yesterday was awesome. didn't sleep on monday chiong-ing a birthday present... fingers damn pain from folding all the roses sia. did about 360? aimed at 400... but i guess i couldn't do all in time. on monday didn't eat lunch... then went to thomson plaza at 3pm+ to meet ryan. bought starbucks and talked a bit. bought the jar, then he came to my house to reteach me how to fold the roses. guitar-ed, gossiped with him and sis, then he left when i left for dinner.

dinner at grandparents' house, talked quite a bit with my relatives, then went home and continued. did from 10.30pm to about 2pm. damn fun just continuously listening to masterpiece theater over and over again about 5-6 times? each time about 45 min, so you do the maths. did about 100 that night. WOO!

woke up about 10.30. then just sit in front of tv do. lunch-ed fried rice my parents and sister brought back from the club. bro went out to brunch. then ryan came over for god knows what reason, but thanks for the support man. he left about 5, then i had to stop at 6.30, got ready for servers' meeting, then met marcus, nick chan, jon baldwin, jacob and jon chng at tp. bought some stuff, then walked to church.

meeting ended about 9.30. really productive. can't wait for the servers to rise up to glory once again. walked to tp and folded while waiting for ryan. left at 10.30 to the place. came about 30mins early, so practiced the song and finished everything before going up and doing it.

after everything, and much heart-thumping and doing the near-impossible, cabbed back to ryan's place, ate some maggi mee while watching american pie :P

woke up at 8.45 even though alarm was at 7.15... then chiong-ed to school for meeting, which ended 2 hours late... like WTF?!?! lan-ed at tampines, then bus-ed all the way to my grandma's house for JIAO ZI! WOOHOO!! THANKS POPO!!!

while on the bus, i gave myself my first diagnosis:
HEARTBROKEN

Causes:
1) Intense emotional experience
2) Loss of something loved

Symptoms:
1) Internal pain felt at the chest; may cause person to cringe down
2) Loss of ability to smile sincerely and/or causes fake smiles
3) Unexplained random shivering even at room temperature
4) Person may seclude himself from others for prolonged periods of time (depending on the type of person and the seriousness of the condition)

Cures:
1) Still searching for possible cures that do not affect the person's personality...

Happy birthday to you
From the guy who's lucky to have met you.
It's 2 days to the new year, and 5 days to the school year,
But I know it's enough for you.

This may be quite simple,
but it's written just for you.
And one last thing I have to tell you
Is that i really, truly do,
I love you


AW MAN. I'M HOOKED ON SING SING!

it's not wonder iiiiiiii~~~~'m not eating, iiiiiiii~~~'m not sleeping

then i can't remember the rest... thanks amelia!

today was great. picked up lunch and went to my paternal grandparents' house for their anniversary lunch with aunts, uncles and cousins. rather fun talking and catching up since we don't meet up as often as before. like we used to eat together on sunday nights, but now it's only for special occasions. damn sad.

around 2.30 left their place alone and took bus down to cathay. one hour bus ride + mrt ride from changi... wah sei. thank god i brought the book ryan lent me. at least something to make the time past faster.

planned to reach there before 4 and meet up with alvina, syamir, amelia, desiree and nick, then watch sherlock holmes. but ARGH!!! THEY BOUGHT ALVIN TICKETS INSTEAD!!! apparently alvina and desiree wanted to watch chipmunks, and only amelia was for sherlock... so ARGH! ben and jerry's and talked for an hour till the movie at 5... great to catch up with syamir. wish more SHR people came... it was more of a athenarts + one SHR meet up lar... damn sad.

the movie was... sorta irritating. a little funny. but not worth the 10 bucks... damn it. anyway, syamir went to lan after that, so the rest of us went to mrt to serangoon. nick left at serangoon mrt, then alvina, amelia, desiree and me went to kovan and took bus to serangoon garden circus. ate macs for dinner, then just hanged around there till 9+. planned to go to amelia's place, but she didn't bring her keys out... so wanted to go to desiree's place, but there were people there. then wanted to go to playground, but desiree was waiting for her bf... so we decided to wait for him to come and help us get some vodka from 7-11. but... he kinda ditched her, and after half an hour, we left her waiting and went to amelia's place(since her family was already home). supposed to have some vodka there, but apparently it ran out, so we just talked till alvina's parents gave me a lift to amk hub.

sorry alvina. your first drink will have to wait. i'll treat you your first time okay?

