TanChamps!

Christmas?

2007-12-26T21:19:00.000-08:00

I never thought Christmas could be so special.
Headachy, fetal-positioned Christmas it was.
Yep, crappy Christmas.
It was below zero in parts of the U.S.
But I was cooking at 39 degrees centigrade.
Absolutely horrible Christmas.
But one thing I sure did learn: Food's precious!
Especially when they stuff you with sweet potatoes for five straight days.
Especially when they say rice inhibits recovery.
I miss zi char!
Come back, good food!

Some weird stuff...

2007-11-11T19:22:00.000-08:00

What's new? Well, I'l tell you what's new. First and foremost, the guys out there are finishing their O levels.

Next, if you see the video on top, well, let me explain. This strange guy (don't know who his name is) created a parody called Visit Singapore - The Parody. It's available on YouTube and even imeem, I hear. Just got this link a few minutes ago, so you might want to check this video out. Contains references to the Merlion, dairy farms, RK House and... You-Know-What...

Newss!

2007-10-21T21:28:00.000-07:00

Good news - My Hotmail worked. Again.
Better news - Received invitation from MindChamps to assist.
Best news - I think I'm available!

Bad news - John and Ben have messy lives. So God help them.
Worse news - I worry for myself too.
Worst news - Some of my poor pals have to retain on Sec 3...

John, JJ, Ben, when do you guys plan to Assist. Tell me so we all can arrange. Cheers.

Post exam thoughts...

2007-10-09T20:22:00.000-07:00

Okay, it's not post exam for everybody...
Ben, John, Wee Tong and others... hang on a bit...
You know how frustrating this phenomenon is?
It's like when its exam time, you get stressed and complain of the relentless jabbing of the pen on your papers...
And when it's over, you get stressed all over again because you don't know what to do to stop that restless imp in you...
And that's what I've been going through...
So I thought I'd just join and watch some TVB serials... my favourite...
Problem is, they're a tad old, dating back to 2004... ho hum...
Wong Fei Hung - Master Of Kungfu...
Man, if I could watch Under The Canopy Of Love all over again...
Never mind, I'll just get downstairs and rent a whoe collection.
The problem is, while I've been typing all this while, my bum's sore.
So now I'm having problems walking...
Warrgh... Just watch YouTube videos...

Help a Friend...

2007-09-28T05:45:00.000-07:00

Guys, if you have the time, do leave notes of encouragement to John on his blog. He's going through one of the most stressful phases of life.
If you have the time, please do so.
Little bits of motivation can go a long way in helping our friend.

Life, just like an LRT... fast or slow?

S-L-O-W

2007-09-17T02:26:00.000-07:00

I think that should be the word to describe myself for now. Just managed to pull up the "drawing paper" for a Friendster account, so those of you who want to spam me, just go ahead.

Watching the keyboard...

2007-09-07T20:01:00.000-07:00

Took me quite a while to post this one up...
Our gay friend (branded by some kids)
told me to write.
So, while he's reeling from the shock of being called homosexual, let me continue.
'Cos there were lots of stories here and there about a group of gays in Young Champions.
And while you're watching this space, here are some little known facts, adapted from Ben,

No, I'm not trying to remix the National Anthem.
No, I'm not buying Namewee's album...
I condemn racism
...and sedition! But sometimes, I let go a bit...
I'm stuck in Singapore for as long as we all know
I'm now reminiscing the old days when we sat for our core program...
I miss going "EH?" with Ben and Jie Ji, even though it has only been a few months since we did that...
I fear being branded "gay" or "tranny" if I turn up for the next Empower U, with Audrey inside! Oh Lord... the Horrors!
麻坡的华语 still rings in my head... heheh, no, not the dirty version...
I'm ready to remix songs, with Ben's crazy sounds and John's disappointed *Grrroans*...

PAYBACK TIME! WRITE!
Audrey
Stephan
Um... no more liao... but then... WRITE!

Mai Hum Mai Hum... Mai Hum Mai Hum Mai Hum...

