Saturday, December 17, 2005
Leaving today! Wow, a fast week it’d been, and I don’t know what to end with in my blog… So, I’ll just put the lyrics to the song that I’ve always liked since I’ve watched “Prince of Egypt”. People, ADIOS AMIGOS!
Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains
Long before we knew we couldChorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will,
(Now you will (3rd chorus))
You will when you believe
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seemed like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full, I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words I never thought I'd say
Chorus
So in times when all your hope is gone
And you go through life afraid
In your heart there lies a hopeful song
That is there to guide the way
And all the hurt and all the pain
You soon will learn was not in vain
For all your prayers, they will be heard
They'll come to pass through faith
Chorus
Battled at || 07:34
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
This entry is solely dedicated to my sista: “Miss Singapore”… =) You should know what I’m talking about when you read this! Haha…
You see, on the 9th of December, I was wondering where I should go… I used 2 letters to represent a ‘yes’ and ‘no’, of course, they are picked randomly. I asked “Miss Singapore” to help me out by just choosing any letter, A-Z.
Guess what? (S)he chose ‘B’, which was one of the letters that I’ve been thinking of! I swear I didn’t tell anyone what I was thinking back then… And you think it’s telepathy? I don’t know… The time was 1845h odd. I thought I’d wait a lil’ while before reasoning out to “Miss Singapore” (since I asked a strange and random question) and so, I dwelt to 2030h.
And so, I sent the reasons and stuff. That’s when another creepy thing occurred: “Miss Singapore” messaged me a second later, asking me why I asked that question. Good Lord, how did that happened? Just when I’d sent the message out and (s)he asked!? Holy cow… Appalling, ain’t it?
Well, at least we know this has been happening ever since we met in school… Like when I asked where (s)he is (in school), (s)he’ll just appear from out of the blue (when (s)he was supposedly to be at home already)! Okay, enough of me crap talk… Maybe we were sistas in our past live… Like what (s)he said, “Perhaps when I was about to reborn, I jumped into the wrong pond, so from F become M…” Haha, good one mate! For all we know, you could be… =D
Would you call a chanced meet
A coincidence?
Or telepathy…
And so, the pondering continues…
Battled at || 14:53
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Monday, December 12, 2005
Yes, it’s about time that I say goodbye to all my lovely friends… It’s been a great fruitful year knowing all of you, many whom I knew only just last November, some others that stretched to the days when we are in high school! =)
It’s about time that my family and I take a good break. We’ll be leaving for Thailand this coming Saturday, 17th December! Haha… Well, do you know what that means? SHOPPING!!! Yup… That’s right! I can be very hard on this point… Imagine me walking around malls for hours… Cool! =P
Okay, enough said, I shall be back this coming Christmas or after… Yes, that’s right… Ooooo… The exchanging of presents and giving away of cards! Sorry people, I can’t get to celebrate this wonderful festival with you guys…
So, anyone wanna send me off? Okay, kinda lame… Anyways, I’ll be dwelling in the airport around 1900h-2000h… Yup, before I checked into the departure hall… =D Hee… Ah well, I’ll see you guys around real soon! You guys can still message me whenever you want! Hee, I’ve got auto-roaming! Whee! Well, adieu! God bless all your wonderful souls…
Till then,
This is [Jillyann]ie,
Wishing y’all an early
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Battled at || 01:08
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Sunday, December 11, 2005
Okay, whenever I shoot, I'll always do self-analysis. This is it: what my coach would recommend me to do; different positioning used and how's it's like, et cetera, te cetera... =) Proud...