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

the best album so far i swear. great songs, and the last song is a mix of all the songs together. really well done. please spread the name of marianas trench as far as possible! i got the cd from my sis who came back from canada! i wanna try to help their albums make it to singapore! go canada!
if you want the songs, please don't download. get the cd from me.
PLAY IT WHILE YOU READ MY BLOG AND OTHERS' BLOGS!

yesterday came home from the sings' house at 1+, but slept at 2 'cause my bro was hogging the toilet... woke up at 8.30 and left the house at 9 after super chiong packing and bathing, then went to pick up nathan and nigel, after that... OFF TO SENTOSA!!! awesome fun!

sun-taned(which was an epic fail...), played with sand(digging trenches like old times) and just talked cock for 2+ hours. lunch-ed and walked around vivo after that, then came home around 4+. mass then went to claudia's place for her party. food was awesome, especially the ribs. thanks uncle and aunty! and claudia! left early around 10...

i can't believe you actually use the word "hate" on your friends so lightly; don't you ever think about how others feel?
bitch

step one, step two, step three repeat

greetings from the Sings' house! came over here with my family to makan, drink and catch up since my bro and sis are back for the hols... they'll be leaving next week and won't be coming back for 2 years(?)... damn. it's kinda sad. haix...

so christmas day aka. today is finally here!!! REJOICE! CHRIST IS BORN IN OUR HEARTS! but... this year, there's hardly any christmas spirit. it's really weird 'cause loads of people feel the same way, like this christmas is kinda dead compared to the last few years. go figure.

yesterday aka. christmas eve was a mess. woke up at 10+ and wrapped presents till 11+ then went out to meet ninnart and the rest. DAMN SHE HAS AN ACCENT. and it's really strong! we'll pray for you from singapore! stay safe! prata and talked with her till 12.30pm. esther has this really cool camera! it's like the instant print out camera, but it costs 100< bucks and the film is really ex too...

went home and went out again at 3.30pm for the childrens' mass. thank god we had practice before the mass, because it was the best mass i had ever seen the small people serve. like almost perfect! they should serve like that EVERY MASS!

went home then out again to grandparents' house for dinner bbq, which was really good! had like 6-10 chicken wings in a row + 3 sausages. thanks jiu jiu! really nice to talk with everyone after such a long time.

christmas midnight mass serving was ATROCIOUS. OMG I SWEAR IT WAS WORST THAN THE CHILDRENS' MASS! i'm never gonna let jonathan baldwin do the rostering for the mass again. like let the junior servers' do thurible??? and how did both thuribles do the simplest mistakes for one of the highest masses in the year?? haix... anyway, things are gonna change now that weerakoon is gone. only gave like 40% of the presents... didn't see a lot of people after mass. after 30mins of wishing and running around and talking, finally left with ryan, kelly, daniel lee, bryan lum, andrea, justin, hansel's sis to hongkong cafe for supper. mistakes with the order... then got damn screwed up. SORRY AUNTY! QUICKY LOL! loved ryan's reaction when he opened his present!

finished at 3. walked around with ryan till 3.30, then lan-ed till 4. decided to tell my mum we would be staying out till 7am mass, but she wanted me home... so walked with ryan to my house, then he cycled my bro's bike home. apparently he reached home at 6.30+ 0_0

bathed and slept at 5, woke up at 10.30. left for lunch at tony roma's @ orchard hotel. SHIOK AH! the ribs were awesome! but the chicken damn let down sia... haix. went home, then to uncle david and aunty maggie's place for visit, then to godparents' place. then they made me perform the confirmation song... WALAO. embarassing sia. then home again... then now i'm here! the wine is awesome! really sweet and light, so no way i'm getting drunk tonight!

sunday was great. swimming with ken toi, rae and sabs, then L9 party at aunty charmaine's place, which was great, then L8 "by the star" cantata, which was not so great, but still enjoyable. makan out with sabs, cabrini, claudia and daryl. they are really retarded... but still fun to be with.

the rest of the week was BO-RING! so wth. school, servers' training, carolling, blah blah blah. the only fun thing was going to ryan's house for the first time! awesome la. talked and whatever, and he taught me some exercise stuff, which i'm gonna fit into my schedule. also went to pick my siblings up on wednesday.