2007-08-25T20:17:00.000-07:00

This was years ago, but yesterday, this fad got resurrected, apparently by some fans of Campus Superstar Shawn Tok. We know him as the cute boy who sings in a high-pitched tone, but hey, how many kids like him can do that?

But anyway...

They were down to the final five.
Zhengning, Keely, Benjamin and Shawn.
But that's like... four!
Five, including me, sitting on the couch, gorging down on chips.

When the TV was on, Zhengning was already singing.
And oh boy, did I pity that girl.

Emotions? Out.
Pitch-perfect? That's a no-no.

But you know, when you're doing your rendition first, others will capitalise on your mistakes and hit back. Ouch.

Zhengning could have said that.

But Keely did much better.

And I could have chosen to vote for her than watch Engelbert Humperdinck in concert.

But I so wanted to see how Shawn fared.

Alamak!

You could see how pale poor Shawn looked. Either that, or it was due to too much makeup.

Forgetting lyrics, becoming too tense.

He could have said to himself "1,2,3 YES! 1,2,3 YES! 1,2,3 YES!"

Problem is he did't know what he didn't know that is, Empower U.

But anyway, I doubt that he would want to go to Empower U.

Because, when it comes to the hugs, the Assist Team and his fans from MindChamps would be crowding around him and trying to "touch the Deity of Fortune".

Jokes aside.

Benjamin Hum stepped up, but he didn't look "hum ji".
He was calm.

Dude, did you meditate before the show?

So he gave his rendition.

Boy, did he capitalise on Shawn's mistakes.

Next, it was up to dancing.

Don't expect too much, you're not watching Shakira...

Twisted week!

2007-08-15T02:01:00.000-07:00

If you are just a "ghin-nah" we recommend you don't read this.
But anyway, who cares?

Can't believe what I saw this week. First it was Wee Meng Chee and his racially provocative rap "Negarakuku". Then again, I remember what "kuku" used to mean... heh...

That's right, I was in school when this lady in green went up to talk onstage. Now those guys in my school are just plain bored. They sit there, some pop a sweet. Some even have a chance to eat Oreos! 厉害! Lagi teror! Powderful!

Anyway, this time, when the lady came up, everyone cheered as if they had struck lottery.
Then, realisation struck me. The lady was up to talk about "野战"! F.Y.I., "野战" in Chinese literally means "wild battle". But this wasn't the firgurative meaning. So I'm going to use Latin as a form of censorship. 打野战 means coitus! Go and find that out on Wikipedia, but don't do that in a public place with your Wi-fi on, or people will think you're just a deprived geek. Hehheh...

First, they showed us all we needed to know about warts on your 东西.
Yup, I'm talking about the 老二.
Then my classmate sparked this conversation:

Him:They say we get warts if we touch toads...
Me:Uh-uh (Clearly not listening)
Him:So if you use your 枪 to touch a toad you get warts lah!
Me:WTH!

Then they showed us pictures of how to use rubber. No, not those erasers.
Then someone jumped up and asked:

"Is that Visking tubing I see?"

Wah, this kind of presentation is like a wake up call for so many of us...

Then some guys at the back suddenly said: " I see forest!"

The lady replied:"Now you know why we must save our trees."

Quick, quick, tell me your story...

2007-08-08T20:07:00.001-07:00

Okay, okay... I know some of you want my side of the story, others don't. well, if you don't, then too bad. But anyways, here's my side of the story.

I must thank Jie Ji for givng me a call to re-sit the Empower U. My email was down for like how many months... I don't know! But hey, the Three Musketeers of the East, John Ben and JJ called me up. Soooo... 3 days of anticipation began...

Day 1 of Anticipation

...Doing things with a broad smile...

Day 2 of Anticipation

...Doing things with an even borader smile...

Saturday!

Smiling 'till I broke my cheekbone. Okay, maybe not so seriuos, but this was going to be a really hot weekend. Temperatures rise, boredom level dips!