Battled at || 22:21
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See?! All the target cards that I shot... Haha, some are sighters carsd which consist of 20 shots... While others are 'competition' cards, with 5 shots per card... Radical me... =P
Battled at || 22:19
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Saturday, December 10, 2005
This is target card 10 (out of 12, with 5 shots per card). Look! Clusters! At least 4 shots at the exact spot! I'm good... I'm good... =P
Battled at || 21:55
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8th December 2005, Thursday: shooting training. This time, I really learnt a lot from my coach… In the past, I thought it was a ‘hindrance’… I’ve always wanted to see myself improving but I keep shooting out of place! And I really mean OUT of place… This time, I got the hang of it…
After getting rid of the phobia that I might fail in the sport, I picked up my courage and tried my very best. Indeed, He gave me a chance… Thank you so much… You are brilliant! As I hoped, it came true! Faith really helps! =) From a lousy ‘out-of-bound’ shooter, I managed to get a 6.5 ring shots now. Amazing…
I shot 80 times (which many people think I’m crazy… this time not as craze as 100 shots!), gave myself a lil’ pressure to stir myself on. I tried my newly found way of positioning – I call that ‘slanting with the gun’. It really helps, since I needn’t tilt my head that much! =)
Initially, my shots were horrid… Really terrible… As a rifle shooter, if your shots are all scattered around, you’re in for trouble… That’s where I was then! I panicked, no doubt, and gave myself a great rest after 30 shots. ‘Sue’ wasn’t in a good state either, and used my weapon to chill out. Guess what? Maybe the two of us faced the same predicament, since we’re Scorpios? Hmmm…
And then, I mustered enough courage and concentration plus a wee bit of confidence for the shoot-out – I knew I was ready. ‘Sue’ surrendered my weapon and I continued. Amazing, it really happened! The shots this time were so closely clustered that I nearly shouted in sheer surprise! No kidding! I’ll show one of the target cards that I’ve got, if I can… =)
However, I’ve done wrong: coach told me that I’ve over-shot, thus tiring myself. Ho, ho, but I thought otherwise since I wanted to quicken up my pace… To tell the truth, I shoot slow-and-steady, which is definitely not a good sign… This could be why I’d scattered shots. Otherwise, I’d tried to master my skills well enough. Three cheers to me!
And I questioned one problem that I have… Diet. Not slimming down, but rather, the way I eat. I cannot eat ANYTHING before training, lest I feel VERY uncomfortable! In fact, coach taught me how to take care of hunger strikes if it occurs! =D I am gonna try these out again the next time we have training! Yes! This is so gonna be great! I LOVE shooting… Oh, ‘Sue’, you shouldn’t have gone off… We got a free ride home! =P
Objectives:
1. 7 ring
2. More clusters/groupings
3. Steady stance
4. Dealing of diet!
Battled at || 17:04
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Thursday, December 08, 2005
An owl… Hmm, so what do you first think of when you see that cool creature? Do you shriek at the scariness of it? Or do you fear of its hooting? Strangely, I like these animals… I found out I’ve acquired one of its traits – ‘nocturnalism’.
The very first time I’ve ever since these in real life was probably when I was back in Thailand. I remembered staying in our big house when a snow-white baby barn owl flew in! Imagine how we felt, especially when we were dining! Gee… My uncle tried to catch it (hey, not to kill it and make some kind of soup as what you may be thinking…) but it was really strong, despite the size of it… you should’ve seen its talons, pretty sharp, I’ll say… Poor uncle had to bear the pain… Ha…
Somehow, after that incident, I start to stay wide awake even in the middle of the night! Oh, and I no longer like the daytime… All right, not so bad for now… For now, I could even stay awake till 0400h… I know it’s crazy, but that’s me! I like the silence and darkness of it… It drives me to study, you get what I mean? But, of course, it ain’t really a good idea, given that I’ve to wake up at 0600h+ or so for schooling, which meant sleeping for only 2 hours… I’ve tried not to sleep and attending school! Well, it was all right, just a lil’ bit tired… Say it in my face… I’m rather abnormal, I know…
My friends have been commenting me as being crazy, even till now when I met new friends. I thought they were crazier! Do you know they sleep far more ‘earlier’ than me? Midnight! Midnight! No way… Unless I’m so dead tired then will I sleep that early… But of course, my early and their early is incomparable, and I’m proud of that! =P
Oh, and I influenced one of my friends, who complaint to me that because of my weird lifestyle, he studies in the dead of the night… Well, apologetic to you cadet TK… You always do last minute work, and being able to stay up at night (or do I say morning? Hmmm…) is the most suitable lifestyle for you =D So, anyone up to challenge me in a ‘no sleep’ competition? I’m up and ready for it, that’s if you dare…
In the middle of the night,
You may hear sounds of the unknown…
Well, perhaps it’s just me
Trying to disturb your sleep!
