Cause she’s having sex with a boy who’s sixteen
Emotions run deep and she thinks she’s in love
So there’s no protection he’s using no glove
Never thinking bout the consequences of her actions
Living for today and not tomorrows satisfaction
The days go by and her belly gets big
The father bails out he ain't ready for a kid
Knowing her mama will blow it all outta proportion
Plus she lives poor so no money for abortion
Erica is stuck up in the world on her own
Forced to think that hell is a place called home
Nothing else to do but get her clothes and pack
She says she’s about to run away and never come back.

[Mary J Blige]
Runaway Love(runaway) Runaway Love(runaway love babe)
Runaway Love(don't keep runin girl) Runaway Love(aaaaahaah)
Runaway Love(runaway, runaway) Runaway Love(runaway, runaway)
Runaway Love(runnin, runin, runin,runin) Runaway Love(aaaaaaahhh runin)
Running(x3)
Runaway Love, Runaway love
Runaway Love, Runaway Love
Runaway Love, Runaway Love
Runaway Love, Runaway Love

Don't you keep on runnin away
Don't you keep on runnin away
i know how you feel
ive been there
i was runnin away too
I will run away with you
I will run away with you
Runnin runnin runnin away love

run away run away love
dont keep runin away
i'll run away with you
if you want me too
La Ahhahhhaha

[Ludacris]
Yeah, I can only imagine what you're going through, ladies
Sometimes I feel like running away myself
So do me a favor right now and close your eyes
And picture us running away together and
When we come back everything is gonna be OK

(whisper) Open your eyes.

yea..this song makes me think..next time you grumble bout your family...think bout it for a second...you are lucky to have your family with you. yea...i kinda dont make sense yea? haha

ok...2nd song

Title: Stay the Same
Artist: Joey McIntyre

Don't you ever wish
You were someone else
You were meant to be
The way you are exactly
Don't you ever say
You don't like the way you are
When you learn to love yourself
You're better off by far
And I hope you always stay the same
'Cause there's nothing 'bout you I would change

I think that you could be
Whatever you wanted to be
If you could realize
All the dreams you have inside
Don't be afraid
If you've got something to say
Just open up your heart
And let it show you the way

Don't you ever wish
You were someone else
You were meant to be
The way you are exactly
Don't you ever say
You don't like the way you are
When you learn to love yourself
You're better off by far
And I hope you always stay the same
'Cause there's nothing 'bout you I would change

Believe in yourself
Reach down inside (ohh-oooh)
The love you find will set you free
Believe in yourself (ohh-oooh)
You will come alive
Have faith in what you do
You'll make it through

Ohh-wooahh-ohh
Heeeeeyyy

Don't you ever wish (ohhhhh yeah)
You were someone else
You were meant to be (you were meant to be)
The way you are exactly
Don't you ever say (Ohh-wooahh-ohh)
You don't like the way you are
When you learn to love yourself (love yourself)
You're better off by far
And I hope you always stay the same (stay the same)
'Cause there's nothing 'bout you I would change (change)

No, there's nothing 'bout you I would change . . .
Don't change . . .

mhm...love this song...alot alot alot

well, thats all folks! haha

oh yea...CHEN LIANGZI! YOU BETTER GET PLENTY OF REST AND EAT! EAT!

2007-03-02T21:58:00.000+08:00

to go or not to go..that is the question... no seriously, that is the question! go sch tomorrow, later keep sneezing. don't go, have to go doctor to get MC. grahh.. spent like 20 min in the toilet luh....go in come out go in come out...

2007-03-01T20:54:00.000+08:00

i'm dead, dead, dead. so bloody dead. how the heck were we suppose to do the freaking maths qns in 50 mins? nearly cried luh...cos i never ever not finish the paper. failed, yes i have failed before. but at least i did all the qns right?! and somemore we had to write on foolscap, so imagine how many times we had to write our names. write until lost count. the waste time writing somemore.