ARGH! ONE MORE WEEK TO SCHOOL BEGINS! let's make this week a good one...

damn. that's the first time i've used the " <3" thing.

carolling today was awesome. did the programme 4 times: once at great world city, once at claudia tay's place and twice at vivo.

HOLY CRAP. claudia's place is FREAKING BIG!!! like 3 times a hdb 5 room flat la. there's even a small swimming pool, and the third floor is like a guest room. 3 tvs, 2 pianos and even a small house in the same compound for the grandma. wtf.
sorry alvina for the drooling thing... it wasn't to make fun of you...

sorry for the past two weeks of not posting anything. on the 8th, the monday after confirmation, flew to bandung, indonesia for holiday. shopping, sight-seeing, shopping, and more shopping. bought loads of stuff + xmas presents. went up to a volcano which was actually active, like you could see the sulfur smoking from the crater. quite cool, then went to a strawberry farm, but turned out to be off-season, so the berries were freaking small, so we didn't pick 'em. worst part was the 2 hour delay of the flight back home. and they couldn't even give us a reason.

went out with victoria and her friend, steph. brunched at bishan macs, then mrt-ed downtown to plaza sing to watch 2012. i must say it's a fabulous movie. the effects were outstanding and awesome. kinda sad too that so many died. freaking governments and rich people.

on sunday went down to vivo to watch the carolers carol. got convinced to sing with them after that... but it was nice to watch instead of sing once in a while. like you notice stuff people do when they perform, and you become more conscious of your movements when you perform.

monday had to do experiment till 4+, then met ryan, sabs and cabrini at bishan. went cycling with them, and had to share a double bike with sabrina... omg. like the most terrible biking experience in a long time. no offence, but i think i would stick to single bikes.

chiong homework for the next three days, but i still got bits here and there i need help with.
yesterday watched avatar with ryan and sabrina. AWESOME SHOW!!! IT IS A MUST-WATCH MOVIE!!! FORGET INTERNET MOVIES! THIS ONE MUST WATCH IN THE THEATERS!

meeting in church with servers was more productive than i thought... gotta get the next batch ready to take over the reins...

YEAH!! WE'RE FINALLY CONFIRMED GUYS!! ALL TOGETHER!! WOO!!!
my name is Bong. Gerard David Emmanuel Bong Si Yong. YEAH!

so the awesome day started at 11.30am on sat 5th dec. left the house early to meet ryan in church. lunch-ed with him at 12 at meng's. played lan with ryan, zhong yi, keenan and ian. finally finished another chapter of L4D2, hard rain, which was really screwed up 'cause the com in used was freaking retarded. kept on quitting the game... luckily i changed my com.

finished around 1.45pm, then left back to church again for rehearsal. luckily set it for 2 hours cause nathan couldn't make the dinner, so me and ryan had to quickly practice a song, which was "how six songs collide" by norwegian recycling, but we took out one song, so it's kinda like "how FIVE songs collide". ahaha. ALEX IS AN AWESOME DRUMMER!!

4pm changed, took some pics, then went to the main church for sound check. after that, went to chapel to assemble. WOAH. the girls looked really great. well, most of them. but really, ALL the guys should have worn a tie. ALL THE GIRLS LOOKED AWESOME!!! LIKE ALL AWESOME!!! and SABRINA. OMG. SHE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THAT EVERYDAY. HAHA. she looked damn different from normal. took some pictures yea.

talked a lot during mass... hehe. the confirmation part was long la. sue me. anyway, i was damn happy after being confirmed. like YAY!! I'M CONFIRMED!! PICTURES LIKE MAD after mass. late for receiving my confi cert... kena scolded by amy :P sorry... performance was awesome! thanks everyone for supporting us!!! :D

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starbucks with ryan, sabrina, jeanette, cabrini, michelle, drina and michaela? shit. can't remember liao. jeanette's friends came along too. talked and sang for a bit, then me and ryan walked to aris' place for the party. food was from nonya manis... so i got no comment on that. it was damn boring... like seriously. stoning, stoning, talking about horny and funny shows like friends and american pie, then more stoning. got a ride from ben byrne. me and ryan walked from his house to the hawker center. bought some food from 7-11 and sat there and talked about loads of stuff. more secrets to keep... it was already 2am, so he decided to stayover. recorded the song we sang during the dinner, talked a bit more, then lied on our beds talking. sorry i fell asleep while we were talking man.