I remembered the way JJ and Ben danced at the previous Empower U. The previuos catchphrase "Avava" and the Team.

4pm, chiiionngg! Out of the door to the MRT. F.Y.I, I might be the only Assist team member who lives the ffffffff-urthest from the location. I think a lot of our lucky chaps live in Bishan, Ang Mo Kio, or the East! Lucky people...

Vividly, I could remember the lights, the carpet pattern and the *cough cough* carpet SMELL!

But anyways i was the first and the bus interchange at Toa Payoh. Kiasu, as usual. Ben came next. 15 minutes waiting for John, before Jie Ji came.

Jaywalked by taking the route planned by Jie Ji ( see Google Earth screenshot below).

When we stepped in, we realised that we were late... really late. But we didn't give any notice to it. We were there!

Brent was there. But Dale was awaitng the arrival of his first child in Australia, so a new face appeared. Taki! No, I didn't spell his name wrongly. It's really Taki. Some others had errors like Tarquee, Tarkey, Tharkey and worse, Turkey! But that's okay...

Victory! Well, almost...

2007-08-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

Tried to blog this week, but failed due to the West 7 Cluster Speech Competition. Finally, got to clinch the 2nd place! John placed an invitation to Friday's show. Sorry, John, I have to sadly decline. Exams are coming this week!

Impressive people!

2007-08-03T20:49:00.000-07:00

Today, we honour some of our very special people who have impressed us during Empower U on July 20.

Chester!

Yep, no kidding. He might have been fro another group. But his leadership qualities stand out, above everything else.
The most unbeliveable thing (and the most fun) thing he had ever done was to have fun and become a SexyBack. Right, he stripped. But the best thing was, he had fun.

John!

Another one from the group "Geese". If I'm not wrong, he was the one who initiated the group performance, and hey, I gotta commend you for it John! I guess that's the reason why you got all "Geese" together to taste victory. T-T-T-T-T-Tasty-tasty!
Oh yeah, he was the second SexyBack, stripping as well.

Benedict!

For the group "Cats", lim-peh was there to tell his side of the story. Amusing throughout, I give Ben the "Nemo of ~~Honour~~ Humour"!

Sherlynn

The "really sweet" person John was rattling on and on about. Wow, I couldn't image how enthusiastic she was, just liek her sister! Dude... this puts a lot of us to shame...

Jie Ji

I really have to admire Jie Ji for taking his time of, despite his upcoming A-Levels, to re-sit. Oh God, this guy's one tough dude...

Can't wait to chat up with you guys...

2007-08-01T02:50:00.000-07:00

Very interesting. Just received that contact list fo my group at the Empower U revisit. But all I wanna do is to meet you Assist Team guys again! Of course, getting my imitation Manchester United jersey (MindChamps tee) is one thing... Seeing new guys... and new girls... haha... it's another. It will be nice to see Haifz and his band of... monkeys, the two Johns (Ng and Chew), Ben, Jie Ji... Steve... ahhh...

In memoriam...

2007-07-30T04:21:00.001-07:00

Well, not really about the death of someone (knock wood), but someone has left the Assist Team. I heard that Shannon has decided to make yesterday's Empower U her last. Well, that's sad, but that also means that we can finally fill her position. Even though I may not know her personally, there's this tinge of sadness when someone leaves us... you get what I mean? Good luck, Shannon.

Busted on the Newspaper!

2007-07-30T04:16:00.001-07:00

I just submitted my photo (above, see the one below on that picture) two weeks ago to The Straits Times via email. Well, I got "busted". Funny thing was that more attention was given to me rather than my more notable newspaper feature in Digital Life in January this year.

Yup, that's the one. The first thing I knew was that my class created a bourhaha on this issue. Then, friends from other schools spammed me via MSN. Gosh!

Video time!

2007-07-28T20:35:00.000-07:00

This was about a month ago, featuring John and I hamming it up on stage ina comedy. Everthing was impromptu! All that you see here is NOT planned. Serious!