2007-02-28T21:22:00.000+08:00

I am super addicted to this song right now. SUPER NICE!

Title: Give it to me
Artists: Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland and Justin Timberlake

[Nelly Furtado:]
I'm the type of girl that'll look you dead in the eye (eye)
I'm real as it comes if you don't know why I'm fly-y-y-y-y
Seen ya try to switch it up, but girl you ain't that dope
I'm a wonder woman, let me go get my robe
I'm a supermodel and mummy, see mummy
Amnesty international got bangkok to montauk on lock
Love my ass and my abs in the video for "Promiscuous"
My style is ridiculous-s-s-s-s-s

[Chorus: Nelly Furtado]
If you see us in the club, we'll be acting real nice
If you see us on the floor, you'll be watching all night
We ain't here to hurt nobody
So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me
Wanna see you work your body
So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me

[Timbaland:]
When timbo is in the party everbody put up their hands
I get a half a mill for my beats... you get a couple grand-d-d-d-d
Never gonna see the day that I ain't got the upper hand
I'm respected from californ-i-a way down to japan
I'mma real producer and you just a piano man
Your songs don't top the charts, I heard em, I'm not a fan-a-an
Niggas talkin' greasy, I'm the one that gave them their chance
Somebody need to tell 'em that they can't do it like I can

[Chorus: Nelly Furtado]

[Justin Timberlake:]
Could you speak up and stop mum-mumbling
I don't think you came in clear
With me sitting on the top, it's hard to hear you from way up here
Now I saw you tryna to act cute on tv just let me clear the air
We missed you on the charts last week
Damn that's right, you wasn't there
Now, if "S-sexy" never left, then why's everybody on my shi-i-it?
Don't hate on me just because you didn't come up with it
So if you see us in the club, go on and walk the other way
'Cuz our run would never be over, not at least until we say

[Chorus: Nelly Furtado] [3x]

2007-02-23T20:42:00.000+08:00

just visited the inet in search of anything for geog. there is an announcement from mrs tan bout tommy. RG people, you should know who Tommy is. he is our dear school cat. here is the announcement:

Title:
Tommy our RGS Cat
Body:
You would have noticed that Tommy has not been walking the corridors of the school especially around blocks A and D. He has kidney failure and was hospitalised for 13 days. Mrs Christine Tan noticed that Tommy was losing his appetite and took him to the vet where the tests revealed the kidney problem. He was discharged on Monday 20 Feb 07 and Mrs Christine Tan has been looking after him. The vet advised against Tommy coming back to school because he has to be on a special diet to manage his kidney problem and every 2 days he has to be brought to the vet for a glucose jab.
Mrs Christine Tan has so far bourne the cost of Tommy's hospitalisation and medical fees which amount to $1600/- to date. I believe that since Tommy is our school cat we should help to defray the cost of his medical treatment, so I approached Mrs Christine Tan to find out what she has already paid out for Tommy's treatment.
If you wish to make a small contribution I have asked Christina Lee to have a box done up and placed in the General Office and you can put in your contribution there. The box will be there during office hours till Wed 28 Feb 2007 5pm. I will also look for other means to meet the cost of Tommy's on-going medical treatment. We will continue to monitor his recovery. Appreciate your understanding on this matter.

Regards
Shirley Tan (Mrs)

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so as you all can see, tommy has kindney probs. pls help out if you can. he is a jolly fat and friendly cat, who i am sure many people miss right now. ><

2007-02-21T20:43:00.000+08:00

right now, i just feel like burning all my worksheets and just go to sleep. just to sleep not caring about tomorrow, not caring about school. i just feel like screaming my lungs out, to run away to a isolated island and live life anew. but that would mean leaving my dearest friends behind...new friends who i just met this year, and old friends from previous years.