Battled at || 11:21
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Monday, December 05, 2005
Why, you wanna tell me how to live my life?
Who, are you to tell me if it's black or white?
Mama, can you hear me? Try to understand.
Is innocence the difference between a boy and a man.
My daddy lived the lie, it's just the price that he paid.
Sacrificed his life, just slavin' away.
Ohhh, if there's one thing I hang onto,
It gets me through the night.
I aint gonna do what I don't want to,
I'm gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day
Take a look around you, look its what he sees.
We're living in a broken home of hopes and dreams,
Let me be the first to shake a helping hand.
Everybody, pray enough to take a stand,
I knocked on every door, on every dead end street,
Looking for forgiveness,
what's left to believe?
Ohhh, if there's one thing I hang onto,
It gets me through the night.
I ain't gonna do what I don't want to,
I'm gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
Ohhh, if there's one thing I hang onto,
It gets me through the night.
I aint gonna do what I don't want to,
I'm gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
When The world keeps trying, to drag me down,
I've gotta raise my hands, gonna stand my ground.
Well I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day
Have A Nice Day
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Sunday, December 04, 2005
Oooh! I just watched this documentary on Animal Planet (cable TV, people…) by Jeff Corwin, called ‘The Jeff Corwin Experience’… Man, I really like the host! He is so cool in many ways! Why do I say so? Let me elaborate on it… =D
From the channel itself, it is obvious that it’d be more biology-based documentary and it is in a way… What is interesting about this program is the way Jeff explains and disseminates the vital information of the living creatures in the wild. In this case, Jeff is an expert in snakes. But of course, he doesn’t just focus on that alone, but also other creatures, like frogs and even bears!
Unlike some other hosts similar to what Jeff does, he is NEVER monotonous… That’s one good point already. He draws you into the place he is in and gives you so much details that you may even think you are just right where he is! In addition, he is quite a candid guy, who jokes around here and there to liven up the show.
I like the way he changes his voice to suit a particular character he wants to portray, especially when he is playing around with some of the animals. Like, the kiddie type to show a helpless crocodilian struggling under his grip, or a military instructor type to get the urgency. Radical…
Sometimes, he might even try to pull your leg, like, the other time he was in this dungeon. There were some writings on the stonewall, and he tried to read out what it was about, assuming that he might know his stuff. Little did we know we were being tricked! Ha! And he exclaims, “Suckers!” for believing him! Lolx…
Have you ever tried slapping a frog? Ha! Jeff did! Well, not really at least… I mean, how can he bear to do that to his passion for the wildlife? =P That’s the fun part; he tries to ‘slap’ a forest frog after it made attempts to escape from his clutches. Oh, not to mention, he even ‘ate’ a huge cockroach, which belongs to the Amazon Basin. How does it taste like, you ask? He says, “It tastes just like breadcrumbs”! Ha! Of course, he’s just joking… After all, he’s a vegetarian…
There’s also this time when he tried to retrieve something in a tree trunk in South America. He made it so dramatic, as though he was really bitten by that something, which turned out to be a harmless bullfrog. Jeff! Thanks for scaring us! And that’s not the only one; he even freaked the audience when he pretended to be pulled down by something when he was traveling through the muddy waters of a mangrove.
This guy is also very well built and has a boyish look. Very charming, I’ll say. =P If you have a chance, do watch his show! You’ll never regret it!
“The Jeff Corwin Experience”
I LOVE it!