woke up the next morning at 1.20pm... BWAHAHAHA!!! ryan got an sms from SOMEONE to surprise isabel at the finish line of the 10km standard chartered run... HAHAHA!!! told you to turn your phone to loudspeaker... lunch-ed at home, then hanged out with ryan for a bit before his family picked him up. that's 27 hours together with him if you count mass time and the dinner. HOLY CRAP

went to tp to get my new phone with dad! YAY! FINALLY! new nokia 5320. i know la. nokia. should have gotten a sony ericsson, but wth. i like the phone.

take it easy natalie. if he did that, he doesn't deserve anyone. it's not your fault, so don't blame yourself


loola camp in bintan was AWESOME!!!
three days of manual-flush toilets, constantly sandy/dirty feet has really made the 3 days incredible.

first day: after 3.5+ hours of travelling, we finally ferry-ed, bus-ed and walked our way to the camp "resort". no idea why they call it that, because it's FAR FAR FAR away from being one. lunch was good, and our new group name was "BEAVERS"!!! THANKS FOR BEING OUR MASCOT BRIAN! team-building games, put our stuff in the dorms, then went to obstacle course which was rather easy. except for the horizontal rope climb. failed halfway ehehe. ARCHERY WAS GREAT! like really cool experience, but i didn't hit any of the colours... of course i hit the board la. the last one was the rock wall, which was super easy and i finished it in no time. bathing was next, but the seniors didn't bathe. we played soccer with the locals!!! AND IT WAS MAD FUN!! they're like really good like brasillian kinda players with high passes and all. lost after that, but it was really fun. like there's this guy who laughs like a freaking hyena. LIKE SERIOUSLY A HYENA. LIKE HEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!! and whenever he misses, he would run all the way to a house and bang his head. HAHA. dinner was great! and we had this walk to the sea dorm with us having to guide our "blind" buddies. OH OH! MY BUDDY IS DAMN CUTE! irritating, BUT SERIOUSLY. HE'S ROUND LIKE A BALL AND REALLY FUNNY! reflection after that, then shoo-ed the p4s to sleep. played asshole tie-ti in to the night, walked out to the sea dorm to take some pics, then slept at 2.30am indonesia time.

next day had kayaking, which was really tiring cause my buddy didn't really do much, flying fox, which was scary on top but the ride was AWESOME into the water, more team games then lunch. after that, went for kampong walk which was filled with mosquitos but it was nice to see villagers and goats and REALLY CUTE TINY GOATS and the chickens and THE REALLY CUTE MINI CHICKS. heard from the guide that even J.I. goes there to camp out. like wtf. anyway, had boom-netting after that!!! if you don't know what that is, it's like you get on a boat with net's on both sides and you jump from the first or second floor. LIKE YEA!!! FUN LIKE CRAZY!!! we even got our teachers and javier who was damn scared to jump TO JUMP FROM THE SECOND FLOOR! WOO!!! threw away my old shoes there, then went back to bathe. we chiong-ed to bathe first this time, then got ready for the orphans to come. they were really cute but in their eyes you could see their sadness hidden behind their smile. haix... played soccer and dog-and-bone with them, and i even made a new friend!!! his name's KIKI and he's damn nice. like stuck with him throughout the barbecue dinner and campfire. the moon was red too!! like WOAH. dancing with them was really cool too!! like it was fun to take a video of mr lim dancing also :P sad to see them leave, but ya. free time till sleep from then, danced around the fireplace 'cause we could use the sound system, then played cards again. i slept earlier this time, around 2, cause i was damn shack.

next day damn slack. after breakfast had clean-up and final full activity to remember what happened during the 3 days, then last minute soccer with the local guys. took picture and my BAHASA IMPROVED!! anyway, pictures by the sea and seashell picking was fun... tao-pok brian cheng in the sea. like HAHA. i thought he was going to drown! went to town for lunch and bought a new shirt, then started raining like mad so the ride home was really choppy. slept throughout the ferry ride but happy to be back in s'pore!

yay! and that was my camp! dinner with claire, then went church and talked a bit. can't wait for confirmation later!!

I'M GETTING CONFIRMED!!!
I'LL BE GERARD DAVID EMMANUEL BONG SI YONG AFTER TODAY!!

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