~~(technically, i cant even leave this blasted place, so...wishful thinking.)~~

i ain't even bothering doing my homework, cos right now, I'm freaking muddled with what is going on in school. shall ATTEMPT to do some SS or something...even though i just feel like burning the papers now...i shan't. cos burning means fire, which means smoke, which i hate very very much

2007-02-19T22:10:00.000+08:00

today is such a fun day! besides the constant reminder that i have not done any homework...totally spoilt my mood luh(isit spoiled or spoilt?). is like you are happily playing and then someone starts talking bout homework. great. just great. now i keep thinking of the homeworks that has to be done.
HOMEWORK:

maths ws(s)
maths corrections
english
philo
ss

so as you can see... i'm gonna die gonna die gonna die!

good night

2007-02-18T00:26:00.000+08:00

ok...since i'm bored and dont feel like sleeping, i shall blog! (at least attempt to la...)

had steamboat for dinner...my throat hurts for rsome reason...sometimes got sound...sometimes no sound...wonder why. haha. RESHMI NAIR! are we meeting up tomorrow/today for maths?! haha.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

yes.. pathetic post...i noe...who cares..

2007-02-17T11:41:00.000+08:00

cny celebration yesterday...quite ok la...mabel came over to take pics! yay! haha

2007-02-11T21:37:00.001+08:00

found this on youtube. super cool!

2007-02-11T20:17:00.000+08:00

the weekend past by so fast. train, tuition, train and saturday is over. train, massage, church, library and sunday is over. bahh.

2007-02-10T22:23:00.000+08:00

hm...just went to have my hair trimmed. and ended up having some treatment to make my hair less dry...and trim my hair. grahh. now my fringe is poking into my eyes luh, cos the person went to cut it...cos she said long fringe makes your look as if it does not have shape...yea...whatever. haha.

training wasn't as hard as what we thought it would be, cos we had recovery in the morning(din't feel like it though) and coach said recovering for afternoon training. bet alot of people thought it would be 2 for 1s or something la. but turn out pulling for time. but still it wasn't easy ok! at least for me la...cos thruout the whole 1500 i was sleeping...and then suddenly we were left with 200. haha. dint really feel as long as last time.

2007-02-06T22:06:00.000+08:00

why must everything i can do be restricted by swimming? why why why? the geog/physics NZ trip clashes with SEA Age, so does the bio Wales trip. fine...to the swimmers who are better and have a good future in swimming, competition>school. but that is other swimmers. to me, school>competition. dont you get it?! i might not know what path i want to take next time, but i dont plan on depending on swimming. cos to me, swimming cant get you far. like i said, to others, it might take them far, that's because they are good at swimming and are committed enough to not really care about school much, fine, i'm saying it now, i might be committed to a certain level, but sadly not committed enough spend so much time training if it means waking up earlier for training, which means i have to sleep earlier, which means i have a very limited amount of time to do my homework, which is already quite limited because i get home from evening training and i still have to eat my dinner.

and dont think i wasted my time in one day to post this. it took me a couple of weeks just to post this one post. so, sorry if it dint make sense to you because the thoughts were collated over a couple of weeks and my linking is already bad enough and the scattered thought just made it worse.

2007-02-04T11:37:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIANGZI!

yes! it's liangzi's birthday today! happy 17th birthday dear! may all your wishes and dreams come true in the following year and the years to come. (sound so cliched...) haha. <333333333333333s

2007-02-03T21:18:00.000+08:00

time trail sucked. sucked. sucked. stupid knee pain again. should have known better than to take IM just now. stupid stupid stupid. grahh. i don't care. i'm going to scratch my 400IM event.

50m free: 0:29.94
200m IM: 2:46.??
50m back: 0:38.??
200m free: 2:30.??

sucks right?! and 200m free was the worst event, when it's suppose to be one of my better swims today. (ok fine. I'm suppose to be doing well in the free events.) guess it's die die must do good time for 100m free. don't care bout 100m back. bahhh. I'm not going to care bout what my dad is going to say to me. I'm not going to care bout what my dad is going to say to me. I'm not going to care bout what my dad is going to say to me. cos if i do, I'm gonna get demoralised and then i won't swim properly and then he will surely scold some more and tomorrow will then be a ultra boring day. so I'm not going to care bout what my dad is going to say to me.

