here and there

Yesterday I was reading the forum section of the newspaper and I was really ticked off by what some self-righteous idiot wrote in his letter. He was complaining about Singaporeans' behaviour in the cinema and how irritating it was to have them sms-ing and giggling and god-know-what-ing while the movie was playing. Yes, I agree, common courtesy was missing in this select group with which the author, was watching the movie with. But what sent my temperature up was what he wrote. I qoute: " We claim to be westernised and affluent. However, most of us do not have the basic social graces that distinguish most Westerners." Excuuuuuuuse me! So what the heck is this guy trying to tell us? That only westerners have 'basic social graces'? How dare this person even try to imply that! Let me tell you one thing, I proud to be an Asian and I assure you I'll never swap my asian values for western ones. As least I didn't devolve a couple of millenia and have sex with every girl I meet like some kind of animal. Asians at least still value the sanctity of marraige and our values teach us that pre-marital sex is wrong. Our values teach us to respect our leaders instead of making fun of the very people we elected everyday in the newspapers. Our values teach us to respect the culture of other people and not just invade any country whose values differ from ours. So, to this author I say: I'm very happy with my values, thank you very much and I don't need the so-called social graces of westerners.

Sigh... I tell you, the cheek of some people to even write that and the cheek of the newspaper to even print that!

The VS Inter-primary school web design competition's briefing day was held last saturday at SCDF HQ and it was pretty good. I was really proud of the sec 3s who did a great job in organising everything.

Yesterday I met JS and michi to discuss the activity for the LTC. Our ideas turned out quite ok. Hopefully the PE dept will think so too.

Dun feel like typing out much now....perhaps later. Take care and have fun.

-HoZe-

Lord of the Rings

Finally, I've finished watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy DVD special edition in the comfort of my own home.

LOTR is like one of my favourite movies ever! I thought Star Wars would be my all time favourite but LOTR is my absolute favourite! Evevn though this must be the third time I've watched all three trilogies, I'm not bored at all and I could watch it all over again right now.

I suppose what makes LOTR appealing to me is the real story that underlies it. The story of hope and true courage. The story of bravery and selflessness. The story of friendship and loyalty. The story of how the spirit of men, at times so divided, will come together as one to fight a common enemy, to fight evil and save good. How kings, who are the true leaders in the story, lead their men into battle, sometimes into the prospect of certain death but never allow the men to lose hope. To keep fighting, keeping in mind that their cause is a worthy one worth dying for. Whats also draws me is the close friendship that the fellowship of the ring kept. How, although they were far away from each other in times, they trusted each other and remained loyal to each other and remained strong against the enemy.

Truly, there may be times in life where we may find ourselves in impossible situations. Times when everything has gone wrong and things don't seem to be getting any better. But by keeping hope, courage and determination, all can be overcome, Inshaallah.


-HoZe-

oh well

As if there aren't enough problems in the world already, I have just found that I'm putting on weight, which is not a very good thing (contrary to what many of you would think). I have not been excercising for the past 2-3 months so it seems that I'm getting out of shape and in no way that could possibly be good. Well, it seems that I'll have to get back on my excercise regime soon before I become a big blob. Haha.

I have just realised that there are very few days and nights in a week that I'm actualy free. Out of the nights, I go to give tuition three times a week, attend religious class once a week leaving me three days in which I'm too tired to do anything anyway because I would have just come back from work. And out of my two off days, I'll probably spend 1.5 days doing voluntary work somewhere or the other. well, the good thing is that I'm fairly occupied and that time in NS is passing fast. It's March already! In around a year I'll be counting down to my ORD date, Inshaallah. Like I have said over and over and over again, I simply cannot wait to start university!!!!

I'm kind of missing my class 02S7C. The part I miss most about my college life is my CT. It's like so totally fun. We could click with each other so well, talking crap, having fun and doing strange things. I remember all the lame songs we used to sing and all the funny jokes we cracked....haha. Although we've had one solitary CT outing during our time in JC, we definately bonded as one class and I love it for that. Hoping to organise a CT outing soon guys!

Ok, I dun think I have much to write today so I'll sign off now leaving you in deep thought after reading my words.

-HoZeFa-

More stuff

I am having a serious lack of time. A very serious lack of time. And the amount of stuff I have to do is getting more and more and more. I have to do something about it otherwise I'll never stop chasing the clock. And never stop feeling so darned tired. The worse part: I'll never meet up with my friends!

Met up with Jason last Sunday. It was great. I hadn't seen my bro for quite some time and it was great catching up with him. We talked about a lot of stuff and crapped a lot...haha.

Too tired to type now....maybe will type sommore later.

To my sweetheart: I love you dear.

See ya guys and take care.

Hozefa