Jeff Corwin RaWks! =D
Battled at || 00:32
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Friday, December 02, 2005
Sweets… Hmm, I love ‘em! Haha, I guess I must be way too lame to post this, but I’m doing it anyways… Well, it’s my prerogative… =P I know this is kinda bizarre, but do bear with me, yeah? Hugs and kisses to all…
What type of sweets to do you like? Hmm, I realized I’ve a sweet tooth, and would eat almost any types, so long as my tongue permits, that is! I enjoy the sour types, the mild sweet types and even also the gummy types… Hmm… Yummy!
Ever been to Marks and Spencer? Ha, that’s my favorite store for sweets! Okay, although the variety is low, the price itself is appealing enough, if you get what I mean… wink… I really like this packet of choco-mints that are pretty unique, especially when you thought it was a real hard sweet, it was actually quite chewy and sticky! Hmmm… Taste good… =) Hmm, get it for, say, SGD3.90?
I also patronized their store for the gummy sweets, like the fruit gums and wine gums… WeeEEee… It comes in 5 flavors: orange, lemon, lime, raspberry and blackcurrant. No favorites for me, for they’re all too nice a tang… Yummy! These are also at the price of SGD3.90.
Then, there’s this Wonka product that I always scrutinize for whenever I’m in mega/supermarkets: GOBSTOPPER! Ahhhhh! I love both types – chewy and everlasting – with balls of sweets that changes colors and flavors simultaneously that will make you ask for more… Oooooo… Oh no! I forgot to get it! Price ranges from SGD1.30-SGD2.00, depending on where you get ‘em…
Last but not least, SKITTLESsour! Oh man… This is one of the sour sweets that I enjoy eating most… If you’re lucky, you get to pick those that are really ‘soaked’ in sour powder, and when you eat it, ouch, careful with excessive chews! Sometimes, it gets so ‘corrosive’ that you have to down some water to heighten the pH value on your tongue… Don’t say I didn’t warn you… =P This one is pretty affordable: SGD0.80-SGD1.20.
Haha, that’s all I wanna share today! I guess it’s been a wonderful treat for me to get myself sweetened by sweets… Hey, if you do have something to share with me, TELL ME! Thanks peeps! =D
Life can sometimes get very bitter…
Why live a life like that?
Always try to sweeten yourself,
Sweets may be a remedy…Just go easy on the dosages =P
Battled at || 00:58
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
Yup, Day 1: 22nd November. In total, we’ve at least 8 official training sessions, inclusive of this entry. Like what coach said, “In order to excel, you must know what mistakes you make. Record them down somewhere so that you can reflect on”, this I’ve to agree. As such, I shall write it on my blog just to gimme a small reminder. =)
I prefer going to the country club to have our training sessions, compared to our school range. Why so, you asked? There isn’t any air-conditioning, and besides, I’m a rifle shooter, which means I’ve this attire to put on (trust me, you’d be toast had you worn it on a HOT day) in order to shoot.
Anyways, back to the subject: reflections (wow, sounds so SERIOUS… and it kinda rings a bell, too…). Like always, coach pointed out how we could do to better our results and skills. This time, he pointed out my mistake, which was quite a grave one…
Everything, including my stance to the gripping of gun, was fine. Except for one thing: how I positioned myself to shoot. Coach told me that I was slightly ‘falling’ in front then. You see, for rifle shooters, we need to stand 180°, with reference to the target. I’ve always wondered why I kept ‘falling’. He pointed out that I should ‘lock’ my hips to prevent anymore movement. This way, the shoot-out would be smoother, and thus, the more frequency of getting bull’s eyes! Ah, enlightening, it is…
Guess what? After trying out, I really managed to stand better without having to worry about the ‘tremors’! In fact, I got to aim and shoot in the 7-8 rings than the 5-6 rings! Which means, IMPROVEMENT! I thank Coach for his constant look-out for my mistakes. The next training, he would be teaching me yet another method to work out right: adjusting my sighter. With this adjustment, it’ll help to ensure your shots are more focused, IF, you’re constantly shooting at the right spot. Can’t wait!
Shooting.
Brilliant sport, it is
I must try my best
To do well…
Battled at || 10:44
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