2007-02-02T21:34:00.000+08:00

yes...i'm this bored to post so many times in such a super short time. just because i don't feel like doing my homework now. haha

just found out that some people think i'm huggable. go around, meet them, first thing we do? huggie! yay. i love hugs!

2007-02-02T21:28:00.000+08:00

grahh...talking bout time trail...i'm gonna die for the backstroke events man...never mind...shall concentrate on freestyle and bring down my timing for 100m to 1:01. yes. i can do it!

2007-02-02T21:19:00.000+08:00

i think i'm really really unfit compared to the past few years. everywhere i go i can just sleep within a minute or two. and this happens after my 'break' in obs. and the increasing homework load is definately not helping. i'm super relief we have a break tomorrow morning for the time trail in the afternoon. at last. a day i can actually sleep in. the last time that i was able to sleep in was during...saturday after obs? but thats only because i cant even walk properly. grahh.

2007-02-01T21:47:00.000+08:00

argh...my leg is bloody pain again luh. shant anyhow run tomorrow. and i cant find any empty space to trim off on my bio ws. omg! i just cut through my ruler!...again! argh....7th time la...haha. ok...so random...shall try to tidy my bio journal now!

2007-01-31T20:59:00.000+08:00

stupid homework pile... piling up like snow on mountains, waiting for an avalanche to happen. how the hell am i suppose to train everyday and do finish my homework and sleep early and wake up early for morning training the next day? school till 150, tuition till 430, training till 7 or 730, reach home 8 if lucky. do homework and pack and everything earliest sleep at 11... how the hell am i suppose to sleep enough and wake up early next morning for training when i can barely wake up in time for school?!?!?!

2007-01-28T20:05:00.000+08:00

news about weiqi spreads fast. really fast. cos rg is inter-connected. yes it is.

ok...i don't know weiqi at all, but i can tell that the news has left a big impact on everyone who received the news. including me. even if i don't know her. it makes you take a step back, and really makes you appreciate your family and friends. cos you don't really know what could go wrong. there might be an accident or something and you might never have a chance to talk to your friends again. ( touch wood touch wood.)

so appreciated everything around you.

<3333s to everyone!

2007-01-27T21:43:00.000+08:00

ok ok. i really really really have to clear this up. I HAVE NOT QUALIFIED FOR SEA GAMES YET!. i might. but not yet.

2007-01-26T22:04:00.000+08:00

went to ICA to register for my IC. the queue was quite surprisingly...fast! haha. got to training late though. had 1500 for time today. bleah. so tiring and having some ******* dragging me doesn't help either. then after that...got scolded. oh and i have to cut down 3seconds, not 1.5seconds, just to make it to the RELAY TEAM for SEA GAMES. relay, not individually.

OBS!

2007-01-19T19:18:00.000+08:00

shall start my new blog by talking about OBS! yes! i just came back from OBS! feel so good after bathing just now! i used like a whole load of shampoo! super duper nice. (:

OBS was quite fun, except that i had mobile with more of land expedition, so now my thigh muscles are strained. haiz. my watch is super enthusiastic! we had 8 people from 307 and 8 people from 313. so we have me, Sophia, liangzi, reshmi, junru, ziyi, yinyun, Elysia from 307, and Mabel, chngyan, Chloe, Larissa, Mariel, zhenyi, Eileen, Pauline from 313. at first we were just talking among our class, but after the first day, we started mingling and we talked and helped each other from the other class. haha. no one really had any injuries except for me...keep having problems with my legs. dumb dumb. haha. but at least i din't have to run all over the place for station games. haha. shall blog more tomorrow...very tired. yaenz. good night!

JUNKO K.O YOU! haha. got that from Mabel's blog.