Weird stuff

2007-07-28T20:25:00.000-07:00

I never expected what "behind-the-scenes" stuff the Assist Team would do. But I checked out Linette's now-defunct blog. Now-defunct, but still cool.Now I know who John Chew is... the guy above Dale. Now we have two Johns in the Assist Team Seems to me like at every break, things will be like a FIFA World Cup extra-time prelude, doing stretches and getting massaged. Cool.
It's even better than going to massage parlours! Only thing is, it depends on how hard or how sot we get when it comes to laying our hands on those fatigued shoulders and backs of our presenters.

But that was like a year ago. Dunno if they still do such stuff.
"Cranal-sacral therapy, Mr Williams?"

Left out...

2007-07-28T20:09:00.000-07:00

Not sure why, but I wasn't notified of any outings with the Assist Team. Heard they had a BBQ on Tursday... hmm... will I be left out of other outings and Empower U or even every seminar as well? Hmm... :( No hard feelings, though. So I suppose they're currently hamming it up at Empower U this week while I'm sitting at home. Good luck guys. Bless y'all.

A little picture here

2007-07-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

Haha everyone. Just got this picture of Hafiz, courtesy of Brent on YouTube.
Hafiz reminds me a lot about last week when Wei Shi was called "Mother Bear". Of course we had called Haifz "bear", affectionately, because of those great white teeth and good figure... ahem ahem...
I made a decision not to go to this week's Empower U because I have exams this week! So I'll forsake my love and go for it. In the meantime, stare at Hafiz's handsome face... ahem ahem...
No offense, Hafiz, no offense...

Week of Success?

2007-07-26T02:02:00.000-07:00

It was more or less of that kind of feeling. The first thing that surprised me was that my Geography test had a B3... which was like... aww... God.... I never got further than a C grade... the next thing I knew was that my Chinese tests which I always ended up with borderline passes. B3 as well... God, if this B3 effect could be replicated this term in my exams... BOOYAH! I can't image how smiley I'm going to be... at least for this while. Could it be the week of success for me?

Quotes from Empower U revisit

2007-07-24T01:18:00.000-07:00

I thought of making some quotes over here, so here goes...

A podcast player will appear above. Play it!

"And the really sweet girl on my right, is Sherlynn!"
---John Ng, on Sherlynn, a girl he met at the revisit

This quote is tops. I can't believe how sweet John can be to girls. He actually made this sexist comment sometime ago in MindChamps. Ben said he could get a girlfriend. I concurred with him. And we were wrong.

Because this photo proves it all! John, Sherlynn, I'm sorry if this offends you, but I'm not trying to imply anything.

Anyway, this shows that boys from all-boys school can also hit bulls-eye on the target with women... ♥ Awww... man... ♥ So now you know... now you know...

Next quote, related to this...

"Its when You look at the other person, and Just laugh for no reason. Thats' what's going on between Sherlynn and Me. God I love this team."

-- John Ng, on his relationship with members in his team

"Sherlynn is also a revisit, just like me. So it's alot of common traits. Cool huh? Never expected to meet her instead of my aristotle friends."
--John Ng, on Sherlynn

"...Sherlynn, who was on my left, reach down slowly, and Squeezed my hands gently. She held it until I finished talking. Wow."
--John Ng, on Sherlynn holding his hand when he broke down

So, that's all for the quotes made by John. W00t, John. Good luck in love.

Re-sitting Empower U

2007-07-24T00:55:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a long story, so I'm doing this on a podcast. First, these are the guys who brought out the best memories... The guys on top are (from left) Ezekiel, Sherlynn, her sister, John and Chester. John and Chester were the two SexyBacks... I'll explain why later on...

First... an anti-racism message... with CREATIVITY...

2007-07-23T02:35:00.001-07:00

Does this song amuse you? If it does, you ARE racist.

Please. Don't let friends of other races, not just Indians, suffer in humility. Stand up and fight against racism.
Do you part.
If you are against racism, please spread this message to all your friends;
make your stand against racism.